Spiritual Care

Spiritual Care
S p r i n g
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A ministry
of
The value of
a whole must
not be assumed
to be the same
as the sum of
the values of
its parts.
~G. E. Moore, British Philosopher (1873-1958)
wholeness
Spiritual Care is concerned with the
whole person. The human spirit is not
confined to one area of the body or a
particular set of topics, e.g., religion,
theology or morality. All of life is
spiritual in the sense that meaning,
relationships, and hope are shaped by
physical, emotional, and intellectual
well-being. The mind-body-spirit
connection is evident in a health
care setting as we experience how
illness affects our spirits or how our
spirits affect physical health. Human
beings are much more complex than a
machine in which individual parts can
be attended to or exchanged without
influencing the whole.
For this reason, conversations with
a chaplain gravitate toward joys
and concerns in the broadest sense,
narrowing in on points of pain,
growth, or anxiety. A chaplain seeks
to be present with each person, gently
guiding him or her toward God’s
grace. Prayer is often a means to bring
together faith, gratitude for life, and
relationships, as well as concerns,
fears, and hopes.
A chaplain met with a woman in
her late 40s, recently diagnosed with
cancer, along with her husband.
Although the couple had no
connection to a faith community,
they shared their story with emotion
and depth. Sitting together in
the hospital room, the chaplain
expressed empathy, seeking to help
bear the weight of illness and grief.
They were heartbroken about what
the diagnosis meant to their lives.
They were joyful about the love they
shared. They discovered a spiritual
companion on this important life
journey, one who would be with
them through treatments, questions,
decisions, and many tender moments.
E-Mail
In the near future, the HealthEast
Spiritual Care newsletter will
transition to an electronic version. If
you would like to continue to receive
this newsletter and the Spiritual Care
Annual Report, please send an e-mail
to Cindy Rudh (crudh@healtheast.
org) with “Spiritual Care Newsletter”
in the topic. Thanks.
“You don’t have a soul.
You are a Soul. You have a body.” –C.S. Lewis
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HealthEast Faith Community Nurse Network Update (HEFCNN)
HealthEast Spiritual Care
Bethesda Hospital
Rev. Nancy Wigdahl, System Director, 651-232-2041
Rev. Naa-Abashie Ankrah, 651-232-2440
Edward Stone, CPE Resident, 651-232-2256
Mary Lou Carney, CPE Resident, 651-232-2044
Cindy Rudh, Secretary, 651-232-2060
St. John’s Hospital
Rev. Ted Hein, System Director, 651-232-7397
Rev. Jonathan Fischer, OSB, 651-232-7598
Rev. Leo Schneider, 651-232-7060
Rev. Albert Kleinsasser, Jr., 651-232-7398
Wanda Johnson (Condo), 651-232-7597
Rev. Kimberly Smith King, CPE Resident, 651-232-7596
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Rev. Stephen LaCanne, System Director, 651-232-4155
Rev. Jonathan Fischer, OSB, 651-232-3075
Rev. Brian Gutzmann, 651-232-3071
Rev. Donna Jackson, CPE Resident, 651-232-4368
Renee Miller - Eucharistic Minister, 651-232-3060
Rita Ryan - Eucharistic Minister, 651-232-3060
Eileen Pearson, Secretary, 651-232-3060
Woodwinds Health Campus
Sr. Marian Louwagie, CSJ, System Director, 651-232-0062
Nancy McGrew, Eucharistic Min. Coordinator, 651-232-0060
• Welcome to Carolina Herra, RN, FCN (photo-left), who will be
working with the Latino community via a grant funded by the St.
Paul Foundation. Welcome also to Maxine Johns, RN, FCN (photoright), at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. The church is funding
this position. Both nurses began March 2nd, completing the Parish
Nurse Preparation Course at Luther Seminary March 9-13.
• Lori Anderson, RN, FCN completed her second year as Pastoral Nurse at Cerenity Residence,
Marian of Saint Paul, and Lori also continues in a similar role at Scandia Shores, Shoreview,
MN. A health fair was held at Scandia Shores in April, featuring 12 HealthEast programs.
• A DVD, “Inspired by Parish Nursing,” featuring Eileen Stack, RN, FCN and Lee Cummins,
RN, FCN tells the story of Parish Nursing, providing information to nurses who may be
considering this ministry.
• Faith Community Nurse Network of the Greater Twin Cities continues to support faith
community nursing in the metropolitan area. A video on faith community nursing is
available on their website: www.fcnntc.org.
