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From the Corporal Works of Mercy to Board Certification National Association of Catholic Chaplains Kansas City, Missouri

From the Corporal Works of Mercy to Board Certification National Association of Catholic Chaplains Kansas City, Missouri March 16, 2004. Chaplain Mary E. Johnson Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota.

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From the Corporal Works of Mercy to Board Certification National Association of Catholic Chaplains Kansas City, Missouri

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  1. From the Corporal Works of Mercy to Board CertificationNational Association of Catholic ChaplainsKansas City, MissouriMarch 16, 2004 Chaplain Mary E. JohnsonMayo ClinicRochester, Minnesota

  2. The look in his eyes when they met your eyes revealed the man’s soul. His renewing sympathy restored your confidence in yourself. Just to speak to him made you feel better. You knew he was listening to you and that he understood you.DeChardin’s Biographer

  3. Although science is a powerful tool the kind of knowledge science conveys is not the only kind of knowledge there is. The other essential kind of knowledge involves our humanity.

  4. The way in which our humanity is brought to bear on our relationships with patients who hope for more than we can give is an important, and most often more important, than if the offering of a pretended science. Martin Adson, MD Emeritus Professor of Surgery Mayo Clinic

  5. The hospital chaplain walks between two worlds: religion and medicine…Often these worlds are complementary; sometimes they are in conflict.Always their interaction requires careful exploration.Holst, Lawrence, Hospital Ministry, Crossroads, 1985.

  6. Corporal Works of Mercy To feed the hungry, To give drink to the thirsty, To clothe the naked, To visit the imprisoned, To shelter the homeless, To visit the sick, To bury the dead.

  7. Modern Ministry Ground Rules • We are called in the context of the community of faith.

  8. Modern Ministry Ground Rules • We are called in the context of the community of faith. • We go to where the people are.

  9. Modern Ministry Ground Rules • We are called in the context of the community of faith. • We go to where the people are. • We meet each one at her/his particular point of need.

  10. Modern Ministry Ground Rules • We are called in the context of the community of faith. • We go to where the people are. • We meet each one at her/his particular point of need. • We respect and accept each one.

  11. Modern Ministry Ground Rules • We are called in the context of the community of faith. • We go to where the people are. • We meet each one at her/his particular point of need. • We respect and accept each one. • We advocate for the weak and the disenfranchised.

  12. Modern Ministry Ground Rules • We are called in the context of the community of faith. • We go to where the people are. • We meet each one at her/his particular point of need. • We respect and accept each one. • We advocate for the weak and the disenfranchised. • We advocate for the restoration of autonomy.

  13. Modern Ministry Ground Rules • We are called in the context of the community of faith. • We go to where the people are. • We meet each one at her/his particular point of need. • We respect and accept each one. • We advocate for the weak and the disenfranchised. • We advocate for the restoration of autonomy. • We are faithful.

  14. Life Expectancy (Years) 18 35.5 45 75 80 Prehistoric 1789 1900 1980 1998

  15. Biomedical Discoveries • Analgesia • Sterile Technique • Penicillin • The Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) • Life-Sustaining Technologies • The Human Genome Project

  16. Biomedical Discoveries • Analgesia (2100BC)

  17. Morphine “perfusa papavera” may still be useful in pain control in inducement of “laetheo somno,” a sleep that may soften troubles and discomforts and allow one to forget unpleasant facts.

  18. Surely the more you carry on your studies and research the more you come to recognize that suffering is a mystery which is inseparably joined to the human condition. Even though every morally legitimate effort must be made to relieve and eliminate physical pain, nonetheless we are acutely aware that suffering in a wider sense will always accompany man as he travels through this world. In deed, it can be a means of his salvation. Pope John Paul II, 1987, Forward to Advances in Pain Therapy and Research, Vol. 14.

  19. Biomedical Discoveries • Analgesia • Sterile Technique (1860)

  20. Sterile Technique • Crimean War (1854) revealed primitive sanitation methods • Florence Nightingale’s efforts at teaching sterile technique greatly reduced mortality among the sick and wounded

  21. Biomedical Discoveries • Analgesia • Sterile Technique • Penicillin (1930)

  22. Penicillin • First observed in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming • Kills or inhibits bacterial growth • Has been successfully used to treat such deadly diseases as endocarditis, septicimia, gas gangrene, gonorrhea and scarlet fever

  23. Biomedical Discoveries • Analgesia • Sterile Technique • Penicillin (1930) • The Structure of DNA (1953)

  24. Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) • The genetic material of all cellular organisms • Carries the information needed for the cell to do its work • First described by Watson and Crick in 1953 in the journal, Nature • Helps with diagnosis and with development of new treatments

  25. Biomedical Discoveries • Analgesia • Sterile Technique • Penicillin (1930) • The Structure of DNA (1953) • Life-Sustaining Technologies (1960’s - present)

  26. Life - Sustaining Technologies • Dialysis • Platinum • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) • Transplantation

  27. Biomedical Discoveries • Analgesia • Sterile Technique • Penicillin (1930) • The Structure of DNA (1953) • Life-Sustaining Technologies (1960’s - present) • The Human Genome Project (1989-2003)

  28. The Human Genome Project • Alfred Sturtevant created the first Drosophila gene map in 1911 • Begun in 1986, completed in April, 2003 • Between 30,000 and 40,000 human genes

  29. The Human Genome Project “It’s a history book--a narrative of the journey through time. It’s a shop manual, with an incredibly detailed blueprint for building every human cell. And it’s a transformative textbook of medicine, with insights that will give health care providers immense new powers to treat, prevent and cure disease.” Francis Collins, MD

  30. Modern Ministry Challenges • Spiritual distress

  31. Modern Ministry Challenges • Spiritual distress • Going to where the people are

  32. Modern Ministry Challenges • Spiritual distress • Going to where the people are • The discovery of needs

  33. Modern Ministry Challenges • Spiritual distress • Going to where the people are • The discovery of needs • Respect and acceptance

  34. Modern Ministry Challenges • Spiritual distress • Going to where the people are • The discovery of needs • Respect and acceptance • Advocacy

  35. Modern Ministry Challenges • Spiritual distress • Going to where the people are • The discovery of needs • Respect and acceptance • Advocacy • Faithfulness

  36. You heal sometimes;you relieve often;you comfort always.Camus

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