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Women as Caregivers: Spiritual, Pastoral and Practical Matters
Presented by Sister Joann Sosler & Sophia Scarpelli-Shchur
Everyone in her lifetime will be a caregiver, need a caregiver, or know a caregiver. It is a position we seldom prepare for physically, financially, emotionally or spiritually. This presentation identifies and acknowledges the complexities and challenges of caregiving. Using the scriptural model for giving and receiving care, we explore the deeper spiritual aspects of caregiving thus gaining valuable insight to understand, strengthen and protect us. This presentation will help you approach caregiving with new awareness and sensitivity, equip you with new resources, and help you find strength and techniques for coping.
Presenter(s)
Sister Joann Sosler, OSBM
Sister Joann Sosler, OSBM, currently serves as the Vice-Provincial of the Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great. She holds a certificate in Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) and has served in chaplaincy at Jeanes, Thomas Jefferson, and Abington Hospitals. Sister Joann has served her congregation faithfully in numerous positions in education and administration as well as vocation director and co-director of the Basilian Volunteer Program that gives service annually in Ukraine.
Sophia Scarpelli-Shchur
Sophia Scarpelli-Shchur is a Registered Nurse and a board Certified Diabetes Educator. She began her career as a neurology/neurosurgery nurse at Albert Einstein Hospital in the Bronx. The past 20 years she has dedicated her work to women with medically complicated pregnancies. She is the Perinatal Services Supervisor and Diabetes in Pregnancy Program Coordinator at Mt. Sinai West Hospital in NYC. As a holistically minded nurse, Sophia feels that spiritual fatigue is just as important to address, as is physical illness. She is a parishioner of St. Michael the Archangel UCC in Yonkers NY.
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