{"id":17,"date":"2024-08-13T20:57:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T20:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2024-08-13T17:32:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T21:32:21","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chaplaincy is a \u201cspecialty\u201d within the priesthood and permanent diaconate.&nbsp; When St Mother Teresa went to her Mother Superior to request de-cloisterization, her Mother Superior asked why she would want to leave the convent, St Mother Teresa said she felt in her heart a \u201ccall within a call\u201d.&nbsp; The call to Chaplaincy is also a \u201ccall within a call\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calling to priesthood and permanent diaconate prepares candidates for service as parish priests and deacons.&nbsp; Chaplaincy is the specialty which prepares priests and permanent deacons for working within an \u201cinterfaith\u201d and\/or \u201cno-faith\u201d environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chaplains serve out of their faith and call; however, Chaplaincy is not about the Chaplain\u2019s faith.&nbsp; It is about the faith or no-faith to those whom the Chaplains serve.&nbsp;&nbsp; Chaplains often serve in situations when their regular clergy are unavailable.&nbsp; Chaplains provide a holy space for people who are in pain, trauma, crisis, and conflict.&nbsp; Chaplains stand with human beings as they encounter some of the most trying times of their lives.&nbsp; Chaplains assist in bridging the gap between the mundane and the sacred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chaplains serve in a variety of environments including (but not limited to):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Police Departments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sheriff Departments (Chaplains to those incarcerated in local and county jails, state penitentiaries, federal penitentiaries, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fire Departments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EMS Departments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Federal Law Enforcement Agencies (FBI, Secret Service, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Federal Agencies not necessarily law enforcement (CIA, NSA, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trauma Centers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Airport Chaplains<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>State Chaplain Response Teams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Critical Incident Teams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hospitals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nursing Homes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hospices and Palliative Care Programs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Industry (i.e. Corporate Chaplains, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Military<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Old Catholic Church, International \u201cOffice of Chaplains\u201d was established in 2018 by the Conference of Bishops to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Foster vocations for full-time paid and\/or volunteer chaplains<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support and encourage priests, permanent and transitional deacons to serve as volunteer chaplains in many of the organizations listed above<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recruiting and assisting chaplain candidates through their specialized training<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supporting chaplains and their families<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Providing tools and training to support OCCI Chaplains<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Providing on-going continuing education for Chaplains<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Providing a support system for those ministering in this highly specialized ministry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Providing a clearinghouse for communications among OCCI chaplains through newsletters and conferences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Providing \u201cEcclesiastical Endorsement\u201d for OCCI Chaplain candidates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promoting the specialized ministry of chaplaincy within the church and community<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participating in national\/state\/provincial chaplaincy organizations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Becoming a participating partner and maintaining membership within COMISS Network<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20231209085911\/https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>. For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comissnetwork.org\/\">comissnetwork.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please contact the Office of Chaplains at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20231209085911\/mailto:chaplaincy@myocci.org\">chaplaincy@myocci.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20231209085911\/https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> OCCI Office of Chaplains is in the process of becoming a partner of COMISS as a \u201cEndorsing Organization\u201d partner.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chaplaincy is a \u201cspecialty\u201d within the priesthood and permanent diaconate.&nbsp; When St Mother Teresa went to her Mother Superior to request de-cloisterization, her Mother Superior asked why she would want to leave the convent, St Mother Teresa said she felt in her heart a \u201ccall within a call\u201d.&nbsp; The call to Chaplaincy is also a &#8230; <a title=\"Welcome\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Welcome\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18,"href":"https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}