For those that missed out on the workshop in March, you will have another opportunity to attend.

This workshop will build the capacity of faith leaders to more effectively minister to the veteran community and support veterans through appropriate referral. Participants become familiar with the services provided by the VHA and how to help veterans access VA resources. You will begin to understand the hidden wounds and moral conflict experienced by many veterans, recognize the clinical constructs of "PTSD" and "moral injury" as well as criticism of those constructs; and appreciate the contribution clergy and faith communities are making in addressing hidden wounds and moral conflicts.

There will be a pre-ceremony orientation at 3 p.m. in Room 7A141. The ceremony will take place in the Heroes' Chapel on the 3rd floor. A post-ceremony reception with Peter Yeomans (Psychologist), Chris Antal & Rotunda East (Chaplains).

Please RSVP by May 1. For more information, call (215) 823-4392 or email christopher.antal@va.gov.

Parking is limited at the Medical Center. You are encouraged to park on the street.

Please register online at this link:

https://diopa.wufoo.com/forms/community-healing-ceremony/

The Rev. Chris J. Antal will be the speaker.
He is the Clinical Staff Chaplain at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz V.A. Medical Center (Philadelphia) and co-author of Moral Injury, Soul Repair, and Creating a Place for Grace [Religious Education 110, no. 4, pp. 382-394], available online from the Penn Law School. Prior to joining the V.A., Chaplain Antal served as a battalion chaplain with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan and led the Faith Community Partnership program for the New York-based organization Soldier's Heart. He is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association and a founding member of Veteran's for Peace Hudson Valley Chapter 177.

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