Healthcare Ministry Basics for Leaders Jesus’ Ministry.
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Course Plan
Our Our MinistryMinistry
ChurchChurch
Catholic Catholic Social Social
TeachingTeaching
Jesus’Jesus’MinistryMinistry
SponsorshipSponsorship
Moral Instincts Moral Instincts ERDsERDs
ApplicationApplicationto My Roleto My Role
Jesus Christ...• The foundation of
the Catholic healthcare ministry– Jesus’ ministry– Our ministry
today
Christian Scriptures
• The Story of Jesus revealing God as Love, as the One who heals
• God’s Living Presence in each age
Reflection on Scripture
• God continues to reveal
• New wisdom– Biblical tradition– Dialogue with our life experience
• Transforming power
Stories of healing
•Mark 5:24-34 Cure of a Woman with a Hemorrhage
•Mark 1:40-45 Cure of the Leper
•Matthew 20:29-34 Two Blind Men
•Luke 10:25-37 Good Samaritan
Reflection and Dialogue• What’s going
on in this story?• What is the
healing?
• Where do we see this today?
Process for Reflection on Scripture
• A Call to Reverence
• Read the Sacred Story
• Silence• Conversation• Wisdom Saying
Jesus’ healing... held the tension between
wholeness in this life andmovement beyond this
life.
“We are called indeed empowered to comfort others in the midst of their suffering by giving them a reason to hope. We are called to help them experience God’s enduring love for them. That is what makes Christian healthcare truly distinctive. The ultimate goal of our care is to give to those who are ill, through our care, a reason to hope.”
Joseph Cardinal Bernadin
Jesus’ Healing MissionRead from the General
Introduction to the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (United States Catholic Conference of Bishops, 2001)