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April 18, 2018

Chaplains deal with a new level of grief in Humboldt tragedy

A musician performs during an April 8 vigil at Elgar Petersen Arena in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, to honour members of the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team who were killed in a bus accident.

Hospital chaplains are accustomed to seeing death and terrible illnes. It’s just a byproduct of the job. But there is only so much they can be prepared for.

Published in Canada
July 10, 2017

Kenya to add chaplains to public high schools to improve discipline

Ayub Mohamud, center, teaches a religious education class at Eastleigh High School in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 2, 2016. Mohamud is the Muslim spiritual affairs patron, but Eastleigh High does not employ a chaplain.

NAIROBI, Kenya – Religious leaders in Kenya have welcomed a government move to recruit chaplains for all public high schools as a measure intended to improve discipline and staunch unrest.

Published in International
September 27, 2016

Clergy to provide 'ministerial presence' as chaplains during Ryder Cup

Scott Knight, right, Chaska police chief and member of the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, stands with pastors of Chaska churches who will serve as chaplains at the Ryder Cup golf tournament at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska beginning Sept. 27.

MINNEAPOLIS – Chaska Police Chief Scott Knight didn't want to see golf fans at Hazeltine National Gold Club spiritually unprovided for again.

Published in Faith
June 30, 2012

Deacons, nuns, laity and even athlete-priests to be Olympic chaplains

Father Geoff Hilton, a priest of the Salford Diocese in England, is pictured at the Red Lion Crown Green Bowling Green in Westhoughton in mid-June. Father Hilton will be serving as chaplain to athletes competing in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

MANCHESTER, England - Some people are simply gifted at sport; they excel at any challenge involving a ball, a stick or a physical contest nearly as soon as they turn their hands to it.

One such person is Father Geoff Hilton, a priest from Salford Diocese in the north of England, who will be serving as a chaplain to athletes competing in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

It was because of his sporting prowess that the former police officer from Manchester was hand-picked to become one of 16 official Catholic chaplains appointed by the Olympics organizing committee.

Published in International