• Lori Anderson, RN, FCN (HealthEast FCNN Manager) is the Director for the Metro Region
of Health Ministries Network of MN: www.healthministries.info.
• Three blood pressure clinics continue on a monthly basis, serving an average of 65 seniors
each month.
• HealthEast’s Faith Community Nurse Network offers mentorships to University of
Minnesota School of Nursing students and also Bethel University students.
HealthEast Hospice
Maureen Feely, 651-232-3133
Rev. Timothy Nelson, 651-232-3301
Judith Oberhauser, 651-326-3699
Rev. Mary Sueltz, 651-232-3335
Rev. Tony Wong, 651-326-3729
Rev. Norman Belland, CPE Resident, 651-232-4165
HealthEast Palliative Care
Maureen Feely, 651-232-3133
HealthEast Faith Community Nurse
Lori Anderson, RN, Coordinator, 651-232-5521
HealthEast Corporate
Rev. Scott W. Hinrichs, Vice President, 651-232-2307
Rev. Allen Dundek - CPE System Director, 651-232-3612
On-call chaplains
Mary Camber
Rev. Scott Cartwright – White Bear Lake, 651-232-1842
Elaine Dufresne
Rev. Marian Eisenmann, 651-232-3119
Rev. Mike Erlander, 651-247-5723
HealthEast Faith Community Nurse Network
Nurse
Members
Parishes
Church of St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Paul Park, MN
Maureen Dillon, RN
4,575
Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Roseville, MN
Eileen Stack, RN
1,475
Fairmount Ave. United Methodist Church, St. Paul, MN
Muriel Olson, RN
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Sacred Heart Churches, and HealthEast Roselawn Clinic, St. Paul, MN
Carolina Herrera, RN
2,000
Peace United Methodist Church, Shoreview, MN
Karen Lundquist, RN
250
250
St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church, White Bear Lake, MN Bonnie Wek, RN
7,600
St. Pascal Baylon Catholic Church, St. Paul, MN
Open position
1,150
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, St. Paul, MN
Maxine Johns, RN
St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, St. Paul, MN
Carol McKenna, RN
Woodbury Baptist Church, Woodbury, MN
Lee Cummins, RN
250
300
1,500
Deacon Don Fidler, 651-793-2115
Community outreach
Rev. Thomas Hunstiger
Cerenity Senior Care, Marian of Saint Paul, MN
Lori Anderson, RN
125 apts.
Scandia Shores, Shoreview, MN
Lori Anderson, RN
108 apts.
City Passport, St. Paul, MN
Deb Gisch, RN
Shuji Moriichi
Rev. F. Peter Morlock – Dellwood, 651-778-3823
Sr. Ann Michele Jadlowski, CSJ
Fr. George Thoomkuzhy
Spiritual Care is a publication of HealthEast
Spiritual Care. Direct inquiries to:
Rev. Scott W. Hinrichs, Editor,
HealthEast Care System, 559 Capitol Blvd.,
St. Paul, MN 55103; 651-232-2307,
shinrichs@healtheast.org
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In partnership with HealthEast Care System, Faith Community Nurses are experienced
RNs who have additional education in faith community nursing. Faith Community
Nurses work with pastoral staff, promoting health and wellness in a faith community,
through five primary roles: health educator, health counselor, volunteer coordinator,
advocate, and integrator of the faith/health relationship. For additional information
on the HealthEast Faith Community Nurse Program or to receive a copy of the Faith
Community Nurse brochure, call Lori Anderson, R.N. – Faith Community Nurse
Coordinator, 651-232-5521.
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Healing Prayer – Woodwinds Health Campus
Woodwinds Health Campus recently initiated a monthly prayer service designed to be a
comforting and healing time for staff and patients. For additional information, contact
Sr. Marian Louwagie, CSJ, 651-232-0062.
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Q u i c k T i m e ™
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d e c o m p r e s s o r
n e e d e d
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a
t h i s
p i c t u r e .
May we discover through pain and torment, the strength to
live with grace and humor. May we discover through doubt
and anguish, the strength to live with dignity and holiness.
May we discover through suffering and fear, the strength to
move toward healing. May it come to pass that we be restored
to health and to vigor. May life grant us wellness of body,
spirit, and mind. And if this cannot be so, may we find in this
transformation and passage moments of meaning, opportunities
for love and the deep and gracious calm that comes when we
allow ourselves to move on.
- Rabbi Rami M. Shapiro
Clinical Pastoral Education: “Learning the Art
of Spiritual Care”
Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is
experience-based theological education,
which combines the practice of pastoral
care with qualified supervision and peer
group reflection. Utilizing a case study style
of learning, CPE learning goals include
self-awareness, pastoral skills, and pastoral
formation.
