Healthcare Ministry Basics

for LeadersJesus’ Ministry

Course Plan

Our Our MinistryMinistry

ChurchChurch

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TeachingTeaching

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SponsorshipSponsorship

Moral Instincts Moral Instincts ERDsERDs

ApplicationApplicationto My Roleto My Role

Jesus Christ...• The foundation of

the Catholic healthcare ministry– Jesus’ ministry– Our ministry

today

Christian Scriptures

• The Story of Jesus revealing God as Love, as the One who heals

• God’s Living Presence in each age

Reflection on Scripture

• God continues to reveal

• New wisdom– Biblical tradition– Dialogue with our life experience

• Transforming power

Stories of healing

•Mark 5:24-34 Cure of a Woman with a Hemorrhage

•Mark 1:40-45 Cure of the Leper

•Matthew 20:29-34 Two Blind Men

•Luke 10:25-37 Good Samaritan

Reflection and Dialogue• What’s going

on in this story?• What is the

healing?

• Where do we see this today?

Process for Reflection on Scripture

• A Call to Reverence

• Read the Sacred Story

• Silence• Conversation• Wisdom Saying

The Healing Stories

• Inclusivity

• Relationships established/restored

The Healing Stories

• Cure

• Care

Jesus’ healing... held the tension between

wholeness in this life andmovement beyond this

life.

“We are called indeed empowered to comfort others in the midst of their suffering by giving them a reason to hope. We are called to help them experience God’s enduring love for them. That is what makes Christian healthcare truly distinctive. The ultimate goal of our care is to give to those who are ill, through our care, a reason to hope.”

Joseph Cardinal Bernadin

Jesus’ Healing MissionRead from the General

Introduction to the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (United States Catholic Conference of Bishops, 2001)

Personal Reflection• How does what we

have read and learned from these healing stories relate to our mission, vision and values statements?

MISSIONMISSION

VISIONVISION VALUESVALUES