Chappy is a program of the Spiritual Care Association, a trusted provider of virtual chaplaincy services, helping healthcare institutions deliver spiritual care seamlessly and efficiently. Our team of board-certified chaplains offers compassionate support to patients and caregivers across the country and internationally.
This website has reported on moral injury and the experience of Chaplains in discovery of moral injury. Collective moral injury is a human experience that affects us all. We may explore ways to collectively heal from feelings of betrayal and free ourselves from those who seek to exploit us for their benefit and gain. Aaron Fuller reports on the exploitation of moral injury.
The Association of Muslim Chaplains is pleased to announce the 4th Annual AMC Members Conference to be held February 14-16, 2025. This virtual gathering presents an opportunity for chaplains across sectors and students of Islamic chaplaincy to learn about the roots of our work in North America and to collectively imagine what the future of Islamic chaplaincy could look like.
The article comes from the Australian Army Research Centre and explores making religion part of the solution in some of the intractable, identity-based conflicts that exceed the grasp of traditional diplomacy. The example of Australian soldiers and Military Chaplains in the Vietnam War is explored.
“Fighting Spirit: A Combat Chaplain’s Journey” is a new documentary that tells the stories of America’s combat chaplains. Released in theaters on Nov. 8, the film is the result of many years of emotional work, its director told Fox News Digital. “It’s been a four-year journey for me,” Rich Hull said in a phone interview from Los Angeles. Prior to beginning work on the film, the director said he “didn’t know anything about military combat chaplains” — but he quickly found himself amazed by their stories of bravery and heroism.
Greg Epstein is the humanist chaplain at Harvard and MIT. He was also TechCrunch’s first “ethicist in residence”. In his new book, Tech Agnostic, he explores the idea that “tech”, by which he means modern digital technology, is a new global religion, with messianic leaders, dutiful followers, daily rituals of worship, and an inescapable influence on all facets of life.
‘We have a synagogue, a church, a Buddhist temple, a Hindu temple and more together,’ said Rabbi Moshe Lewin, one of the chaplains in the Olympic village. Some of those ministering to the competitors are former Olympians themselves.
Australia’s Catholic bishops have released a new document to guide priests, chaplains and pastoral workers who are asked to provide pastoral support to Catholics who are considering accessing voluntary assisted dying schemes.
The State Emergency Service in NSW (SES) is the designated disaster response agency for New South Wales, Australia. A vacancy for Senior Chaplain in the Illawarra region (Wollongong) is advertised.
PARIS (AP) — As athletes rev up their training and organizers finalize everything from ceremonies to podiums before the Paris Olympics, more than 120 faith leaders are preparing for a different challenge — spiritually supporting some 10,000 Olympic athletes from around the world, especially those whose medal dreams will inevitably get crushed.