Interviews are in progress for FY10
CPE Residency, and a new brochure is
available – contact Rev. Allen Dundek,
adundek@healtheast.org. Applications are
being accepted for the 2009-10 Extended
Unit of CPE (offered one day each week fall through spring).
Recommended
Viewing
“Everything is Spiritual”
by Rob Bell is a DVD of a
presentation on the meaning
of spirituality. The presenter,
Rob Bell, is the founding
pastor of Mars Hill Bible
Church. He is the author of
several books and is featured
in a series of spiritual short
films called “Nooma.” In
“Everything is Spiritual”, he
presents – in a compelling
manner – the centrality of
spirituality.
In March, Rev. John Martinson, DMin – Program Director, Ministerial Health & Leadership
Resources, Fairview Health System offered an introduction to “Clergy Coaching” for HealthEast
CPE Supervisors and Mentors.
The CPE residency program is partially funded by the HealthEast Foundation. For information,
contact Rev. Allen Dundek, 651-232-3612 or adundek@healtheast.org
HealthEast CPE webpage: http://www.healtheast.org/cpe/index.cfm
President’s Prayer Breakfast – April 21st
The HealthEast 2009 President’s Prayer Breakfast was held Tuesday, April 21st, 7:30 am at the
Prom Center. Music was provided by Mark David Williams, a gifted singer and songwriter.
Mark has sung on several religious television shows and traveled with the southern gospel
group, The Sound. Currently he is the Director of Music and Drama at North Heights Lutheran
Church in Arden Hills. HealthEast speakers were C. Richard Guiton, MD, retired internist/
pulmonologist and Laura Keithahn, Operations Executive, St. John’s Hospital.
St. John’s Chapel
has drawings available from
children at N. I. Magnuson
Christian School and First
Lutheran Church in White
Bear Lake, MN. The drawings
and messages are notes of
cheer and hope.
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Spiritual Care Endowment
The HealthEast Spiritual Care Endowment exists to support the provision of spiritual care services
to patients, clients, residents, staff members, physicians, and community members/groups
associated with HealthEast Care System. The endowment supports such programs as:
• Clinical Pastoral education – Spiritual Care education for ministers and theological students,
including a year-long residency program.
• Spiritual Care literature – Inspirational and comforting brochures designed for specific
clinical situations.
• Spiritual Care staffing – Financial support for Spiritual Care staff in areas of health care for
which funding is not available, e.g., hospice and home care.
• Worship materials/supplies – Funding for chapel supplies in HealthEast hospitals and
care centers.
• Community education/support groups – Funding for educational programs on subjects such
as bereavement, faith and health, and perspectives on suffering.
Your gift is much appreciated. Donations to HealthEast Spiritual Care may be sent to the
HealthEast Foundation, 1690 University Ave. West, Suite 250, Saint Paul, MN 55104-3729
Thank you to all who donated to HealthEast Spiritual Care in 2008.
Spiritual Care Staff Notes
Sr. Geri Lane, CSJ recently retired from HealthEast Care System. She served as chaplain at
St. Joseph’s Hospital for 20 years. A Mass and reception were held in her honor, Monday,
March 30, 2009, 2 – 4 pm at St. Joseph’s Hospital, 3M Education Center. Geri’s ministry
to cardiac care patients has been, for many years, an important component of the healing
process before and after heart surgery.
On the Cardiac Care unit, a poster featuring Sr. Geri has this tribute: “Sister Geri Lane’s hands
are not famous; they’re not as skilled as those of the distinguished surgeons she works with. They
don’t operate some of the Twin Cities’ most sophisticated heart technology. But consider what they
encounter during a day. The tremble of a man who suddenly realizes he’s not eighteen. The vibration
of a pager that signals a family want to pray. No, these are not the hands of a cardiologist or a
technician. But they can get you in touch with another far more powerful healer.”
Mary Camber, Maureen Feely
and Rev. Timothy Nelson
(left to right in photo) were
honored as Board Certified
Chaplains at the Spiritual Care
Collaborative Summit ’09 in
Orlando, FL.
Congratulations to
Rev. Nancy Wigdahl
on winning 2nd
place in the Bethesda
Hospital Art Contest
for her icon painting
of the Archangel
Raphael.
