After nearly 20 years of residence in the Annex Building at Rush University, Bishop Anderson House has a renovation project underway. Over 1000 people pass through our doors each year and that takes a toll on the space.  In this month alone, we've been the site of 2 weekly AA meetings, a perinatal bereavement support group, 2 Rush CPE gatherings, the Alive! pastors' meetings, our own board of trustees' meeting...not to mention the meetings and use by our staff. As we live into our ministry of being a welcoming, comfortable and safe gathering place for pastoral care in the Illinois Medical District, we realized it [...]

Chaplain for CORE Center jcroegaert@bishopandersonhouse.org Bishop Anderson House warmly welcomes Chaplain Jim Croegaert, as part-time chaplain to patients of Project Connect at the Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center of Cook County. When Jim took Clinical Pastoral Education in the late 90’s, he found it to be a “real fit,” and soon began his career as a professional chaplain. He spent the past 20 years serving as a hospital chaplain, serving for 16 years as head of the Spiritual Services Department at Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago. Jim also uses his spiritual care gifts in Disaster Spiritual Care with the American [...]

In the past I have talked about my chaplaincy work at Stroger Cook County Hospital. But that isn't all that I do at Bishop Anderson House.  I am heavily involved in the Lay Chaplain Training Program that is offered twice a year.  The Winter Sessions meet on Wednesday evenings, 5:30 – 7:30, Feb 4 – May 6. The Fall program will meet on Saturday mornings, 9 – 11 am, September 5 – December 5.  I facilitate several sessions and occasionally supervise some of the students in  their field placement. The Winter 2015 Lay Chaplain Class is just getting started!  Eleven students have [...]