WELCOME TO OUR NEW NEWSLETTER!
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September, 2018
Pastoral Care Ministry Newsletter
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DIRECTORS MESSAGE:
Every Day Is A New Beginning
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The importance of telling our story and having someone non-judgmentally gently hold that story as they listen is a gift to both the story teller and the receiving listener. I remember a poster that hung on a wall in a counseling office I worked in at one time. It said “Every Day Is A New Beginning.”
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Pastoral Care Ministry's
Bereavement Support Group Facilitator Training
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Register by Sept. 14th!
This September, Pastoral Care Ministry will offer an 18 hour Bereavement Support Group Facilitator Training for parishioners currently working with the bereaved of a parish and/or who will be setting up a bereavement support group in the parish.
Topics include defining normal grief, identifying gender differences in grieving, impact of religion, spirituality and culture on grief/grieving, coping mechanisms and destructive ways of coping, interviewing and screening participants, facilitation, dealing with problem participants, mock groups, self-care for facilitators and bereavement resources. Training sessions include information on discernment and boundaries, presentations, interactive exercises, readings, prayer and reflection.
$100 program fee includes cost of book, hand-out material, morning refreshments and lunch.
Sessions begin Sept. 22nd, must pre-register.
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Sept. 8:
Sept. 14 - Dec. 14:
Sept. 15:
Sept. 21 - 29:
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Albany Diocesan Cemeteries currently has openings for 3 full time positions: Family Service Representative, Family Service Associate, and a Groundskeeper.
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Why this man spent his last years caring for the dying
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"Doak was a devout Catholic, and a veteran, who died July 29 at 96 years old. But before his own death, Doak had spent days and nights sitting beside dying men and women in a hospice, offering them a word of comfort and the encouragement of prayer…
… A devout Catholic, Joe told the Daily Sentinel in May that he wanted to be a source of hope, letting those patients know that someone would be with them during their last hours”.
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Noticing Patients' Surroundings Can Help Chaplains Know What to Say
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Miriam Diephouse McMillan:
Holding on to Hope
... “Come in!” said a cheerful voice from inside the room. As I opened the door my eyes were drawn to the colorful Christmas lights strung across the wall, and then to the row of cards and picture frames perched on the ledge below. Each card and picture had a story to go with it. “This one here is from my friend Benny,” Sarah explained. “He’s got a good sense of humor. See that girl in the wedding dress? That’s my niece. And this,” she said, holding up a black stuffed dog, “is to remind me of my Wolf. I think he’s what I’ll miss the most while I’m in here".
Patients on the Bone Marrow Transplant unit often put time into decorating their rooms, since this would be their home away from home for at least a month."
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You Can’t Unfriend the Dead
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"Not too long ago, I attended a presentation on grieving in a social media world. Like so many things with social media, there is good news and bad news. The good news is that social media provides new and creative ways for grieving people to connect and to memorialize... The bad news is that, especially for young people, news of a death can travel so fast—sometimes faster than good, accurate information—and this also lends to learning about a death without a real person present for comfort and companionship".
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Sharing Stories of Working with God's Grace –
An upcoming event at the Consultation Center
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Mondays, October 1, 15, 22 and 29 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Pastoral Center, 40 North Main Avenue, Albany
In this four-part class, we’ll share tales of experiencing grace.
We may have simply noticed grace at work as we interact with family and friends.
Or seen grace heal a brokenness. It might have opened “the eyes of our heart” to another’s need.
Perhaps widened our understanding of Spirit’s presence in the world.
We will practice deep listening, promise confidentiality, and tell our tales in pairs or small groups.
Stories voiced and heard help us all learn what it means to be awakened spiritual beings.
Marni Gillard, MA
Marni Gillard, MA, brings the joy of sacred storytelling to parishes, schools, prisons, libraries and faith groups. She leads an annual summer storytelling weekend for adolescents and adults at Pyramid Life Center. Her book Storyteller, Storyteacher shows how story work brought middle schoolers to a deep sense of community. Without a Splash, her double CD of personal tales, awakens memories in young and old. Marni can be reached at
http://www.marnigillard.com
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Fee: $55. Contact the Consultation Center
(518) 489-4431
for more information and registration.
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Five Calming Techniques For Caregivers
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Caregiving for an elderly parent can have its challenges especially if your parent has dementia. Here are a couple of techniques that might help you when it’s starting to feel like it’s all too much.
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Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Is Important
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Have you ever been talking to someone and couldn’t come up with the right word to use? How about suggesting someone try a favorite restaurant that you like, and then can’t remember the name of it? Is this the beginning of Alzheimer’s disease or typical age related change?
Click here
to learn the 10 Early Sign & Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease.
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"An inexperienced youth thinks, indeed, that one can let the old people go, because in any case there is nothing much that can be done with them: life is behind them, and they cannot be considered as much more than petrified pillars of the past. But it is a great error to assume that the meaning of life is exhausted with the period of youth and growth... The afternoon of life is just as full of meaning as the morning, only its meaning and purpose is a wholly
different one."
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Carl Jung-
The Psychology of the Unconscious
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Artificial Intelligence And
The Caregiver Gap
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In some ways, the Jetson family gave us a look at what is becoming our technologically supported life.
“In two short years, the American population of those 65 and older will number 65 million. It’s a staggering number that demands some out of the box thinking, especially when coupled with the shrinking supply of paid and unpaid caregivers."
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Hope In A Jar:
A Gift For Yourself
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"Author Elizabeth Gilbert uses a giant jar to document her happiness.
When she felt happy, she jotted a few words on a small piece of paper, dated it, and dropped it in the jar.
I thought of another use for a Mason jar, and created Hope in a Jar.
You can make one too, and the steps are easy to follow
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Pastoral Care Ministry is a program of Albany Diocesan Cemeteries
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