{"id":36,"date":"2024-08-13T17:12:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T21:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2024-08-13T17:12:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T21:12:33","slug":"what-is-an-ecclesiastical-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/?page_id=36","title":{"rendered":"What is an Ecclesiastical Endorsement?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Office of Chaplains has established guidelines for Ecclesiastical Endorsement within the Old Catholic Church International (OCCI) for which every OCCI Chaplain and Chaplain  Candidate  are mandated to adhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When an ordained OCCI Clergy applies for a position for chaplain, whether full-time, part-time, or volunteer, all outside organizations for which the OCCI Chaplain will serve, require what is known as an Ecclesiastical Endorsement.  Essentially, this is a document, provided by the Chaplain Candidate\u2019s Diocesan Bishop, which attests to the OCCI Chaplain Candidates calling to ministry outside the parish in some type of Chaplaincy.   It also attests to the Chaplain Candidate\u2019s education including completion of an undergraduate degree, seminary degree (minimum M.A. or its equivalent in Theology), and the Chaplain Candidate\u2019s ordination either as a priest, transitional deacon or permanent deacon within the guidelines as set forth for ordained ministry in Canon Law of the Old Catholic Church Interational.  It also attests the Chaplain Candidate has completed a Criminal Background Check and has agreed to strict adherence to the Old Catholic Church Internation\u2019s Zero Tolerance Policy toward any form of sexual harrassment, or abuse of anykind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ecclesiastical Endorsement Guidelines in OCCI also sets forth requirements for the OCCI Chaplain to attain Continuing Education Units every 3 years and\/or attending training with the goal of attaining appropriate certification based on the type of Chaplain you will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When various agencies receive an Ecclesiastical Endorsement from an  OCCI Chaplain candidate\u2019s Bishop, the Endorsement of an OCCI Chaplains conveys to the agency the OCCI Chaplain candidate is of the highest professional caliber, prepared through seminary training, and ordained through OCCI as either a priest,transitional deacon, or permanent deacon, and conveys the OCCI Chaplain candidate truly has a \u201ccall within a call\u201d to serve in the specialized ministry of Chaplaincy and understands the role of a chaplain, regardless of the type of chaplain they become.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, please contact the Office of Chaplains at chaplaincy@myocci.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/a> OCCI Office of Chaplains is in the process of becoming a partner of COMISS as a \u201cEndorsing Organization\u201d partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Office of Chaplains has established guidelines for Ecclesiastical Endorsement within the Old Catholic Church International (OCCI) for which every OCCI Chaplain and Chaplain  Candidate  are mandated to adhere.  When an ordained OCCI Clergy applies for a position for chaplain, whether full-time, part-time, or volunteer, all outside organizations for which the OCCI Chaplain will serve, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":31,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","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=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37,"href":"https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/37"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplains.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}