MACCM E-BULLETIN
INDEX OF ARTICLES
A.
Alzheimer’s – An insight into the onset of .. from NCR Online - Number 7
Alzheimer’s – Suffering Deep Forgetfulness –– from Health Care Chaplaincy Today – Number 41
Accreditation – Do pastoral care need it? (Ross Pitt) – Number 45
Atheists – What atheists want from us (Jim Metzger) – Number 55
America’s Four Gods – Number 63
Animal therapy in hospitals – Number 66
Anzac Day – poem – Number 82
Advocacy for patients – should chaplains be advocates (Quote by Henri Nouwen) – Number 83
ACADEMY ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Academy courses for 2013 (Ross Pitt) - Number 26
Academy courses in 2014 – major threads (Greg Smith) – Number 59
Academy – developments in early 2013 (Helen Williams) – Number 30
Academy – Some diary notes for Semester Two 2013 – Number 36
Introduction of on-line learning – Number 39
Placement of trainee chaplains – notification to institutions – Number 42
Photographer needed – Number 48
Reflections on 2013 (Ross Pitt) – Number 51
2013 – End of Year Report to Academy’s Advisory Council – Number 52
2013 – Director’s end of year comments – Number 52
Ross Pitt’s resignation – Number 54
Who’s Who in the Academy – Number 54
Mental Health course – Level 3 – Number 69
Condolences to Hardy family on death of their much loved daughter – Number 71
Current developments as at October 2014 (Greg Smith) – Number 72
Reflections on 2014 (Helen Williams) – Number 75
A graduate’s perspective on 2014 (Lynette D-Souza) – Number 75
What it’s REALLY all about - an address to the 2014 graduation ceremony (Ross Pitt) – Number 76
2015 Spiritual Formation Program (preview) – Number 78
Changes in Academy associates (Helen Williams) – Number 81
Spiritual Care Conference 2015 report (Greg Smith) – Number 83
B.
Book summary project - by Chris Davidson - Number 4
Breaking the ice about “God-talk” – Number 10-
A Buddhist’s view of Christmas by Thay Hand Truang - Number 27
Body-Mind-Spirit Continuum – “Body-Mind problem” ( Ross Pitt) – Number 32
Body-Mind-Spirit Continuum – “Different Concepts of the Mind” (Ross Pitt) – Number 33
Body-Mind-Spirit Continuum – “The Spirit” (Ross Pitt) – Number 34
A Buddhist abbot’s view on being a hospital chaplain (Ross Pitt) – Number 35
Biblical hospital advertising – hope or despair? – Number 66
BOOK REVIEWS
Rediscovering Pastoral Care by A. Campbell (Ross Pitt) - Number 1
The Quiet Revolution: Emergence of Interfaith Consciousness by Peter Kirkwood (Greg Smith) - Number 2
Reading the New Testament: Contemporary Approaches by James Crossley (Karen Pronk) - Number 6
Spiritual Growth and Care in the 4th Age of Life by Elizabeth McKinlay (Phyllis Haines) - Number 6
The Future of Faith by Harvey Cox (Justine Whelan) - Number 6
The Secular City: Secularisation and Urbanisation by Harvey Cox (Michael Stewart) - Number 8
Spiritual Care at the End of Life: the chaplain as a hopeful presence by Steve Nolan - Number 13
Spiritual Care for HealthCare Professionals: Reflecting on Clinical Practice by Tom Gordon - Number 14
Mere Apologetics: How to Help Seekers and Skeptics find Faith by Alister McGrath – (Greg Smith) - Number 19
Jewish Spirituality: a brief introduction for Christians by Rabbi Lawrence Kusher(Ross Pitt) – - Number 28
Finding our Inner Sacred Centre: A Journey into Inner Peace by Henry Nouwen (Ross Pitt) – Number 31
Spiritual Formation – following the movements of the Spirit by Henry Nouwen - excerpts as an Easter Reflection (Ross Pitt) – Number 34
Living a Life That Matters by Harold S. Kushner (Chris Davidson) – Number 39
The Utter Relief of Holiness: How God’s Goodness Frees Us from Everything that Plagues Usby John Eldredge (Ross Pitt) – Number 38
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything by Elizabeth Gilbert (Karen Pronk) – Number 41
As If for Answers by Fr John Chambers – booklet on fishing the heavens - Number 52
In living Colour –An Intercultural Approach to Pastoral Care by Emmanuel Lartey (Greg Smith) – Number 64
Prayers for Healilng – 365 Blessings, Poems and Meditations from Around the World by Maggie Oman (Greg Smith ) -- Number 65
Opening Heaven’s Door – What the Dying Tell Us About Where They’re Goingby Patricia Pearson (Greg Smith) – Number 76
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Mattersby Atul Gawande (RN Current Affairs Specials) – Number 80 & 81
Post-God nation: How Religion Fell Off the Radar in Australia – and what might be done to get it back on (Public Christianity website) – Number 91
C.
