Jack Paleczny offered this seminar at the University of Waterloo to an audience of approximately 25. Jack’s work as hospital chaplain privileged him to have patients share their life stories with him. He developed a framework of understanding their spirituality, whether it was presented in religious language or otherwise. As he noticed personal qualities, connections and questions, he reflected them back to the people who generally appreciated being been understood. Consequent spiritual assessment enabled Jack to develop a plan of spiritual care, which he shares with other caregivers so they too could appreciate and support the spiritual journey of the patients. In his seminar, Jack shared with us his experience and his framework of spiritual understanding. This seminar was also promoted in all the local hospital and care facilities. Many caregivers were in attendance.
