It takes a special type of person to comfort, console and counsel people, often strangers, in times of crisis, including illness, trauma and death. It also takes a special type of training, called ...

The Harvard Divinity School is considering launching its own Clinical Pastoral Education program after hospital budget cuts sharply reduced training opportunities important for students pursuing ...

Folks occasionally ask me how they too might become a hospital chaplain. Some seem to hope I’ll say they need only attend five Monday nights of training in a local church, and they can start making ...

The COVID-19 pandemic brought new attention to the work of chaplains. Before the pandemic, as an article in The New York Times put it, the place of the hospital chaplain was “at the bedside, holding a ...

The other day while I was visiting patients, I had a lovely visit with an individual and their family member. They were politely asking me about being a chaplain, and the loved one said, “I bet you ...

It’s been a little less than a month since the Rev. Rachel Helgeson took over as lead chaplain at United Health Services. She replaced Deacon Bill Fitzpatrick in the role as of Nov. 1. Helgeson heads ...