We invite you to join us monthly for a chance to return to your Caritas Community to share and reconnect.
December 21, 2024 | Agenda & Theme
Topic: Poetry Emotion
Description: Plan to share one or two of your favorite poems. Tell us something about the poet and why you chose the poem. Poems can either be written by you or your favorite poet. Also, we’ll look at writing some Haiku poetry. We really are poets. We just don’t know it!
Presented by: Patti O’Rourke, MSN, RN, LMBT, BC, CCRN, CHPN, HN-BC, HWNC-BC, NBC-HWC, RM
Patti O’Rourke is a passionate lifelong learner with an impressive 60-year career in nursing and counting! She is a joyologist, nurse healer, educator, mentor, and coach.
Patti's diverse experience spans critical care and psychiatric nursing across civilian settings, the Navy, and the VA. She has also excelled as an educator, teaching in diploma programs, community colleges, universities, clinical settings, local hospitals, senior centers, and libraries. For over 40 years, Patti has practiced complementary modalities with anyone willing, whether they are patients, their families, friends, or staff.
Her legacy goal is to instill her love of nursing in others. Patti also enjoys connecting with nature, feeding birds, squirrels, and feral cats, and delights in singing and dancing.
Schedule
Free. Available to all. Every 3rd Saturday of the month. One hour.
~ 8am Pacific
~ 9am Mountain
~ 10am Central
~ 11am Eastern
Zoom Link: watsoncaringscience.org/CHC
2024 Dates
- Dec 21, 2024
2025 Dates
- Jan 18, 2025
- Feb 15, 2025
- Mar 15, 2025
Facilitated for WCSI by:
Carole Bergin, Retired RN, CHTP/I, Catechist of the Good Shepherd. Co-teach Healing Touch Classes for nurses, provide Healing Touch sessions for cancer survivors, teach Children's Liturgy, act as a hospital Eucharistic Minister, and visit a local retirement community for prayer circle.
Patti O’Rourke, MSN, RN, LMBT, BC, CCRN, CHPN, HN-BC, HWNC-BC, NBC-HWC, RM: She is a passionate lifelong learner with an impressive 60-year career in nursing and counting! 😊 She is a joyologist, nurse healer, educator, mentor, and coach.
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Contact info@watsoncaringscience.org.
Mission
To create a sacred and safe space for the Caring Science community to share healing modalities (i.e. Caritas moments, healing poems, meditation, yoga, music, etc.), and connect with one another.
Goals
- Hold a monthly 1 hour zoom session with a set structure
- Allow for 10-15 minutes of open sharing at the end
- Have a group of moderators to organize and facilitate each session (rotate)
- Assign 1 moderator per session/set a schedule for 6 months
Structure of Each Session
- Opening reflection, calling us to the space in stillness and presence (by moderator/facilitator)
- Offer space for a maximum of 3 healing, sharing moments of 5-10 minutes each
- Open sharing time around 10-15 minutes
- Closing (5 minutes)
Disclaimer
- Caritas Healing Connection sessions are not an alternative for professional therapy or training.
- We celebrate each other but this is not a space to showcase professional achievements.
Participation Request
To put your name forward to offer either a modality/reading or to facilitate please contact us info@watsoncaringscience.org.
Thank you!
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