Commissioning Chaplains – Fr David O’Malley SDB
Taken from Fr David O’Malley’s Blog
This is the time of year when many chaplains are commissioned or re-commissioned for service in school communities. Commissioning can be a very helpful experience for both the chaplain and for the school community because:
- It highlights the spiritual dimension of the school and the seriousness with which the school approaches its ethos.
- It emphasises the different role and relationships that the chaplain has to maintain within other professional relationships at school.
- It allows the school to recognise its formal links to the church as a a church school, especially if the dean or some local clergy take part in the commissioning.
- It is a formal invitation for others to recognise and pray for the chaplain and be ready to support their work.
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This is something put together on the old site by the Editor Emeritus Jack Regan. You can download it here!
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This is something put together on the old site by the Editor Emeritus Jack Regan. You can download it here!
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This is something put together on the old site by the Editor Emeritus Jack Regan. You can download it here!
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This is something put together on the old site by the Editor Emeritus Jack Regan. You can download it here!