Chaplaincy at Boston Children’s Hospital – Number 27
Canadian province has spiritual health care plan (from Manitoba) - Number 28
Catt, Very Rev. Peter – short biography – Number 31
Chaplaincy at Chelsea and Winchester Hospital – Number 33
Confrontation – using confrontation in pastoral encounters (Ross Pitt) – Number 36
Chaplains more than what chaplains do (National Assoc. of Catholic Chaplains ) Number 43
Chaplain - St Martin’s Cloak – origin of word chaplain – Number 47
Continuing Professional Development program at Canossa – Number 48
Chaplaincy – Prison vs Hospital chaplaincy – Number 49
Carers need care too – Sue Wintz (Huffington Post) – Number 50
Chaplaincy course - Muslim Chaplaincy course in U.K. – Number 50
Chaplains – where they fit in the continuum of care – Health Care Chaplaincy – Number 50
Christmas songs – hotlinks to websites – Number 52
Conversing with a sick friends – 10 rules – Number 53
Chaplaincy awareness – God knows what we chaplains do, but who else does? (Randy Shook)– Number 54
Chronically Ill – Seven Secrets the Chronically Ill Want chaplains to Know (Lisa Copen) – Number 58
Chronically Ill – affect of illness on families -- Number 58
Chenrezig visit 2014 – Number 59
Chaplaincy – effect on readmission rates – from Healthcare Chaplaincy – Number 60
Chaplaincy – On Being a Chaplain (John Chalmers) – Number 61
The Chaplain – a poem – Number 62
Humanist chaplains in US Army – Number 62
Chaplains and Homophobia – Number 65
Chaplaincy – is hospital chaplaincy outside religious control – Number 68
Church-going – When Church is a Choice (Shelly Wood) – Number 83
Church-going – what young people might think – Number 84
Chaplaincy in the UK. – report source – Number 84
Chaplain in the Mother’s Union – Number 88
Chaplaincy – 7 gifts of faith we share – Number 89
D.
Denomination - Endangering our denominational identity (Greg Smith) - Number 5
Death – “The end of life and the amorality of medicine” by Dr Jeffrey Bishop – Number 11
Disposition – Having the right disposition in pastoral care (Ross Pitt) – Number 10
The Disciplined Pursuit of Less – by Greg McKeown - Number 27
Dwyer, Anna – New Registrar welcomed (Helen Williams) – Number 35
Diagnosis: Meaning fatique (Health Care Chaplaincy Today) – Number 44
Dying people – five top regrets (blog) – Number 46
Death – could anything be more sacred? necessary? real? (Michael Dowd) – Number 47
DSM5 – A boy scout’s guide to mental illness? (Michael Lockwood)– Number 48
Differences – being different in faith can open up opportunities (Dr John Chalmers) – Niumber 58
Dementia – impact on relatives - No 70
Dying people – what they really want – paramedic’s views – TED. Com – Number 71
Dying – model of death – TED. Com – Number 72
Dementia – Betty has Dementia – Number 74
Disability – supporting a child with Down Snydrome – Number 77
Death – Is our thinking about how we die all wrong – Number 91
E.
