Sneak Peek
2018 Newsletter Watch your mailbox for our Annual Report and end of year newsletter! Not on our mailing list? Contact Ann at aryba@bishopandersonhouse.org.
A Visit From Chaplain Jim
Three people in the grip of serious addiction, two dealing with heroin, one with alcohol. All dealing also with HIV. One is receiving methadone treatment at the hospital, hoping to transition to a residential facility where she can get the help and support needed to stay off the street and away from the cycle that has repeatedly drawn her in. I listen and we talk about her strengths and weaknesses, what works for her, what works against her. She wears a mask (I do too) but when she talks about her resilience her eyes smile in a beautiful way above the mask. We talk about [...]
Not one, but TWO new Chaplains
Thanks to donor support and board member passion, we were able to double our capacity at Stroger this month We are thrilled to introduce you to Matt Seeds and Micheal Smith, our two new chaplains at Stroger Hospital. Matt and Micheal started this week and they will be providing more coverage in the Cook County Hospital Trauma and Critical Care Units than ever before offered. Matt hails from Pennsylvania and has been working as a chaplain and manager of spiritual care over three continuing care retirement facilities (there were 26 communities in total that were part of this system). He completed his [...]
Nike Whitcomb, touched by Volunteer Spiritual Care
Nike has worked with Bishop Anderson for over 20 years, giving counsel and assisting with fundraising. She is part of our family, because she has experienced the solace that a Volunteer Spiritual Care Visitor can provide. http://vimeo.com/254736344
Campaign Kicks Off at The Art of Healing
On May 6th we officially kicked our Campaign for the Next 70 Years. At The Art of Healing benefit, Executive Director Tommy Rogers proclaimed that Bishop Anderson House has set a goal of raising $1.75 million over the next 3 years--and generous donors have already pledged $600,000. We are building a financial base to ensure that we can provide Chaplaincy, Education and Spirituality and Wellness through the end of this century. Our bold new vision of hybrid spiritual care visitor education combining in-person classes with online training will become a reality. Named the Ron Valentine Spiritual Care Visitor Training Center, [...]
Tommy Rogers tells a compelling story about chaplaincy
Our Executive Director, Tommy Rogers
It’s Been a Wonderful Year
2017 has been our greatest year ever; serving and teaching more than ever before. Please enjoy our 2017 Annual Newsletter to learn of the transformational work in chaplaincy, education and self-care that is the mission of Bishop Anderson House. 2017 Annual Report Yet the need for spiritual care and comfort continues. Won't you please be a part of our year end campaign and make a donation to soothe the sick, hearten the lonely and bolster the weary? Please make a donation today.
Calumet Ministry Partnership Sponsors Seven New Spiritual Care Training Graduates
We did it! This fall Bishop Anderson House hosted two concurrent sessions of Spiritual Care Visitor Training in both Illinois and Indiana. The Calumet Ministry Partnership provided the resources for a group that meet for 10 weeks at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Munster, Indiana. Many thanks to the Partnership for the solid financial backing that made our journey to Indiana possible. We welcome our newest 7 alumni to the Spiritual Care Visitor Training program and send them best wishes for a blessed journey into pastoral care in their community. We send a special thanks to The Rev. Kris Graunke, [...]
Rush Announces New Mission Statement
Rush Hospital is striving to improve the health needs of the neighborhoods it serves, as made evident in their new mission statement: “improving the health of individuals and communities we serve." By expanding their vision outward towards the community Rush is expanding their impact. The life expectancy for west-side neighbors is less than 69 years, compared to 85 years only a few miles away in the Loop. From April 2016 to November 2016, Bishop Anderson House staff and trustees spent time considering our programs, priorities and resources, and how those factors all affect the impact we have. It was decided [...]
CORE Center joins Community Awareness Program
The Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center’s Community Awareness Program is honored to have been a part of Illinois State Senator Patricia Van Pelt’s “2017 Summer Resource Fair."