On Demand Chaplain Programs
ICJS presents public programs online for chaplains to support spiritual caregivers’ learning and growth. Today these recordings form a rich library of resources to increase your religious literacy and understanding.
Religion at the Intersection: Expanding organizational capacity for interreligious spiritual care
Chaplains and spiritual care providers are increasingly called to serve at the complex intersection of religion and healthcare, education, and criminal justice systems. These ICJS Grant recipients are actively increasing their organizations’ capacity to provide sensitive, interreligious spiritual care.
Deepening Our Capacity for Interreligious Spiritual Care (2026)
Are you a volunteer chaplain, CPE student, a solo chaplain, or a care provider new to the field of spiritual care provision? Consider joining ICJS for a special lunch and learn gathering where we will explore ways to expand one’s interreligious competency and capacity as a spiritual caregiver.
Creative Care: Using art to bridge divides
Chaplain Sangeetha Kowsik, founder of Ihsan Ishan Design, shares how she has used art and design to educate and unite diverse communities, cultures, and religions in her work as a chaplain.
Celebrating Our Call to Compassion
We gathered to celebrate Spiritual Care Week and the sacred work of chaplains and spiritual care providers. During this interactive Lunch & Learn, we reflected on our shared calling to offer compassion, presence, and hope in times of need. Through stories, guided reflection, and conversation, we celebrated the heart of our vocation and the many ways spiritual care transforms lives.
Spiritual Care for Interreligious Families
This webinar explores how spiritual leaders support families navigating multiple faith identities and create inclusive spaces for belonging, ritual, and growth. The webinar features Rev. Samantha Gonzalez-Block and Rabbi Debbi Reichmann, spiritual leaders of the Interfaith Families Project of Greater Washington—an independent community of interfaith families committed to sharing, learning about, and celebrating Jewish and Christian traditions.
Deepening Our Capacity for Interreligious Spiritual Care (2025)
In this event, we explored ways to expand one’s interreligious competency and capacity as a spiritual caregiver. Following the presentation, participants had the opportunity to learn about ICJS’ capacity-building grants, designed to specifically address the interreligious needs of chaplains in small Maryland-based organizations with limited access to other resources.
The Sacred Passage: Spiritual care for the dying
Participants from our 2024 Faculty Seminar, which focused on interreligious perspectives on death and dying, shared their research and work related to end-of-life issues. They explored how different religious traditions shape the meaning, practices, and rituals of end-of-life care, through both personal experience and interreligious dialogue.
Providing Spiritual Care to the Religiously Unaffiliated
With close to 30% of the US population identifying as religiously unaffiliated, spiritual care providers are searching for ways to serve these religious seekers. During this online event, Pastor Sue Pizor Yoder shared her insights from the last 5 years she has spent creating community for unaffiliated individuals who are seeking spiritual connection outside congregational walls.
Confronting Antisemitism and Islamophobia as Chaplains
In the wake of the conflict in Israel and Gaza, six organizations have created a task force to address the growing antisemitism and anti-Muslim bias we are witnessing throughout the world. Members of the task force discussed the purpose of their partnership and how they are working to support chaplains and spiritual care providers as they seek resources to address antisemitism and Islamophobia in their work.
Spiritual Care for the Grieving
Spiritual care providers are often called upon to accompany individuals during their time of grief. The impetus for this grief can range from loss of a long-held dream to the loss of a dear loved one. Whatever the catalyst, the grieving person must learn to navigate the complex feelings that arise from their loss. During this Chaplain Lunch and Learn, the panelists identified different forms of loss, how to support grieving care recipients, and the role spirituality and religion can play in navigating individual and collective grief.
Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Perspectives on Spiritual Care
This event featured an interactive discussion with four chaplains from four traditions—Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, and Jewish—to explore how spiritual care is understood and practiced within their contexts. Conversation includef information on what spiritual care providers need to know when providing care to someone from these traditions and what are common misconceptions.
