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                         JeffNEWS, July 12, 1994
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CPE Students Minister to the Spirit
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   Since a hospital's larger mission is to care for the whole person,
the emotional and spiritual needs of patients must be provided for in
their care. Professional chaplains and pastoral care workers fill this
role, helping hospitalized patients and their families call on their
religious faith for comfort, support and guidance in times of illness.

   Jefferson is once again conducting an 11-week summer Clinical
Pastoral Education (CPE) program, led by Rev. Joseph Leggieri, PhD,
director of pastoral care and education at Jefferson Hospital, to help
train future religious service workers. Following is a profile of the
students you may encounter in the hospital through August 19.

   After volunteering for her parish and diocese in various capacities,
embarking on a career in hospital ministry was the logical next step for
Alice Boppell, a Roman Catholic laywoman. She is working on the medical
care nursing floors and in the acute dialysis inpatient unit.

   Beth Hedges, originally from the Delaware Valley, is a seminary
student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago. She has one
more quarter to complete before graduating and would like to work with
college students. You will find Beth on the cardiopulmonary care floors.

   Shoshee Larkey is a student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical
College in Wyncote. She was formerly a student rabbi at the Philadelphia
Geriatric Center and will be entering  Sloane Kettering's CPE program
later this year. She aspires to work with a hospital's hospice patients.
Shoshee is assigned to the emergency department, crisis unit, psychiatry
care program, surgical waiting area and same day admission area.

   John McCloskey, a Capuchin Franciscan Friar, is a seminary student at
the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. Once a state
employee who developed policies on criminal justice, John is hoping to
be an ordained priest within the Capuchin Order. He is working on the
surgical care nursing floors.

   Reinhard Surendorff, of Germany, is a graduate of Princeton
Theological Seminary in New Jersey. He has studied in Israel, Germany
and the United States. Reinhard will participate in Abington Memorial
Hospital's CPE program before returning to his homeland where he hopes
to become a pastor in a Lutheran church. You will find Reinhard on the
neurosensory nursing floors.

   Former substitute teacher, Scott Trevithick, is a student at
Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey who enjoys working with
children and youth. He looks forward to being ordained in a year and
serving as a pastor in a Presbyterian church. Scott's experience and
interests are put to good use on the women and children nursing floors.

   To reach a student chaplain, please call the volunteer services
office at 6222.


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