� Pastoral care assumes a very specific

understanding aso “the nature and caring activity of the divine” and

o “of the human persons in relation to the divine”

(Lartey 2012)

o We continue the healing ministry of Jesus, which is a pastoral ministry of the Pastor Bonus or Good Shepherd. (John 10:1-18)

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� Aged, Ill, Dying

� Victims of loss, destruction, violence

� Lost, lonely, least

� Imprisoned

� Refugees/immigrants

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“…so they do not feel

excluded from the community

and

they can experience,

because of the proximity of one who meets them,

the presence of Christ

which passes now

in the midst of the sick in body and spirit.”

Pope Francis, World Day of Sick, 2017.

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� 2016-2017 Raskob-funded

� Collaborative Planning Initiative

� Partners in Planning for Pastoral

Care

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� Those with the most critical pastoral needs and the settings where they are mostly found;

� The competencies needed to meet those needs;

� The diverse ministries (board certified, pastoral associates, volunteers, etc.) needed with these competencies;

� The standards/training/formation required to obtain those competencies;

� The core elements for professional and volunteer pastoral care formation and accountabilities required;

� An agreed upon organization approach to providing the ministry preparation needed in response to what we learned.

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National Catholic Ministry Associations/Ecclesial Leadership:

� Richard Deshaies, S.J., American Association of Catholic Correctional

Chaplains (ACCCA)

� Deacon Thomas Dubois, National Association of Deacon Directors (NADD)

� Harry Dudley, Assistant Director, USCCB Subcommittee on Certification for

Ecclesial Ministry and Service

� Elisabeth Román, President, National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry

(NCCHM)

� Fr. Andrew Sioleti, National Conference of Veterans Affairs Catholic Chaplains

(NCVACC)

� Brian Smith, Sr. Director, Catholic Health Association CHA USA)

� Carol Walters, President, National Association of Lay Ministry (NALM) and

Alliance for Certification of Lay Ecclesial Ministry (ACLEM)

� Jean Marie Weber, Cardinal Stritch University Association of Graduate

Programs in Ministry (AGPIM)

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Representatives of health care/correctional/diocesan pastoral care training programs:

1. Sr. M. Peter Lillian Di Maria, Director, Avila Institute of Gerontology, Inc., Germantown, NY

2. Deacon Edgardo Farias, Director of Detention Ministry, Archdiocese of Miami

3. Denice Foose, NACC BCC, pastoral care diocesan program of Archdiocese of Galveston-

Houston

4. Mary Ann McDermott, Faith Community Nursing, Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola

University Chicago

5. Lisa Burkhart, Ph.D., RN, MPH, Faith Community Nursing,Niehoff School of Nursing,

Loyola University

6. Louise Anne Pinette de Siller, NACC BCC, Congar Institute for Ministry Development, San

Antonio, TX

7. Deacon Charlie Stump, NACC member, Director of Pastoral Services, Diocese of Dallas

8. Hyun Underwood, NACC BCC, both healthcare settings and PFE Supervisor of Permanent

Deacon Formation, St. Stephen Diocesan Center, Kaneohe, HI

9. Sr. Dominga Zapata, S.H., M.R.E., Instituto de Liderazgo Pastoral, U. of St. Mary of the

Lake, Mundelein

10. Vanessa White, MTS, DMin, Director of Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry and the Master

of Arts in Specialized Ministries, Catholic Theological Union (CTU)

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Emphaseso Eldercare

o Homecare settings within parishes

o Faith community nursing

o Migrants, immigrants, and refugees

o Criminal justice settings and the care for families of those incarcerated

Competencieso Eldercare

o Criminal Justice/Corrections

o Diocesan/parish settings

o Permanent Deacons

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� Identified competencies

� Working on identifying leading

practices

� Commended by USCCB

Subcommittee on Certification for

Ecclesial Ministry and Service

(SCEMS) as resource for formation

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“The members of the Subcommittee thanked

NACC for this work and encouraged them to

move forward in this effort. We affirmed that

these competencies are already a helpful

resource for dioceses. We believe that the

training based on them will be a rich

resource for our brother bishops as they

seek to train and support those who offer to

help in pastoral care.” Bishop Gerald

Kicanus, Chair, SCEMS

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� Identify and highlight leading practices

� Develop resources based on leading practices

� Create structure for and support networking

among those charged in the their dioceses to

oversee the pastoral care ministry

� Encourage community through NACC among

many volunteers providing pastoral care

� May 30-June 3, 2019 Pastoral Care NACC

Conference – St. Mary of the Lake Seminary,

Mundelein, IL

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� Partners in Pastoral Care

� Sr. M. Peter Lillian Di Maria, O.Carm., BA, LNHA

� Deacon Al Vacek, JD, MAPS, BCC

� Rev. Ted M. Smith, DMin, Certified ACPE Educator,

BCC (APC)

� Denice S. Foose, MAPS, MBA, BCC

� Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston

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Thank you!