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Spir it ual Car e Donor s
January 1, 2 0 0 8 t o De c e mb e r 3 1 , 2 0 0 8
Cori Colleen Amesbury
Anonymous
Burnell Edward Beermann
Karen Blume
Gerald M. Bye
Thomas R. & Mary T. Byrne
Mary Ann Caesar
T. Claire Cassell
Wendy L. Chromey
David B. & Jolene M. Clemmons
Dr. Thomas G. Dashiell
Marie L. Deml
Teresa J. DeMore
Kurt & Laurie Doheny
Rev. Allen & Mrs. Lora Dundek
Maria Duwenhoegger
James S. & Patricia A. Erlandson
Maureen R. Feely
Friends of St. Joseph’s
Nancy Gates
Bob & DeeAnn Gill
Rev. Ted & Brigitte Hein
Rev. & Mrs. Scott W. Hinrichs
Peter T. & Janet C. Hovde
Alan C. Isaacson
Jean Jacobson
Mary Ann Johnson
Christene Jolowsky
David P. Krammer
Julie A. Kraus
Kay A. Linsmeier
S. Marian Louwagie
Elise V. MacKenzie
Joan L. Madsen
Mary L. Marshall
Berniece Marte
David E. & Mary Jo Monson
Joseph & Lisa Moriarity
Mary N. Muma
Damarais Munoz Morrison
Irene S. Munson
Rev. Bonnie M. Nash
Denise Nelson
Cordelia C. Onwuneme
Mary C. Paipal
Andy & Jean Patnode
Karen S. Paulson
Diane M. Peltzer
Philip & Joan Pennington
Rebecca Perzichilli
John W. & Dr. RubyAnn Poulson
Susan R. Powers
Ruth A. & Sidney J. Praska
Diane L. Preston
Gloria A. Reichstadt
Nicole Riley
Lori A. Robideau
Paul & Ellen Roitenberg
Ronald S. Rosenbaum
Cynthia S. Rudh
Dr. H. Jay & Sandra K. Rupp
Beth L. Salisbury
John E. & Lenida M. Sandahl
Ken & Deb Sandquist
Rachel A. Schaefer
Patricia A. Schmitz
David Severson
Michael L. Skinner
Stacey Smith
David & Christiana Stolpestad
Susan L. Susienka
Rezvan S. Tebyanifard
Linda M. Thompson
Nancy J. Todd
Fanwn Vo
Bonnie J. Wek
Rev. Nancy Ruth Wigdahl
Russ & Marsha Williams
Tony Wong
Vernon H. & Lucielle L.
Zimmerman Estate
Special thanks to John Nasseff for his generous gift to St. Joseph’s Hospital to provide a new chapel in memory of his parents,
Peter and Mary Nasseff, and a Peace Garden, honoring his brother, Art.
Your gift is much appreciated. Donations to HealthEast Spiritual Care may be sent to the HealthEast Foundation,
1690 University Ave. West, Suite 250, Saint Paul, MN 55104-3729
Five Wishes and estate planning seminar: Two topics to help you make your wishes known
Fives Wishes is a health care directive that allows you to plan for your personal, emotional, and spiritual needs in advance of a health care
crisis. During this seminar, Bob Moravec, MD, HealthEast Medical Director; and James G. Lethert, JD, Wealth Management Consultant, will
lead a thought-provoking discussion that focuses on Five Wishes, estate and gift tax issues, wills, and charitable giving techniques that best
fit each individual’s estate planning goals. Join us and take an active role in planning your future.
WHEN: Thursday, May 21, 2009
9:30 am to noon
WHERE:
COST: FREE (includes Five Wishes document, refreshments, and parking)
Woodwinds Health Campus
REGISTRATION: Registration is required. Call 651-326-CARE (2273)
Fee Education Center, Auditorium A
1925 Woodwinds Drive
Woodbury, MN 55125
The seminar is sponsored by HealthEast Foundation.
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Inside
• Inside:
“A Ministry of Wholeness”
HealthEast Faith Community
Nurse Network Update
Five Wishes Planning Seminar
• Spiritual Care volunteers
For information call:
Rev. Nancy Wigdahl
Bethesda Hospital
651-232-2041
Rev. Ted Hein
St. John’s Hospital
651-232-7397
Rev. Stephen LaCanne
St. Joseph’s Hospital
651-232-4155
Sr. Marian Louwagie
Woodwinds Health Campus
651-232-0062
109-0315 5/09
Spiritual Care is published by
HealthEast Spiritual Care
Faith Community
Pastoral Minister
Parish Educator
Please route to:
559 Capitol Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55103
Spiritual Care
ST. PAUL, MN
PERMIT NO. 4360
PAID
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE