PlainViews is an e-newsletter, created in February of 2004, to promote dialogue among chaplains and other spiritual care providers on issues of Professional Practice, Advocacy, Education & Research, and Spiritual Development. PlainViews is published on the first and third Wednesday of every month by HealthCare Chaplaincy.
The not-for-profit HealthCare Chaplaincy applies the discipline of professional spiritual care to improve outcomes within the science and business of health care. Since its founding in 1961, it has helped more than 4.5 million people. It is the world’s largest multi-faith organization of its kind and leads the profession in research, higher education, clinical practice, and consulting. Its Board Certified Chaplains give personalized spiritual and emotional support to patients, families and health care institution staff of all faiths or no faith; they are trusted advisors as members of the professional health care team. For more information, please visit
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Advisory Board
The Rev. Dr. Peter Barnes is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Human Sciences, Counselling and Spirituality Division, Saint Paul University, where he is a certified teaching supervisor in Clinical Pastoral Education as well as teaching courses in spiritual care theory and practice. He also shares the teaching of an interprofessional course with medical and nursing faculty at the University of Ottawa entitled “Death Made Visible,” as well as participating in the preparation of research proposals in interprofessional learning.
He has served on professional association committees with the Canadian Association for Pastoral Practice and Education (CAPPE) including chair of the National Ethics Committee, 2003-2005. He is certified by CAPPE as a Specialist and Teaching Supervisor in Clinical Pastoral Education and as a Pastoral Counsellor.
He worked for twelve years in mental health spiritual care in the Mental Health Program of the Health Care Corporation of St. John’s. He has presented workshops at twelve annual CAPPE conventions, at the First Spirituality and Health Conference, Calgary, the Spirituality and Mental Health Conference, Sudbury, and the First, Second, and Third International Spirituality and Mental Health Conferences, Ottawa. He is the winner of two group research awards: the Interdisciplinary Research Prize, University of Ottawa, 2006, and the Group Research Award, Canadian Association for Pastoral Practice and Education, 2009.
He is a graduate of Acadia University, Wolfville, with a Doctor of Ministry, and of Trinity College, Toronto, Masters of Divinity. He is a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada and served in parishes in the Diocese of Western Newfoundland for seventeen years.
The Rev. Martha Dimmers, B.C.C.,
is the manager of pastoral and spiritual
care at
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical
Center in Seattle. She is an active member
of the Children’s Institutional Review Board,
Ethics Committee, and Diversity Oversight
Committee. Chaplain Dimmer has a master of
divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary,
a master
of social work from Rutgers University and
Clinical Pastoral Education training from
HealthCare Chaplaincy and Washington
Hospital Center.
The Rev. Dr. Jeffrey T. Garland,
B.C.C., is staff chaplain at the St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Millburn, New Jersey, and chairs the multicultural/multiethnic committee of the Association for Professional Chaplains. He received his doctorate at the Theological School at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, writing a thesis entitled Hospice and Palliative Care: Educating an African American Community in Newark, New Jersey. Chaplain Garland served for five years as a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In 1994 he resigned from law enforcement and answered his call to ministry by enrolling full-time at New York Theological Seminary, completed four units of Clinical Pastoral Education and received a master of divinity degree in 1998. He also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in healthcare administration from Nova University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, his native state. Chaplain Garland is an ordained minister with the American Baptist Churches, U.S.A.
The Rev. Dr. Will Kinnaird, B.C.C., is
the Associate Director for Quality at the
United States
Department of Veterans Affairs National Chaplain
Center which is the Headquarters for Chaplain
Services in the VA Healthcare System. Responsibilities
in this position include the development
of national personnel, fiscal, research,
and administrative policies and guidelines
for the spiritual and pastoral care services
for the more than 1,000 chaplains employed
in VA Medical Facilities. His activities
include developing strategic plans for VA
Chaplain Services; accessing, interpreting,
and distributing national VA patient satisfaction
survey data to VA’s 164 Chaplain Departments;
editing a research newsletter sent monthly
to 1,000 plus VA Chaplains, and other QA
and PI duties. Also, as the immediate Past-Chair
of the COMISS Network, CCAPS - the COMISS
Commission for Accreditation of Pastoral
Services and the National Association of
Veterans Affairs Chaplains, Chaplain Kinnaird
has spent many years working with certification
and accreditation standards for pastoral
care. He received his Doctor of Ministry
degree from Brite Divinity School at Texas
Christian University, as well as a Master
of Divinity degree, a Master of Arts degree
and a Bachelor of Arts degree. He is Board
Certified by the Association of Professional
Chaplains and the National Association of
Veterans Affairs Chaplains.
Chaplain Jane Mather, B.C.C., is
director of chaplaincy services at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Seeking
a more diverse ministry, Chaplain Mather
came to New York from Spokane, Washington,
where
she
last served as manager of pastoral services
for Empire Health Services, a two-hospital,
475-bed system serving two trauma centers.
She received a Master of Arts
in pastoral ministry at Gonzaga State University,
where she later facilitated the creation
of a community-based clinical pastoral education
program. A Roman Catholic lay person, Chaplain
Mather is a member of several professional
organizations including the National Association
of Catholic Chaplains and the Association
of Clinical Pastoral Education.
The Rev. Stephen Overall, A.C.P.E., is
chaplain and director of Clinical Pastoral
Education
at Saint Luke’s Hospital, Shawnee Mission
Health System, Kansas City, Missouri. He
is a United Methodist minister and certified
as a CPE supervisor in the United States
and Canada. Chaplain Overall has served as
chaplain for many hospitals in the US and
Canada, including a position as director
of pastoral care and education for HealthCare Chaplaincy at Griffin Hospital, in Derby,
Connecticut. He received a bachelor of arts
in religion and philosophy from Tennessee
Wesleyan College, a master of divinity degree
from St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas
City, and has completed work toward a doctorate
of ministry degree at Candler School of Theology,
Emory University, Decatur, Georgia. He is
also a member of the Association of Professional
Chaplains.
The Rev. Jon Overvold, B.C.C., is the director of pastoral care and education at North Shore University Hospital, Long Island, a HealthCare Chaplaincy partner. He has served as chaplain in the Ryan White AIDS program of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York and has directed the pastoral care program at Franklin Hospital Medical Center on Long Island. In 1999, Chaplain Overvold returned to HealthCare Chaplaincy, where he served as director of pastoral care at Florence Nightingale Health Center in Manhattan. Chaplain Overvold earned a master of divinity degree at Luther Northwestern Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota and is an ordained minister in the Lutheran Church (ELCA). He is the chair of the Commission on Quality in Pastoral Services for The Association of Professional Chaplains.
Chaplain Rozann Allyn Shackleton, B.C.C., serves as editor of Chaplaincy Today, the e-Journal of the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC). Rozann has fourteen years of pastoral care experience, including service as staff chaplain, coordinator of congregational health partnership and Ethics Committee co-chair at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington, IL. She holds a master of divinity degree from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, and a master of arts in the social sciences with a concentration in biomedical ethics from The University of Chicago. Her editorial credentials include a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from The Pennsylvania State University and twenty years of experience in educational public relations, freelance writing and editing. Rozann is endorsed by the United Church of Christ as a commissioned minister for health and human services.
The Rev. Dr. Walter J. Smith, S.J., has served as president and CEO of HealthCare Chaplaincy since September 1993, after serving as its executive vice president since July 1991. Father Smith joined The Chaplaincy’s senior management team after a distinguished academic career, which included university and professional school teaching and administration. As a clinician, Father Smith specialized in end-of-life care. He has published numerous articles and two books in this field. He serves as a trustee of several national non-profit health care and advocacy organizations and institutions of higher learning.
Dr. Anne M. Vandenhoeck is a research assistant
at the Faculty of Theology, department of
Pastoral Theology, of the Catholic University
of Leuven, Belgium. Her academic formation
includes a master degree in Religious Studies
and a master degree in Theology. A catholic
lay woman, she served as a chaplain for more
then 13 years in several hospitals in Belgium
and the United States. Currently she divides
her time between working on a PhD, teaching
Pastoral Theology and supervising theology
students. She is a CPE supervisor in training.
Anne is a member of the European Network
of Health Care Chaplaincy.
The Rev. Lerrill J. White, M.S.,
B.C.C.,
is assistant director of Clinical Pastoral
Education at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
in Houston, TX, and has been the liaison
to Health & Human Services for the Association
of Clinical Pastoral Education and Association
of Professional Chaplains since 1983. He
earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree from
Abilene Christian University, a master of
divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary,
and a doctorate in counseling psychology
from Pennsylvania State University. As a
minister in the Churches of Christ, Chaplain
White
has served urban and rural churches in New
Jersey, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Arizona
and has served as chaplain and CPE Supervisor
in a state psychiatric hospital, a mental
health center, a large county hospital, a
major tertiary care facility, a rural regional
health care center, and a major teaching
hospital.
The Rev. Sue Wintz,
B.C.C.,
is a staff chaplain at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona and Presbyterian (USA) minister. Her clinical specialties are in high risk pregnancy, neonatal and pediatric intensive care, trauma, and working with families choosing to make the Gift of Life through organ and tissue donation. She is a nationally known author and speaker in issues of professional chaplaincy and spirituality and healthcare. Sue is President of the Association of Professional Chaplains.
