Reservoir or canal

Spiritual retreats for chaplains caring for people with dementia

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ID21176668
AuthorsRobyn Wrigley-Carr (0000-0001-6146-7892, University of Divinity, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume36
Issue2
Pages157-172
Publication date2024-04-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1552-8030 • E-ISSN: 1552-8049
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15528030.2023.2178594
OpenAlexW4321374001
LanguageEN
References cited9

This research outlines and evaluates a pilot study weekend retreat to refresh Australian Aged Care chaplains (September 2022). The retreat theme of “Living Water” had four movements: “Water Cleansing the Soul”, “A-thirst for God”, Water Refreshing the Soul” and “The Well-watered Garden.” Activities included ”lectio divina”, Ignatian meditation, painting, prayer-walks and corporate worship. Participants were interviewed pre-retreat and provided written evaluations afterwards. Bernard of Clairvaux provides the guiding metaphor for this research. He argues that we need to be ”reservoirs”, large bodies of water, outpouring from places of plenty, rather than narrow ”canals”. The theoretical undergirding for this research came from the writings of Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941), a research Conductor in England in the 1920s and 30s

Alternative medicine · Dementia · Spiritual care · Spirituality · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Internal Medicine

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