Interesting article in the New York Times about hospice and the changing role of the pastoral caregiver and/or chaplain.

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Lifeline Chaplaincy Houston Presents . . .

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Riders for the Cure - Working to Cure Cancer
Riders for the Cure provides community awareness for different types of cancer and the various efforts to support research and education. As a group, we strive to promote communication and cooperation within the Texas Medical Center. We assist the MD Anderson Cancer Center in raising funds to be used toward the stated institutional goal of Making Cancer History®.

Chaplain Sylvia Klauser participated in Saturday's Sam Jam 1 event that raised nearly $6,000 to benefit M. D. Anderson's Children's Hospital. Despite a full riding calendar for that date, we had 138 bikes and 201 riders participate, and the ride went off perfectly.
http://ridersforthecure.org/

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His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (www.srisri.org) is a humanitarian with the mission of uniting the world into a violence free family. He brings together the pristine wisdom of ancient India with the knowledge of meditation, yoga and breath and the importance of doing selfless service to offer us tools to live joyous and peaceful living.

Lunch will be available to the first 150 attendees and will be served after the talk.
For additional information please contact Rebecca Lunstroth at rebecca.lunstroth@uth.tmc.edu

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The Department of Chaplaincy and Pastoral Education Presents

Christina Puchalski, M.D. is an associate professor in the Department of Medicine and Health Care Sciences at George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. She is also the founder and executive director of the George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish), a center that develops educational, clinical, and research programs for physicians and other health care professionals regarding the role of spirituality and health in medicine.

Participants will:
1. Understand the role of spirituality in the care of patients
2. Learn communications skills in spirituality and health
3. Be able to do a brief spiritual story

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The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWISH) unveils its new newsletter and updated website. GWish is working toward a more compassionate system of healthcare by restoring the heart and humanity of medicine through research, education and policy work focused on bringing increased attention to the spiritual needs of patients, families and healthcare professionals.

Visit their website at: http://www.gwish.org/

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