For Chaplains & Spiritual Caregivers
Supporting Chaplains & Spiritual Caregivers
ICJS offers programs for chaplains as they provide inclusive spiritual care in hospitals, prisons, academic campuses, military bases, law enforcement agencies, and other diverse institutional settings.
Chaplains are vital interreligious leaders who serve at the intersection of secular institutions and religious life. These spiritual caregivers accompany individuals and communities during times of crisis, transition, grief, and loss. They often provide care across lines of religious difference—supporting people of many faiths, no faith, or traditions outside their own.
Spiritual Care Capacity-Building Grants
ICJS will sponsor a “Capacity-Building Grant” program to offer grants of up to $1,000 each to Maryland-based organizations with volunteer chaplains and/ or up to three staff chaplains to pay for supplies, professional development, or other resources. These grants are to specifically address the interreligious needs of chaplains in small organizations with limited access to other resources.
ICJS Programs for Chaplains and Spiritual Caregivers
Lunch and Learn Events
ICJS offers quarterly online webinars on topics of interest to spiritual care providers featuring speakers who are leaders in the field. All sessions are recorded and are available for viewing in our On Demand library on this page.
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Book Study
ICJS hosts book studies that bring together chaplains and spiritual care providers from diverse traditions to read and reflect on texts exploring spiritual, theological, and social issues. These gatherings foster interreligious dialogue, mutual understanding, and meaningful connection across religious communities.
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Spirituality Groups
Are you a spiritual care provider looking for free professional development opportunities and peer support? If so, please consider participating in the virtual ICJS Interreligious Spirituality Group for spiritual care providers and chaplains. This is an opportunity to build connections with other spiritual care providers and deepen interreligious learning. Spirituality groups meet monthly via Zoom.
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Reflect and Refresh
ICJS invites spiritual care providers and chaplains across Maryland to come together for a day of reflection, learning, dialogue, and communal care. Through interactive and engaging workshops we will explore topics that pertain to providing spiritual care. Space will also be provided for participants to engage in care practices that cultivate wellbeing, hope, and joy.
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Chaplain Events On Demand
Democracy and Religion: What’s at stake?
September 15, 2026
At a time of growing pressure on democratic institutions, changing election laws, and threats to voting rights, religious leaders and spiritual care providers can serve as trusted voices and moral anchors in their communities. Protecting democratic participation is not only a political concern; it is also a moral and spiritual commitment rooted in the dignity of every person.
Religion at the Intersection: Expanding organizational capacity for interreligious spiritual care
April 15, 2026
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
January 28, 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
December 11, 2025
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.
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ICJS is an Affiliate Member of The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS).
Contact Alisha Wimbush, Th.D. | Program Director for Religious Leaders
If you want to learn more about ICJS’ work with clergy and religious leaders, contact Alisha Wimbush, Th.D., at awimbush@icjs.org.