National Association of Catholic Chaplains

Session : NACC1401
Plenary: Mercy and Compassion: Where Charity and Justice Meet
Rev. Richard Tessmer Leadership Lecture
Conference : 2014 National Conference
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Sr. Patricia Talone, RSM, Ph.D.

A member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Mid- Atlantic Regional Community, Sister Patricia is Vice President of Mission Services for the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA). Prior to joining CHA, she served as Vice President for Mission Services and Ethicist for Unity Health, St. Louis, a subsidiary of the Sisters of Mercy Health System, St. Louis. Sister Patricia serves on the board of the Mid-America Transplant Services, and served for more than 10 years on the board of the National Catholic AIDS Network. She authored Feeding the Dying: Religion and End of Life Decisions (1996) along with numerous articles in healthcare and theological journals. She lectures extensively on mission and healthcare ethics and was honored as the 1994 Lindback award winner for distinguished teaching at Gwynedd-Mercy College in Pennsylvania, her undergraduate alma mater. She holds a masters degree from St. Charles Seminary, Philadelphia, and a doctorate in theological ethics from Marquette University, Milwaukee.

The Rev. Richard Tessmer Leadership Lecture, sponsored by Alexian Brothers Health System in Arlington, IL, honors the memory of Dick Tessmer, longtime chaplain, supervisor, and pillar of the NACC.

Session : NACC1402
S1: Sankofa - Reclaiming Our Traditions to Renew Our Spirit
Conference : 2014 National Conference
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Austine Duru, M.A., M.Div., BCC Chaplain Franciscan St. Margaret Health Dyer, IN

Sankofa, the fabled African bird, reminds us of the necessity to continue to reach back into familiar ancient traditions to reclaim those important elements that nourish and open us to other ways to connect and refresh our bodies, minds and spirits for the work we do. This is an invitation to draw from the practice of recreational drumming that touches on self-care, collaboration, prayer, and individual and group affirmation. It provides new skills we can incorporate into many ministry settings. Participants should bring along their own drum, wind instrument, or percussion instrument if they have one. Drums will be provided for those who are unable to provide their own instrument.

Session : NACC1403
S2: Staff Care and the "Middle Realm": Using Wisdome from Pediatric Pastoral Care to Provide Caregiver Renewal in Clinical Settings
Conference : 2014 National Conference
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Chaplain Ryan Campbell, M.T.S., BCC Staff Chaplain/Program Manager Childrens Medical Center Dallas, TX

Caring for staff at the bedside and elsewhere is a vital component of pastoral care in clinical settings, decreasing burnout, and improving care for patients and families. This workshop will explore the use of the Middle Realm, or a liminal space, to provide renewal to caregivers in acute settings. The Middle Realm will be described and, using theoretical and experiential aspects of interaction with participants, will be demonstrated through the use of interventions developed and adapted to the pediatric setting, but may be applied in all settings. Using literature from interpersonal neurobiology, theology, and play theory, this workshop will invite participants into community, wonder and respite and will encourage and equip them to do so in their own ministry settings.

Session : NACC1404
S3: I.C.A.R.E. Do you?
Conference : 2014 National Conference
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Kathleen M. Mattone, M.T.S., BCC Staff Chaplain Baptist Health Lexington Versailles, KY

Integrative Care or holistic care is an ancient approach to healing and wellness. This workshop will give participants a chance to discover the I.C.A.R.E. program at Baptist Health Lexington. Discussion will focus on the powerful results of the program such as more cohesive interdisciplinary care and enhanced patient/staff satisfaction. Participants will have an opportunity to experience some simple I.C.A.R.E. techniques: hand massage, guided meditation, relaxation, mandalas, and drumming.

Session : NACC1405
S4: Spiritual Screening: The Current Evidence for Why and How
Conference : 2014 National Conference
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Patricia E. Murphy, RSCJ, Ph.D., BCC Chaplain/Associate Professor Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL

In a time when patients often have short hospital stays and chaplains are a scarce resource, how do we decide who needs us most? The Rush Religious Struggle Screening Protocol shows promise as a brief series of questions that seem acceptable to patients. This simple tool highlights for the chaplain which patients might need further assessment and care. The presentation will include gentle research about the merits of this tool.