Endangering our denominational identity (Greg Smith) - Number 5
Ethical systems (five different ones) - Number 14
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything by Elizabeth Gilbert (Karen Pronk) – Number 41
Euthanasia –“ a modern death?” – Encounter – Number 72
Ebola – what would we do if it came to our community – Number 79
Euthanasia “a radical shift in societ’s values” – Number 89
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EVENTS
Election stall at West End – March 2012 – Number 5, 6
Life and Grace workshop by Dr Drasko Dizdar – Number 12
Grief Education seminar by Metropolitan Funerals – invitation - Number 14
Meditation workshop - invitation - Number 14
“Life after Death” – workshop on perceptions of different faith traditions – Number 15
Preview of beginning of 2013 retreat – Number 29
World Interfaith Harmony Week – Number 29
Launch of 2013 year (Carolyn Steiner) – Number 32
Future of Health Care Chaplaincy – Scottish context – by Dr Ewan Kelly – Number 42
The Influence of Family Background on Spiritual Carers – Peter Janetski – Number 42
Chenrezig Institute visit – Ven. Tenzen Tsepal – Number 43, 559
How to Prepare and Conduct Funerals (cancellation) – Elma Webb – Number 43
Franciscan Spirituality – Fr Fernanto – Number 48, 49
Christian Meditation – Fr Laurence Freeman – Number 48
Ephesians 3.18 for spiritual carers – retreat by Fr John Chambers – Number 49
Open Days – Brisbane, Hervey Bay, Redcliffe – Number 49, 50
Kevin McGovern public lecture on Advance Ethics – Number 65
Journaling workshop – Number 67, 68
Retreat at Oxley – August 2014 – Number 67
Scripture Union presentation – Number 70
F.
The Future of Faith by Harvey Cox (book review by Justine Whelan) - Number 6
Fear of Death – Am I fearful? by Jean Vanier - Number 16
Finding our Inner Sacred Centre: A Journey into Inner Peace by Henry Nouwen (Book review by Ross Pitt) – Number 31
Family support – doing a needs analysis after a loved one dies in hospital (Greg Smith) – Number35
Fishing (celestial) – intro to a book by Fr John Chalmers – Number 53
Family discussions with patients – talking about family – Number 67
Faith beyond conventional religion – Number 68
Forgiveness – finding it in an unchurched world – Number 81
Fowler’s Six Stages of Faith Development (Gretta Vosper’s book) – Number 87
Food can be a key to interfaith understanding - Number 88
G.
Grief Education seminar by Metropolitan Funerals – invitation - Number 14
Gold Coast – Academy training developments in 2013 (Greg Smith) – Number 35
“God talk” – what are the restrictions? (Ross Pitt) – Number 36
Grief to be medicalised as a mental illness (Ross Pitt) - Number 37
Grieving – A Distinctively Christian Approach (Dr John Chalmers) – Number 49
God who lives under the bed – Kevin’s story – Number 53
God Knows What we Chaplains do – but who else does - (Randy Shook) Number 54
Grief and Bereavement Conference , Melbourne – Number 61
H.
How to visit the sick – by Rabbi David Wolpe (of Los Angeles) - Number 9
A Humanist with the UK Forces in Afghanistan – from The Guardian - Number 10
How to break the ice when talking about God – by Donald Whitney - Number 10
How to talk spirit but not religion by South Downs Health Trust (UK) - Number 18
How NOT to minister to those who are hurting – by Dr Joe McKeever - Number 25
Health Care Ethics training – a revision – (Ross Pitt) – Number 42
Helping Doctors Help Patients let Go (U. of Q. media release) – Number 42
Health Care ethics – how they arise (Ross Pitt) – Number 43
Health Care ethics – the trickier issues (Ross Pitt) – Number 44
Humanist chaplains in the Dutch Army (atheism.about.com) – Number 45
Hospital chaplains too Christian for Nones (Sande Ramage) – Number 46
Hospital chaplain – thoughts on the role (Andrew Rosenthal) – Number 47
Hajj – Return to the Centre: Reflecting on the Hajj (Susan Carland)- abridged – Number 51
Hospice patients – six things I’ve learned working with them (Dawn Hifner) - Number 80
Health can show capacity for human wholeness (Laurence Freeman) – Number 85
I.
