COVID-19 Resources for Faith Communities: Specialized Ministries
Specialized Ministries
The Buddhist Chaplains on the Front Lines of the Pandemic
Four Buddhist chaplains, alumni and students of the Institute of Buddhist Studies, share the trials and lessons of their experience as essential workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.
Sikh doctor chooses to shave ‘in this time of need’
The COVID-19 crisis has compelled people around the planet to grapple with all manner of moral dilemmas. For Montreal physician Sanjeet Singh-Saluja, it has forced him into the difficult position of having to reconcile his medical oath with his religious values.
Pastoring in a Time of Pandemic
Solihten Institute and Samaritan Counseling Center of Atlanta present a live interactive webinar “Pastoring in a Time of Pandemic,” a conversation about the intersection of faith and mental health in these unprecedented times.
Mental Health in a Time of COVID-19 Webinar Series: Part 3-Task-Shifting To Address Increasing Challenges
Health and Human Services Partnership Center for Faith and Community Initiatives presents Part 3 of Mental Health in a Time of COVID-19 webinar series, “Task-Shifting to Address Increasing Challenges,”
CDC-Funeral Guidance for Individuals and Families
Grieving the loss of a loved one during the fear and anxiety about the COVID-19 pandemic can be overwhelming. This guidance is for individuals and families as they work with funeral directors, community and religious leaders, and others to plan and hold funeral services and visitations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
National Association of Catholic Chaplains Coronavirus Resources
The National Association of Catholic Chaplains coronavirus page offers resources (webinars, spiritual care rituals and services, COVID self-care, etc.) as well links to news stories being written about chaplaincy and spiritual care ministry.
Living Your Life in the Time of Corona Virus/ La Vida Durante la Pandemia del Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Los invitamos a usted y a su comunidad a participar en un seminario virtual en español. Los expertos de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos les darán a conocer las ultimas noticias del coronavirus (COVID-19).
It’s time to address the unprecedented grief surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic
Our understandings were designed to address a wide variety of experiences, but the kind of global grief we are experiencing — and our inability to physically gather together in its midst — is truly unprecedented.
Dial-a-Priest
Dial–a–Priest is available to health care professionals and families in hospitals and nursing homes around the country through a single number that connects callers to an Episcopal clergyperson for prayer, especially before intubations or surgeries, or last rites when needed – no matter a patient’s faith tradition or absence of faith tradition.
Association of Professional Chaplains: COVID-19 Resources
The Association of Professional Chaplains coronavirus page offers resources (healthcare, spiritual care services, self-care, etc.) curated by leaders in healthcare, safety and disease control that pertain to the COVID-19 pandemic.
When Resources are Limited, What Would an Ethicist Do
Dr. Paul Root Wolpe and Kathy Kinlaw discuss the unique ethical challenges of triage, ventilator allocation, DNR orders, and other difficult decisions related to treatment of COVID-19, and how hospitals locally and across the nation are handling these challenges.
Webinar Series to Explore Faith, Ministry During COVID-19
Candler School of Theology will offer three webinars over as many weeks featuring dialogues among faculty and alumni exploring what it means to live their faith and practice ministry during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice
Wendland-Cook is a religion and justice program at Vanderbilt University that believes addressing the relationship between religion and matters of economic and ecological justice is foundational to the flourishing of all people and the planet.
Responding to COVID-19 Pandemic: Toolkit for Emotional Coping for Healthcare Staff
Frontline healthcare staff are facing unprecedented stressors as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds. The Toolkit for Emotional Coping for Healthcare Staff (TECHS) is a set of concrete tools healthcare staff can use during these challenging times.
In Difficult Times: Supporting the front lines
Webinar to describe innovative ways that chaplains can support front-line healthcare providers in disasters and challenging times.
How should Christian Leaders Respond to a Pandemic
This website offers a variety of resources for Christian leaders responding to the outbreak, including hygiene practices, healthy well-being, and theological reflection.
American Muslim Health Professionals: COVID-19 Resources
The American Muslim Health Professionals (AMHP) brought together over 30 national Muslim led non-profits with expertise in the healthcare, social services, faith and fiqh, and policy to compile resources and address the unique needs of American Muslims across the country.
In Ohio, the Amish Take On the Coronavirus
A famously traditional community has mobilized to help hospitals with medical supplies, even as it struggles with reconciling its communal way of life with the dictates of social distancing.
G.R.A.C.E for nurses: Cultivating compassion in nurse/patient interactions
The practice of nursing is grounded in clinical competence, but it is also deeply embedded in the experience of relationship and the cultivation and expression of compassion.
Covid-19: Pope establishes emergency fund
Pope Francis establishes an emergency fund to aid those being “tragically impacted” by the Covid-19 virus.
A West Virginia church spends Easter making masks, other PPE using 3-D printers
The church is trying to help a local hospital in an economically depressed area of West Virginia that has struggled with the opioid epidemic.
“This Has Made My Job Hell”
A chaplain at an NYC hospital explains what COVID-19 has changed, and how she holds onto her faith.
Coronavirus: What Mesothelioma Cancer Patients Should Know
The Mesothelioma Center provide information and resources for mesothelioma cancer patients regarding coronavirus.
Spiritual/Moral Dilemmas in COVID-19: How Might Spiritual Care Help
Co-presented by Odyssey Impact and Chaplaincy Innovation Lab this webinar will be a conversation with a panel of top chaplaincy practitioners with expertise and lived experience with communal trauma, and moral dilemmas in the context of spiritual care.
Hospital Chaplains Bring Hope and Solace to COVID-19 Patients and Staff
Mike Yonkers, a chaplain at University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle discusses counseling patients with COVID-19, their families and hospital staff.
Guidance for Faith Communities & Places of Worship
Guidance document developed by World Vision for faith leaders to prevent the spread of coronavirus and to prevent misinformation about the virus in their communities.
The Men and Women Who Run Toward the Dying
A profile of New York City chaplains praying for coronavirus patients.
Chaplains support NHS coronavirus medics giving end-of-life care
Hospital chaplains are increasingly supporting NHS medics who are giving emotional and spiritual care to people at the end of their lives in the absence of loved ones and faith representatives.
Coronavirus: the women religious on the frontlines
An army of religious women is responding to the global new coronavirus emergency as they serve the sick, often at the risk of their own lives.
In pandemic, health-care chaplains address an “existential and spiritual crisis”
Article describing the role of chaplains in the health-care response to COVID-19.
NYC Religious Leaders Raising Concerns with City Government
This document provides an example of how religious leaders advocated to their local government for consideration of their special role in providing ministries to local communities as the government carries out its COVID-19 response
Doorhanger
This printable document can be used as a doorhanger to indicate to housekeeping staff whether a room that had been previously sanitized has been used and needs to be cleaned again.
Safe and Respectful Care of Bodies During Burial
This website provides updated guidance on how to address risks of exposure and transmission when conducting burial rituals and practices at the time of death.
Resources for Homeless Shelters
A web platform from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that offers guidance to community organizations working with those who are homeless to address outbreak prevention and mitigation.
Chaplaincy Innovation Lab shares resources for chaplains encountering coronavirus
This website offers a variety of resources for chaplains and pastoral educators. The organization that sponsors is also offering a weekly webinar (on Tuesdays from 12 noon-1 pm) to provide information and support to chaplains responding to the outbreak. See the website for further information and instructions for signing up.
Briefing for Imams, Mosques, and Madrasas for the Coronavirus Pandemic
This website provides information to imams and local masajid on outbreak prevention and mitigation. The site also discusses theological, ethical, and moral principles.