Fostering Spirituality in a Pastoral Care Context |
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| Authors: | Leona M English Tara J Fenwick Jim Parsons |
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| Institution: | Associate Professor, St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada,; Assistant Professor of Education, University of Alberta, and;Professor of Education, University of Alberta |
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| Abstract: | This article addresses the issue of promoting spirituality as a dimension of pastoral care in schools. The everyday practice of caring and giving may leave carers tired, depleted of spiritual sustenance, and without practices that nurture their spirituality. This article proposes that spirituality is an essential element of pastoral care, and that it can be promoted through examination of one's sense of vocation, bodywork, journal writing and nurturing soul friends. |
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| Keywords: | pastoral care spirituality carers |
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