Interfaith training part of spiritual formation in U.S. - by Holly Lebwitz Rossi - Number 15
Interoception – a sixth sense needed by spiritual carers (Ross Pitt) – Number 38
Irreligious – Glimpses into the religious thinking of the irreligious (from book by Alexander McCall Smith) – Number 46
Interfaith pastoral care – the limits (Rev.. Don MacPherson) –Number 57
Interfaith methods (Fr Richard Rohr) – Number 57
Interfaith Resources from Scarboro Missions – Number 65
Islam explained – two ABC podcasts – Number 66
Invocare sponsorship – Number 67
Intercessory prayer – Shelby Spong youtube – Number 68
Internet – Is the Internet Killing Christianity? – Number 73
Internet – the internet age –implications for chaplaincy (Dr Greg Smith) – Number 74
J.
Judaism – A rabbi reflects on the value of .. by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks - Number 8
Jewish Spirituality: a brief introduction for Christians by Rabbi Lawrence Kusher(book review by Ross Pitt) - Number 28
Jewishness – An Insight into – from Brisbane Synagogue magazine) – Number 56
Journaling workshop – Number 67, 68, 70
Journaling – the benefits for chaplains(Greg Smith) – Number 71
K.
L.
Logotherapy – Background to – Ross Pitt - Number 16
A Lutheran View of Vatican 11 by Rev. Dr Russell Briese – Number 25
Listening – Just Listen (from Kitchen Table Wisdom, Dr Rachel Remen) – Number 37
Living a Life That Matters by Harold S. Kushner (book review by Chris Davidson) – Number 39
Loneliness – social media’s influence – Karmatube – Number 68
Logotherapy – Viktor Frankl letter – No 73
Losing a Life Partner – Department of Veterans Affairs newsletter – Number 82
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Bill Cunningham – Number 4
Karen Pronk - Number 9
John Purssey – Number 11
Karen Pronk - Number 29
Greg Smith - Number 30
John Purssey – Number 33
Karen Pronk - Number 35
Karen Pronk – Number 37
Gwenda Simmons – Number 54
Dominic Arcamone (Catholic Healthcare Victoria) – Number 55
Karen Pronk – Number 61
Paul McKenna, Scarboro Missions –Interfaith Resources – Number 65
Jan Watson – Journaliing workshop – Number 70
Michelle Gierck – Planning a Good Death book – Number 78
Patrick Oliver – Experiences of the after life - Number 82
John Purssey – Feeling included in chaplaincy – Number 86
Karen Pronk – Telling a harsh truth?? – Number 89
LINKS TO WEBSITES
Three-minute retreats – Loyola Press – Number 7
Webinar on The Seven Keys to Spiritual Wellness – Loyola Press – Number 8
Army chaplaincy – Number 8
Funding threatened for UK hospital chaplaincy – Number 9
Cardinal Pell/Professor Dawkins debate on youtube – Number 10
Changing role of chaplaincy – ABC podcast – Number 11
Bishop John Spong – ABC podcast – Number 17
Christian activist Dave Andrews – ABC podcast – Number 18
Airport Chaplaincy – Number 32
Golden Rule promotional tool – Number 34
Windows to the Sacred, presentation by Michael Morwood – Number 35
Jewish reaction to Christian evangelizing of Jews – Number 35
How to live with non-believers … a family story – ABC Podcast – Number 36
Why Jesus is NOT a zombie … a grandson advice story – NCR Online – Number 37
Holy Switch – young people from different faith switching environments for a fortnight – ABC Compass – Number 38
In Someone Else’s Shoes – insights into the thoughts and feelings of others – from NCR Online - Number 38
Caring can uplift the expectations of people facing death – from TED.com – Number 39
Muslim girl shot by Taliban speaks at UN (Malala Yousefzai) – Youtube – Number 43
Prayer – When asked to pray … - from catholica.com.au – Number 44
Animal chaplain – radio national’s spirit of things – Number 44
Bishop Putney – life with cancer – interview with Laurence Freeman – youtube – Number 45
Griefwalker – documentary on the experience of dying – Number 48
Interfaith resources on Golden Rule from Scarboro Mission – Number 49
Interfaith selection of prayers – book by Stephanie Dowrick – Spirit of Things – Number 49
Belief-o-matic – testing denominational fit – from beliefnet.com – Number 50
Gratitude for good health – karmatube.com – Number 51