Rabbi David J. Zucker, Ph.D., B.C.C.,
is rabbi/chaplain, and Director of Spirituality at Shalom Park, a senior continuum of care community in Aurora, CO. He is Board Certified by both the National Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC) and the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC). He is a former national board member of NAJC. He chaired the Executive Planning Committee for the international EPIC Conference (Toronto 2003). Author of three books and a frequent contributor to both religious and secular journals and magazines, he co-authored “Nearly Everything We Wanted Our Non-Jewish Supervisors to Know About Us as Jewish Supervisees” (with Bonita E Taylor, published in JPCC), and "The Chaplain as an Authentic and an Ethical Presence” (with T. Patrick Bradley and Bonita E Taylor in Chaplaincy Today).
Managing Editor: The Rev. Dr. Martha
R. Jacobs, B.C.C. In addition
to her role as editor of PlainViews, the
Rev. Dr. Jacobs is the associate
director of outreach and community-based
programs at HealthCare Chaplaincy. Her new book, A Clergy Guide to End of Life Issues, is published by The Pilgrim Press. An
ordained minister of The United Church of
Christ, Chaplain Jacobs is the President of the Board of the Metropolitan Association of the UCC and is immediate past-president of the UCC Professional Chaplains and Counselors. She is also an adjunct professor at New
York Theological Seminary, where she is the the coordinator for a Doctor of Ministry for Clinical Pastoral Supervisors. For eight years Chaplain
Jacobs served as director of pastoral care for HealthCare Chaplaincy at New York United Hospital Medical
Center, Port Chester, NY. She received her doctor of ministry and her
masters of divinity degree from New York Theological
Seminary. Her dissertation was entitledDeath is Not the Enemy, and explored
the attitudes of UCC clergy around death and
dying. Chaplain Jacobs holds a bachelor
of fine arts degree from U.S. International
University, School of Performing Arts. She
is the Chair of the Communications and Publications Council for the APC. She is a member of
the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, is past-president of New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS) and serves on the Critical Response Team - Spiritual Response Team for the American Red Cross.
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The American Association of Pastoral
Counselors (AAPC),
through the work of its members strives to
provide and promote theologically informed,
spiritually sensitive, ethically sound, and clinically
competent counseling and consultation as an extension
of the ministry of faith communities; to provide
professional formation and credentialing for
those who seek to integrate theology and psychology
into their practice; and to advocate the well
being of persons and communities. The AAPC is
committed to respecting the theological, psychological
and faith traditions, and spiritual practices
of our members and their clients, and to grounding
our work in the psychological, social, ethical,
and spiritual dimensions of all human endeavors. www.aapc.org
The Association for Clinical Pastoral
Education, Inc. (ACPE) is a multicultural, multifaith organization
devoted to providing education and improving
the quality of ministry and pastoral care offered
by spiritual caregivers of all faiths through
the clinical educational methods of Clinical
Pastoral Education. http://acpe.edu/
The Association of Professional Chaplains (APC)
is a multifaith association established to certify
and serve its membership and to promote professional
chaplaincy. The APC strives to integrate multicultural
and multiethnic perspectives while maintaining
the highest standards of professional competency
and ethical practice. The APC values the dignity
and worth of all persons; the spiritual care
of individuals, communities, organizations, and
systems; and faith as an essential dimension
of wholeness. www.professionalchaplains.org
The
Canadian Association for Pastoral Practice
and Education(CAPPE), is
a national multifaith organization which is
committed to
the professional
education,
certification and support of people involved
in pastoral care and pastoral counselling.www.cappe.org
The
Association Canadienne pour la Practique et l’Education
Pastorales(ACPEP), est une organisation
multiconfessionnelle nationale qui se consacre à la
formation, à l'accréditation et
au soutien professionels des personnes engagées
dans le service pastoral et le counseling pastoral. www.cappe.org
The National Association of Catholic
Chaplains (NACC)
is a professional association for certified
chaplains and clinical pastoral educators who
participate in the healing mission of Jesus Christ.
The NACC provides standards, certification, education,
advocacy, and professional development for our
members in service to the Church and society.
There are over 3,300 members of the association
which is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. www.nacc.org
The National Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC)
The NAJC mission is to enhance the kedusha (sacredness)
of Jewish chaplains in order that
they may provide quality pastoral, and spiritual
care based on Jewish traditions and values. NAJC
is a professional organization for rabbis, cantors,
and other Jewish professionals functioning as
Jewish and staff chaplains in hospitals, nursing
homes and geriatric centers, hospice, psychiatric
facilities, correctional centers, and the military,
among others. In addition to offering collegial
support and professional certification for Jewish
chaplains, the NAJC promotes ongoing educational
opportunities to Jewish chaplains with its annual
conference and regional seminars. The NAJC serves
as a clearinghouse for professional employment
and advocates on behalf of Jewish chaplains and
Jewish chaplaincy programs to other chaplaincy
cognate groups, clergy associations, seminaries
and the community at large. www.najc.org
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