Session : NACC1406
S5: Supportive Care Coalition Project: Integrating Spirituality in Palliative Care Goals of Care Conferences
Conference : 2014 National Conference
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Christine E. Picchi, M.A., BCC Executive Director Supportive Care Coalition Portland, OR

Thomas J. Butler, M.Div. Director of Mission Services Bon Secours Health System Inc. Marriottsville, MD

Mary Lou OGorman, M.Div., BCC Executive Director, Pastoral Care and Clinical Pastoral Education Saint Thomas Health Nashville, TN

Mary M. Heintzkill, M.Th.S., BCC Director of Spiritual Care Borgess Health Kalamazoo, MI

Jane A. Mather, M.A., BCC Director, Providence Center for Faith and Healing and Spiritual Care Services Providence Health Care Spokane, WA

Members of the Supportive Care Coalition Spirituality Committee will describe a pilot project on integrating spirituality in palliative care goals of care conferences, including practices that honor the sacredness of this encounter. We will describe our learnings from five participating pilot sites and our efforts to invite the care team to be attuned to the spiritual suffering of patients and families and draw upon their spiritual strengths (faith, beliefs, values) in addressing goals of care and treatment decisions.

Session : NACC1407
S6: Practical Strategies for Growing through Suffering: Personal and Professional Implications of Psycho-Spiritual Growth
Conference : 2014 National Conference
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Charles W. Sidoti, B.A., BCC Coordinator, Spiritual Care South Pointe Hospital Warrensville Heights, Oh 44122

Everyone suffers. This presentation examines why some people come through suffering better, meaning that the experience has made them more human and more compassionate toward others, with an increased sense of gratitude, connectedness, and hope, while some other people come through suffering more bitter, resentful, angry, feeling isolated, and hopeless. This presentation explores practical strategies for helping ourselves and those to whom we are called to minister to grow through the natural suffering that is a part of life.

Session : NACC1408
S7: Thinking Outside the Box to Provide Models of Pastoral Care to Catholics in Community Hospitals: At the Parish and Diocesan Levels
Conference : 2014 National Conference
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Deacon Charles Stump, M.S., M.P.M. Director of Pastoral Services Catholic Diocese of Dallas Dallas, TX

In order to provide pastoral care to the Catholic patients in local community hospitals within the Diocese of Dallas, three levels of care are utilized: Chaplains employed by the diocese, Catholic chaplains employed by the community hospitals, and parish volunteers serving the needs of Catholic patients. This workshop is an opportunity to delve into the system used in the Diocese of Dallas and how it might work in your region.

Session : NACC1409
S8: From Newborn Loss Comes the Gift of Hope
Conference : 2014 National Conference
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Mary Alice Westerlund, M.A., BCC Director of Spiritual Care Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc. Binghamton, NY

Rev. Krzysztof P. Boretto, M.A. Priest Chaplain Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc. Binghamton, NY

Michael A. Garlough, BS-RN, M.S.Ed. Education Coordinator and In House Organ Donation/Transplant Coordinator Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc. Binghamton, NY

The parents of an infant born without parts of her brain and skull asked that their experience be shared with all who care for families awaiting the birth of a child with sorrow instead of joy. Hopes parents were passionate about finding meaning in their daughters short life by donating her organs, a difficult undertaking when an infant is involved. This workshop session will share with participants Hopes story and the important role spiritual care chaplains played in the interdisciplinary team care for this family.

Session : NACC1410
Plenary: Healing and the Church: Revisiting the Visitation of the Sick
Conference : 2014 National Conference
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Daniel P. Sulmasy, OFM, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Sulmasy is a Franciscan friar, an internist, an ethicist, an author and lecturer who is widely recognized as a bridge between medicine and theology. He currently serves the University of Chicago as the Kilbride-Clinton Professor of Medicine and Ethics in the Department of Medicine and Divinity School and as the Associate Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. His research interests encompass both theoretical and empirical investigations of the ethics of end-oflife decision-making, ethics education, and spirituality in medicine. He has completed extensive work on the role of intention in medical action, especially as it relates to the rule of double effect and the distinction between killing and allowing to die. His work in spirituality is focused primarily on the spiritual dimensions of the practice of medicine. He has served on numerous governmental advisory committees, and was appointed to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Problems by President Obama in April 2010. He has authored four books and over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles. He currently serves as editor-in-chief of the journal Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics.