The Beacon recently met with Imam AlHajji Yusuf Hasan and Imam RamadanZakat to discuss the state of the Islamic pas-toral care and education movement in theUnited States. Imam Hasan, the world’s firstcertified Islamic chaplain, graduated fromThe HealthCare Chaplaincy’s ClinicalPastoral Education (CPE) program in 1994.Since then he has served as a Chaplaincy cli-nician at several medical institutions in NewYork City including Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Lenox HillHospital and St. Luke’s-Roosevelt MedicalCenter. Imam Zakat is currently enrolled inThe Chaplaincy’s supervisory residency,preparing for a career as one of the nation’sfirst certified CPE supervisors.

The Beacon: There are only three Muslim chaplains in North America certified to practice pastoral care, anumber that includes both of you. Why so few?

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Leading the Way: HCC’s Muslim Chaplains Reach Out tothe Islamic Community

Ayear has passed since The HealthCare Chaplaincy’s board approved The Next Frontier, a 55-page strategic plan that expressed a renewed organizational commitment to excellence andleadership in the international field of multifaith pastoral care.

“Strategic plans tend to meet one of two likely fates,” said the Rev. Dr. Walter Smith, president and CEOof The HealthCare Chaplaincy, “They can sit on a shelf and collect dust or they can serve as an organiza-tion’s compass as it explores new terrains.” Judging from the number and scope of programmatic devel-

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T h e S t r a t e g i c P l a n : O n e Ye a r L a t e r

Imams Yusuf Hasan and Ramadan Zakat

In a few months, it will be 20 yearssince I heard the words: “You havebreast cancer.” When the word“cancer” is spoken about you, orabout a loved one, the groundunder you shifts.

Before you even have a chance toabsorb the news, you are faced withdecisions and choices about confus-

ing treatment options. It is all so unfamiliar and overwhelm-ing. You are faced with learning the frightening language ofcancer: chemotherapy, radiation, etc. You are forced to make

critical decisions at a time when your brain seems to be barelyfunctional, a time when your physical and emotional strengthseem to be at their lowest, a time of aloneness because Godseems so very distant when you need Him the most.

It was in that period of darkness and turmoil that I met SisterElaine Goodell, staff chaplain at Memorial Sloan-KetteringCancer Center. With her ready smile, her warm and gentleway, she quickly set about bringing peace and calm in a terriblychaotic situation. Her readiness to literally stand by me, tocomfort, to pray with me and for me, seemed to envelop me ina protective cloak which enabled me to sail through all thatwas unfolding.

Healing Moments

A ccepting the vicissitudes of aging, I became a sur- gical patient in one of our partner institutions this spring as I underwent arthroscopic surgery on

my left knee to repair a torn meniscus. As part of rehabili-tation, I have been pursuing a program of physical ther-apy. Although all of the therapists who have been workingwith me are competent, they are not equally skilled. It didnot take long to perceive the difference, and to schedulemy remaining sessions with the therapist from whosetreatment I received the greatest gain. Although all arelicensed physical therapists, one was clearly better inunderstanding and addressing my needs.

This is also the case with professional spiritual care and itspractitioners. The HealthCare Chaplaincy is particularlyblessed with a staff of spiritual care professionals whobring this enhanced insight and encouragement topatients and family members. In the story below byCathy Malarkey, you read how Sister Elaine Goodell’s

twenty years of skilled and dedicated service to thepatients at Memorial Sloan-Kettering continues to make areal difference. In the interview with Imams Hasan andZakat, you understand better what our clinical pastoraleducation program is doing to further the skills develop-ment of Muslim clergy. It is no accident that the first certi-fied Muslim chaplains in America received their profes-sional education with The HealthCare Chaplaincy. In thefeature article by the Rev. John Simon, our director of pas-toral care at Vassar Brothers Medical Center inPoughkeepsie, New York, you have a glimpse into the rolethat professional chaplains play in helping patients andfamily consider and prepare for crucial end-of-life caredecisions. In these kinds of discussions, nothing replacesknowledge, skill, and sensitivity.

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“new medicine” that aspires to care for the whole per-son: body, mind, and spirit. As part of the pursuit oftheir mission, they wanted to learn more about the“spirit” dimension of the trilogy and came to TheHealthCare Chaplaincy in search of that knowledge.Harold Koenig, MD, co-director of the Center forSpirituality, Theology, and Health at Duke UniversityMedical Center, and I presented an accelerated debrief-ing on what is happening in the fields of medicine, spir-ituality, and professional chaplaincy. Once again, itbecame eminently clear that while there are many indi-viduals who competently offer spiritual support topatients and families, they are not equally skilled.

By your support, you are helping The HealthCareChaplaincy continue to play an increasingly importantrole in the professional fields of spiritual care, educa-tion, and research. You are aiding us in efforts torecruit and encourage excellence and leadership among

our clinicians, educators, and researchers. Just as myfirst-rate physical therapist is gradually helping me toregain strength and motility in my injured knee,so too, our chaplains each day are offeringpeople in need the benefits of their skills,acquired and enhanced in a strong mul-tifaith community that promotes theintrinsic value of the human spirit inthe economy of health care. ■

The Rev. Dr. Walter J. Smith, S.J.President & CEO

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About 10 years later, my mother was also diagnosed with breastcancer. My own experience did nothing to prepare me for thewide range of emotions and fear I felt for her. Again, it was Sr.Elaine who stood by me as we made decisions for my mother.

Some years after that, my mother suffered a devastating strokewhich left her paralyzed and unable to speak. Once again, Iturned to Sr. Elaine. With her encouragement and support, myhusband and I were able to care for my mother at home forthree-and-a-half years.

I am so grateful for the work of The HealthCare Chaplaincy,which plays such an indispensable and vital role in placing chap-

lains in its various institutions. There is no doubt whatsoever inmy mind that the work the chaplains so quietly and effectively dolessens the trauma of cancer and plays an essential role in prepar-ing and steadying patients and their families so that the healingprocess may begin. It is the chaplains who somehow make theunbearable bearable. ■

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Imam Hasan: There’s no simple answer to that question becausethere are many different Islamic populations in the United States.Any obstacles to professional certification that Imam Zakat and Ifaced as African-American Muslims are different from those obsta-cles faced by a recent immigrant from Saudi Arabia or NorthAfrica. One fifth of the world’s population is Muslim, comprisingdiverse cultures and schools of thought. Many imams still do notknow what it means to be a professional pastoral care practitioner.

The Beacon: Would you say it’s harder or easier for American-bornMuslims to enter the professional pastoral care field?

Imam Hasan: In general, I would say it’s easier. Islam focuses agreat deal on inward spiritual experience, with emphasis on indi-vidual practices such as prayer and scriptural study. As a result, pro-fessional pastoral care and counseling are still somewhat alien con-cepts among Islamic clergy outside America. But Imam Zakat and Iwere raised and educatedin a Western context, sowe have an easier timeintegrating pastoral careconcepts into our theolo-gies and ministries.

The Beacon: Imam Zakat, how has being an Islamic clergypersonhelped you recruit and educate prospective chaplains from the Muslimcommunity?

Imam Zakat: When prospective Muslim CPE students see me—adevout imam— advocating professional chaplaincy, they begin torealize that doing such things as providing spiritual care to non-Muslims and studying CPE alongside non-Muslims are indeed con-sistent with Islamic law. This is important because everything apracticing Muslim does must be sanctioned by Islamic scripture—the Qur’an or the Sayings of the Prophet.

The Beacon: Can you describe what you’ve accomplished so farrecruiting and educating Muslim chaplains?

Imam Zakat: Imam Hasan and I spend a great deal of time men-toring and educating prospective Muslim chaplains at seminaries

and masajid (Islamichouses of worship). Wetalk about the theologicalimplications of pastoralcare and also answerpractical questions aboutprofessional requirements

within the pastoral care field. And, as a supervisor-in-training, Irecently had the opportunity to supervise a Muslim CPE studentwho is now preparing to enter The Chaplaincy’s full-time residencyprogram in the fall.

Imam Hasan: Too many hospitals are hiring Muslim chaplainswho have not been certified because they are anxious to increasereligious diversity within their institutions. This is a short-sightedsolution to a pressing need, but the only way to ensure competentpastoral care is to recruit and appoint board certified Muslim chap-lains. This is a goal nationally that we support and The HealthCareChaplaincy is playing an important role in helping us provide thisstandard of education to a growing number of qualified Muslims.

The Beacon: How so?

Imam Hasan: The CPE process, particularly at a multifaith centerlike The HealthCare Chaplaincy, helps prospective chaplains—Muslims and non-Muslims alike—gain practical experience in mul-tifaith ministry. For instance, I know of untrained hospital chap-lains who were unwilling or unable to set up a multifaith chapel intheir institutions, or who insisted on administering prayer servicesin a manner that was too rigid for a contemporary multi-denomi-national context.

Imam Zakat: As a Muslim supervisor-in-training, I’ve found thatCPE is the best preparation for a career in multifaith spiritual care.I look forward to opening doorways to all Muslims—immigrantand indigenous—into this rewarding profession. ■

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Imam Al Hajji Yusuf Hasan lecturing on Islamic religious practices at the AmericanMuseum of Natural History. Imams Hasan and Zakat regularly speak before groupsof Muslim and non-Muslim medical staff, students, and community members acrossthe nation.

“Professional pastoral care and counselingare still somewhat alien concepts among

Islamic clergy outside America.”

opments that have occurred during the past several months, it isclear The Chaplaincy plan is decidedly in the latter category.

Clinical Pastoral ServicesResponding to its redefined mission of excellence and leadership inthe clinical services, the eChaplain© patient data collection programis perhaps one of the most novel initiatives launched. With thisproprietary software, Chaplaincy clinicians are now using desktopand handheld computers to enter a variety of important patientinformation which can then be accessed over the Internet for analy-sis by other chaplains, pastoral education faculty, Chaplaincyresearch staff, and authorized individuals such as hospital adminis-trators. Reflecting a new business model stemming from the strate-gic planning process, TheChaplaincy will license theeChaplain software andmarket support services topastoral care departmentsall over the country.

The Chaplaincy hasalready begun providing anumber of other professional services – such as consulting, pro-gram assessment, recruitment, and professional education tohealthcare and social services institutions, locally and nationally.

As the Rev. George Handzo, associate vice president for strategicdevelopment points out, “Our new service delivery models arehelping us to expand into agencies such as Housing Works, whichspecializes in AIDS treatment, and into institutions located wellbeyond The Chaplaincy’s traditional catchment area, such as theMedicorp Health System in Fredericksburg, Virginia.”

Pastoral EducationThe Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program has also stretched beyond its traditional educational venues by proffering a greaternumber of contractual CPE programs.

In addition to many other efforts in ethnic and religious diversifi-cation, The Chaplaincy recently established a satellite CPE pro-gram in Puerto Rico. Administered by the Rev. Carlos Alejandro, agraduate of The Chaplaincy’s supervisory residency program andthe director of pastoral care and education at NYU MedicalCenter, the new Puerto Rico center will serve as a hub from whicheven more CPE programs will be developed throughout the island.

ResearchSignificant progress has also been made toward the strategic goal ofintegrating pastoral research into every other Chaplaincy programarea. With new tools like eChaplain that help document and assessthe clinical efforts of HCC’s professional chaplains, and a revised

CPE curriculum that inte-grates research into thepostgraduate pastoral edu-cation program, theresearch department isbecoming an even moreessential element of TheHealthCare Chaplaincy’sdynamic culture.

Symbolizing its commitment to integrating education and research,The HealthCare Chaplaincy two years ago inaugurated theTempleton post-doctoral fellowship program in pastoral research, aunique program that is already preparing a new generation of lead-ers in the study of religion, spirituality, medicine and health.

With over 30 chaplains from different faith groups on staff, hun-dreds of students from around the world who desire to learn theart and science of pastoral care, and with strong partnerships withhealthcare and social service institutions throughout the metroNew York region, The HealthCare Chaplaincy is well positioned toembrace the new frontiers its strategic plan envisions. ■

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“Strategic plans tend to meet one of twolikely fates. They can sit on a shelf and

collect dust or they can serve as an organization’s compass as it explores

new terrains.”

The Strategic Plan: One Year Later

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A s I write this article, exactly two months have

passed since the life-sus-taining measures whichhad kept Terry Schiavoalive were halted, leadingto her death 13 days later.In my community –Poughkeepsie, New York –

I have noted at least onepositive outcome from thistragedy: awareness of thevalue of planning aheadfor end-of-life crises hasrisen dramatically. Still, I

can’t help wondering how many Americans will actually make thenecessary preparations now that our collective consciousness has beendirected away from the Schiavo incident onto the Next Big Story.

If you are not among those who have already completed a Living Willand a Health Care Proxy, I urge you to consider doing so as soon as possi-ble. Living Wills, which in most states do not require a lawyer to execute,allow you to stipulate in advance the range and kinds of medical treat-ment you would like to receive should you become grievously ill andincapacitated to the point where you are unable to convey your wishes.

But in order to be truly effective, a Living Will must be accompanied by aHealth Care Proxy (which is either stipulated in the Living Will or com-pleted as a separate form). A Health Care Proxy is an individual who,because she or he understands your values and beliefs, can flexibly – andlegally – respond to changing medical circumstances on your behalf. Youshould also designate an alternate proxy in case your first choice is unableto fulfill her or his obligations. Your designated and alternate proxiesshould receive hard copies of your Living Will, as should your primaryphysician if possible.

It is particularly important that you appoint a Health Care Proxy if youare a resident of New York. Even immediate family members lack thelegal authority to control medical treatment in New York State.Consequently, medical personnel may be compelled to do anything intheir power to preserve life, regardless of the patient’s true wishes, if theyare not legally directed to do otherwise.

In addition to reducing the legal complexities, designating a HealthCare Proxy dramatically lightens (but can never eliminate) the emo-tional burden upon your loved ones. Because the proxy must act inaccordance with the wishes expressed in a Living Will, any decision toinitiate, continue, or end life-sustaining measures will not be viewed as“playing God” but rather as an act of love.

Do not wait until you or your family members are in a crisis to createyour Living Will with designated Health Care Proxy. Doing so is tanta-mount to learning how to use a parachute after you have left the plane.

Please take a moment to select and complete a comprehensive LivingWill such as the Five Wishes form.

Five Wishes (which can be viewed and ordered from the websitewww.agingwithdignity.org), helps you legally clarify your health careproxy and your basic medical wishes, including the level of comfort careyou wish to receive in the event that life-sustaining measures are with-held. Five Wishes also helps you clarify many personal questions of apsychological and spiritual nature. It allows you to determine, forinstance, whether or not you would like to have members of your faithcommunity notified so they can pray for you, either from a distance orat the bedside.

The end of life can be a trying, often divisive, period for the loved ones of anindividual who is dying and incapacitated. There’s no getting around this.But preparing in advance with a comprehensive Living Will and HealthCare Proxy can lessen the strain considerably. It is the ultimate in self-deter-mination, choosing a better life for your loved ones at life’s end. ■

The Rev. John Simon is director of pastoral care at Vassar Brothers MedicalCenter, a HealthCare Chaplaincy partner hospital. A native Texan, he hasbeen engaged in ministry for 17 years, 10 of which have been in multifaithspiritual healthcare. For further information about end-of-life issues,the Rev. Simon recommends:

● Byock, M.D., I., Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End ofLife, Riverhead Books, 1998.

