Faith Thu, 23 Jan 2025 02:03:03 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Chaplains deal with a new level of grief in Humboldt tragedy /item/27214-chaplains-deal-with-a-new-level-of-grief-in-humboldt-tragedy /item/27214-chaplains-deal-with-a-new-level-of-grief-in-humboldt-tragedy

Hospital chaplains are accustomed to seeing death and terrible illnes. ItöÏÓãÊÓƵapp just a byproduct of the job. But there is only so much they can be prepared for.

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NAIROBI, Kenya – Religious leaders in Kenya have welcomed a government move to recruit chaplains for all public high schools as a measure intended to improve discipline and staunch unrest.

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MINNEAPOLIS – Chaska Police Chief Scott Knight didn't want to see golf fans at Hazeltine National Gold Club spiritually unprovided for again.

]]> Faith Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:00:00 -0400 Deacons, nuns, laity and even athlete-priests to be Olympic chaplains /home/international/item/14814-deacons-nuns-laity-and-even-athlete-priests-to-be-olympic-chaplains /home/international/item/14814-deacons-nuns-laity-and-even-athlete-priests-to-be-olympic-chaplains

MANCHESTER, England - Some people are simply gifted at sport; they excel at any challenge involving a ball, a stick or a physical contest nearly as soon as they turn their hands to it.

One such person is Father Geoff Hilton, a priest from Salford Diocese in the north of England, who will be serving as a chaplain to athletes competing in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

It was because of his sporting prowess that the former police officer from Manchester was hand-picked to become one of 16 official Catholic chaplains appointed by the Olympics organizing committee.

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