10 ways to deal with loss during the Christmas-New Year holidays – Number 52
New Christmas song – Number 52
Memorial to boy who died of cancer – Number 52
10 rules for conversing with a sick friend – Number 53
A trooper’s Christmas – Number 54
Monasteries of the Heart – Number 55
Is Jesus the reason for the season? – Number 55
Die before you die Number 56
Are Belief and Health Linked – Number 56
Spirituality in Adolescence – Number 57
Chronically Ill – affect of illness on families -- Number 58
Grief – Coping with Grief in the whole world – Number 58
Hospice reflects basics of spiritual care – Number 60
Reflections on how faith changes as we age – Number 60
Want of feel good _ I will be a Hummingbird – Number 61
Sharia law – link – Number 61
Humanist chaplains in U.S. Army – Number 61
Interfaith songs (Slim Dusty) –Number 63
Interfaith songs ( There’s Room at the Table) – Number 64
Palliative Care – Cancer Society – Number 64
Islam explained – Encounter and Eurkea Street - Number 66
Religious life in Australia – Religion and Ethics Report – Number 67
Chaplaincy – is it beyond religious control – Spirited Crone – Number 68
Loneliness – social media’s influence – Karmatube – Number 68
Intercessory prayer – Shelby Spong youtube – Number 68
Quakers – Four things we could learn from them – Huffington Post - Number 69
Pale Blue Dot – youtube – No 69
Dying people – what they really want – paramedic’s views – TED. Com – Number 71
Dying – model of death – TED. Com – Number 72
Euthanasia –“ a modern death?” – Encounter – Number 72
Empathy vs Sympathy – Karmatube – Number 74
Chaplains’ activities (Health Care Chaplaincy Network, New York) – youtube – Number 75
Dealing with success in life – TED talk – Number 75
Nursing and spiritual care – youtube – Number 76
Spiritual, not religious – Progressive Christianity – Number 77
Religious and cultural diversity as important as biodiversity - Religion and Ethics – Number 78
Whither interfaith harmony – ABC Sunday Nights John Cleary – Number 78
How to come to terms with religious extremeism – ABC Sunday Extra – Number 79
Veils – description of different Islamic veils – Huffington Post – Number 79
L’arche viewpoint – What does it mean to be fully human? _ Karmatube – Number 80
Spirituality in Old Age (Interfaith Radio) – Number 81
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Mattersby Atul Gawande (RN Current Affairs Specials and Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly) – Number 80 & 81
Can Atheists go the heaven, according to the Quran? (Patheos) – Number 82
Five children from five faiths (Huffington Post) – Number 82
Religion in the Trenches (ABC Sunday Nights – John Cleary) – Number 83
Mindfulness in children (Karmatube) – Number 83
What is euthanasia? ( Australian Catholic Bishops Conference) – Number 83
Boy comes out a coma after many years (Radio National) – Number 84
The Man Who Moved a Mountain (karmatube) – Number 85
Understanding Islam (Cathnews) – Number 85
Jacob’s Hands (CBS Radio Workshop) – Number 86
Young Australians trapped in nursing homes – Number 87
Fr Mulcahy of MASH fame (Health Care Chaplaincy) - Number 87
Quadriplegic’s view of the power of healing (Eureka Street) – Number 87
Abortion – talking about abortion in an effective way (TED.com) – Number 88
An Interfaith Moment – Pope in Jerusalem (outube) – Number 89
What is the Rapture and when will it happen? (youtube) – Number 90
Progressive Christianity- what does it mean? (Progressive Christianity) – Number 90
A tale of unlikely change (karmatube) – Number 90
Karma – what is karma? (Huffington Post) – Number 91
The burden of freedom (Radio National) – Number 91
Meditation for “lazy” people (patheos.com) – Number 91
M.
Meaning making – What is meant by? – (Ross Pitt) - Number 7
Morality of medicine at the end of life – an opinion by Dr Jeffery Bishop - Number 11
Meditation workshop - invitation - Number 14
MultiFaith theological literacy – Why trainee chaplains need it – by David Ford - Number 17
Mere Apologetics: How to Help Seekers and Skeptics find Faith by Alister McGrath – (book review by Greg Smith) - Number 19