● Shenkman, M. and Klein, P., Living Wills & Health Care Proxies:Assuring That Your End-of-Life Decisions Are Respected, Law MadeEasy Press, 2004.

If Not Now, When?One Chaplain’s Perspective on Advance Directives

Health & Healing

The Rev. John Simon offers multifaith pastoralsupport and counsel on advance directives topatients and their loved ones at VassarBrothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie,New York.

“In order to be truly effective, a Living Will must be accompanied by a Health Care Proxy.”

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James E. Buckman is vice chairman, generalcounsel, and chief compliance officer of CendantCorporation. Previously, Jim was senior executivevice president and general counsel of Cendant'spredecessor, HFS, Inc. He is a member of

Cendant’s board of directors and of the executive committee ofthe board. A Fordham University alumnus, Jim also has servedon its board of trustees.

Emanuel Chirico is president and COO ofPhillips-Van Heusen Corporation, one of theworld’s largest apparel companies, which ownsand markets several brands including CalvinKlein, Van Heusen, IZOD, Arrow, Bass, and G.H.

Bass & Co. Manny is also chairman of the audit committee ofDicks Sporting Goods and serves on the Advisory Council of theFinancial Executives Institute and the Working Council for ChiefFinancial Officers.

Daniel M. FitzPatrick is president and CEO ofthe Goldman Sachs Trust Company. Dan serveson the executive committees of the TrustManagement Association and the New YorkBankers Association’s Trust and Investment

Division. A director of Greenwich Emergency Medical Services,Inc., Dan is also a Knight of Magistral Grace in the AmericanAssociation of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

Diana S. Goldin is an independent consultantto healthcare and arts organizations for commu-nications, fundraising, project development, andoperations. Some of the organizations Diana hasadvised over the years include The Lupus

Foundation, The World Monuments Fund, and Gilda’s Club.Diana has served on many non-profit boards and has extensiveexperience with local and state politics in New York.

Ira J. Greenblatt was a partner at Tenzer,Greenblatt, Fallon & Kaplan for 25 years beforeretiring in 2003. Beginning in 1980, Ira servedas executive vice president and director of TheHIG Corporation, which owns and operates

cemeteries as well as development real estate. Some of Ira’s pastactivities include serving as president of the Brandeis School inLawrence, New York and as treasurer of the America-IsraelFriendship League.

Judith Pond Kudlow is dean and co-founderof The Harlem Studio of Art, a place to teach andshare knowledge as well as a space for estab-lished artists to work together. Before devotingherself full-time to art, Judy served in the Reagan

White House, Justice Department, and Federal TradeCommission. A fourth generation Christian Scientist, Judy is anactive board member at High Ridge House, which provides nurs-ing care informed by the principles of Christian Science.

Anita M. Larsen, a seasoned corporate com-munications executive, has developed and exe-cuted media strategies for diverse global corpora-tions such as Texaco, Inc., Joseph E. Seagram &Sons, Vivendi Universal SA, and Merck &

Company, Inc. Anita was ranked among the "Top 40 under 40"in Women’s News and is a member of Leadership America Alumniand the Public Relations Society of America.

Amy Radin is executive vice president of cus-tomer engagement for Citi Cards, a member ofCitigroup. Amy began her career at Citi Cards in2000 as executive vice president of Citi Cards e-Business. Amy held senior positions at The

Dime Savings Bank of New York and American Express prior tojoining Citigroup. She received her M.B.A. in Marketing fromThe Wharton School and a B.A. from Wesleyan University.

Dr. Lynn Rothstein, a veteran of the not-for-profit world, is executive director at CCS FundRaising and currently serves on-site with theJewish Board of Family and Children's Services.Prior to this assignment, Lynn was vice president

of the Echoing Green Foundation, and earlier in her careerserved as vice president for institutional research and strategicplanning at Union Theological Seminary. Lynn has been electedto numerous boards, including her alma mater, ColumbiaUniversity’s Barnard College.

