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otanon

otanon

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Subject:What do you like the most about chaplaincy?

For me the opportunity of sharing at the spiritual level with so many different people on a monthly basis.  I guess this is a luxury we don't have in the parish.

 

Posted: 29 Jun 2006 04:16 PM
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MirjamBerger

MirjamBerger

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Subject:What do you like the most about chaplaincy?

I find it very meaningful to listen to someone looking back at their life and highlighting what was meaningful, enjoyable, challanging, and life giving in it. When I visit patients and their families I am often reminded of Morrie (Tuesday's with Morrie by Mitch Ablom) who in his process of dying was summarizing his life and sharing his wisdom with his student/friend.

As chaplains we have the priveledge to be invited into a person's life, which is a sacred process.


Rev. Mirjam Berger
ACPE Associate Supervisor, Th.M.
Coordinator of Community Chaplaincy Programs
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Department of Chaplaincy and Pastoral Education

Posted: 28 Jul 2006 04:00 PM
Originally Posted: 28 Jul 2006 04:01 PM
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BroNemin

BroNemin

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Subject:What do you like the most about chaplaincy?

What I most like about Chaplaincy is the implicit & explicit interplay of the secular and sacred within our work. We as Chaplains have contact with people (churched and nonchurched) that are many times without a religious community. We also bear witness to the sacred dimension among people of other world religions. This allows me to entry into a person's sacred space in a meaningful and non-confrontative manner.

Also; as a Chaplain; I have an interplay with Death & Dying on a day-to-day basis with people that calls on me to entertain and engage real and practical questions about Life, Love, Courage, and Faith in a way that is immediate and jagged at times.

Chaplain Stephen Findley

M.D.Anderson Cancer Center

Staff Chaplain

Posted: 21 Aug 2006 02:15 PM
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