Alan V. Schwartz is the president and CEO ofBernard Hodes Group, a global provider of inte-grated talent solutions and a subsidiary ofOmnicom Group Inc. A CPA, he began his careerat Price Waterhouse and went on to hold senior

financial positions at Doyle Dane Bernbach and Bernard HodesGroup. In January 2002, Alan assumed his current position aspresident and CEO of Hodes, overseeing the operations of over30 company offices located throughout the United States,Canada, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

Janet Prindle Seidler retired in 2004 after 27years at Neuberger Berman. In 1983, shebecame the first female partner in the firm’s his-tory and, in 1988, founded the SociallyResponsive Investment group at Neuberger

Berman. She is an active supporter of The New York Women’sFoundation and has established a chair in Women’s Studies atDePauw University, her alma mater. Janet is a founding memberof The City Church, New York.

Introducing Our New Trustees

Associate director of research Kevin J. Flannelly, Ph.D. anddirector of clinical Services the Rev. George Handzo wererecently appointed to the editorial board of The Journal ofPastoral Care & Counseling.

The Rev. Stephen Harding was appointed to lead anational work group facilitating a project called “Spiritualpathways for pain management,” the goal of which is toimprove care by addressing spiritual and emotional needs thatarise for chronic pain patients.

Associate director of education Rabbi Bonita E. Taylor wasselected to receive the Faculty Award from The Academy forJewish Religion (AJR) in 2005. Rabbi Taylor was singled outfor her excellent work providing Clinical Pastoral Education toAJR students.

Director of education the Rev. A. Meigs Ross was a confer-ence leader and presenter at the Women Supervising WomenConference of the Eastern and North East Regions of theAssociation for Clinical Pastoral Education. The theme was“Women in leadership: Navigating roles and expectations.”

The March 21st edition of The Poughkeepsie Journal featured the pastoral care work of the Rev. John Simon on its frontpage. The Rev. Simon is HCC’s director of pastoral care atVassar Brothers Medical Center. In May, the Rev. Simon was apresenter at The American Cancer Society’s “Cancer update2005: Survival strategies for nurses.” The topic was “Keepingyour life in perspective in dealing with cancer.”

The Chaplaincy research department recently published thefollowing articles: “Assessing patients’ spiritual needs: A com-prehensive instrument” in Holistic Nursing Practice; “A reviewof spiritual and religious measures in nursing research journals:1995-1999” in the Journal of Religion and Health; and “HowAmericans see God” in Spirituality & Health Magazine.

Chaplaincy clinician Rabbi Stephen Shulman conducted aworkshop on “The art of pastoral care” at the RabbinicalAssembly Convention in Houston, Texas.

Rabbi Nathan Goldberg spoke at the Rabbinical Council ofAmerica's convention on the topic “Training future chaplains.”

Chaplaincy Briefs

Will there be skilled pastoral clinicians in the comingyears to deliver words of hope and healing to patients,to pray with families, and to provide informed spiritualcounseling to overburdened staff?

You can help ensure the future of skilled pastoral careby including The Chaplaincy in your will.

For more information on planned giving options,please contact Fran McKinley, Development Officer, at212-644-1111, ext. 133. To make an on-line donation,please visit www.healthcarechaplaincy.org and thenclick the How to Donate link. ■

As You Plan for YourFuture, Please Help UsSafeguard Ours

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Sr. Elaine Goodell with an award for her 20 years of service as a HealthCare Chaplaincyclinician at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Later in the ceremony, which washosted this year at Congregation Or Zarua, four new certified multifaith pastoral care-givers were welcomed to The Chaplaincy staff.

Chaplaincy Life Trustee and Senior Rabbi of Congregation Or Zarua Harlan Wechslerwelcomes guests to The Chaplaincy’s commissioning ceremony.

New HCC clinical staff members from left to right: The Rev. Arnd Braun-Storck,Rabbi Nathan Goldberg, Chaplain Megan Kelly, and The Rev. John Simon.

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