Program - Saint Paul University

WORKSHOPS // ATELIERS
**** indicates questions will be taken in French and replied to in French //
**** indiquent que les questions peuvent être posées en français et les réponses seront données en
français.
Morning 10:45 – 12:00// Matinée
RED
10:45 – 12:00
“Etre passeur de récits, passeur de sens, passeur de vie…”
Jean-Marie Debunne : Professeur adjoint, La Faculté de théologie, Université Saint-Paul
BLUE
Let’s Empower our Elderly: Transition Issues***
John Moran, M.A: ICU chaplain TOH, General Campus
Donna Bottomleym, MSW RSW: ICU social worker, TOH General Campus
We will examine changes that senior adults and their families encounter as people transition into becoming “older
adults”. We will consider the physical, social, and financial aspects of these changes. We will look at do’s and don’ts
of communicating with aging loved ones in ways that are realistic and empower the elderly. We will share
experiences of aging and aging “successfully”.
YELLOW Resilience, Spirituality and Images of Hope***
Linda Mayorga Miller, MA: chaplain TOH, General Campus
Lise Corbeil, MA: chaplain Bruyere Continuing Care Health Group, St. Vincent Hospital
The workshop will discuss the experience of praying with images of hope, considering why such objects are
significant and how they support the coping process.
We will tell stories of experiences with objects of hope
The richness of the experiences of seniors will be revealed they share their stories. Younger people will be
nourished by these stories and be free to tell their own.
GREEN Reflections on Living: A Key to Understanding a Life Well Lived***
Kathryn Logsdail-Downer, MSc, EdD: Executive Director, Friends of Hospice Ottawa
Carolyn Byck, RN, CHPCN(c): Support Care Nurse, Friends of Hospice Ottawa
Diane Jodouin, BA, FLMI: Volunteer Resources and Decision Support, Friends of Hospice Ottawa
Increase awareness of your spiritual nature, journey and wisdom. We will provide opportunities for individual
reflective mini life reviews. Professionals and caregivers will gain from listening to the experience of living as older
persons of aging while seniors gain from the opportunity to be heard, and vice versa.
BLACK
Being First: Reflections on Living: Transforming Life Experience into Generative Wisdom
L’Arche Ottawa:a bilingual community that is actively involved in promoting the values of L’Arche to the residents of
the city. It is part of an international organization of faith-based communities creating homes and day programs with
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people who have developmental disabilities, founded by Jean Vanier. L'Arche espouses a "community model" of
living, rather than a medical or social service model of care.
Join us in a discussion that focuses on the “letting go” and the transition from “doing” to “being”. The later phases of
our lives can present challenges to our sense of self as we are stripped away of the things we “do”, i.e., our job, our
“role”. This “letting go” is fundamentally a spiritual journey, and our sense of “being” who we are becomes more
important as we age.
Afternoon
RED
1:00 – 2:15 // Après-midi
13:00 – 14:15
Telling my Story--Listening to Yours***
Patricia Marsden-Dole, Doctor of Ministry candidate, Saint Paul University, Ottawa:
Social Justice Coordinator RC Archdiocese of Ottawa
The last and great task in our human development is the getting of wisdom. The grace of wisdom comes to us in
reflection, sharing and testing with others what the gift of life has meant for our spirits. This is the gift we return to the
source of life at our deaths. Talking and listening topics for this task are explored in this interactive workshop.
BLUE
Finding Hope after Loss ***
Kelley Raab Mayo, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; chaplain,
Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre
Loretta Complin: retired psychiatric nurse, volunteer at Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre
Marie-Jeanne Murphy, M.A.; chaplain (Oct 2010 – Jan 2011; Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre)
Loss will be addressed as a transition that can lead to depression and anxiety, and hope as a way to draw upon
spiritual resources to counter these negative psychological trends. Hope pertains to belief in a positive outcome
related to events and circumstances in one’s life. Through presentation and discussion, participants will learn
mechanisms of hope and ways to foster hope after loss.
YELLOW Aging and Spirituality in an Ageist Environment
Deborah K. van den Hoonaard, PhD: Professor, Gerontology Department, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB
Participants will consider the place of older people in 21st-century Canada. Care and work in the spirit of service is a
form of worship. After a presentation, participants will share experiences related to ageism and how they might
counter this situation by working together and contributing to their communities, both secular and faith-based.
GREEN
To God we belong and to Him is our return - Muslim perspective on Death
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Nazila Isgandarova: adjunct member of faculty at Emmanuel College in the newly launched Canadian Certificate in
Muslim Studies: a Spiritual and Religious Care Coordinator with the Ontario Multifaith Centre and the Cummer Lodge
Long Term Care Home; chaplain at the Wenleigh Long Term Care Home, Mississauga.
We will consider how Muslim patients handle suffering in a palliative care setting and ways to help Muslim patients
and their families to cope with life-threatening illnesses. We will look at how suffering is regarded in Islam and at case
studies of Muslim patients. Participants will share experiences of suffering while we or our loved ones were sick and
how religious belief provides support.
BLACK L’etre en premiers : des leçons tirées du partage de la vie avec des personnes ayant un handicap de
développement vieillissantes
L’Arche Ottawa: une communauté bilingue, très présente dans la capitale du Canada, faisant la promotion des
valeurs de L'Arche auprès des résidents d'Ottawa. Les communautés de l'Arche sont des associations qui
accueillent des personnes ayant un handicap mental. Elles ont été fondées par le Canadien Jean Vanier. Le but
affiché de l'Arche est d'aider les personnes souffrant d'un handicap intellectuel en leur donnant une place dans la
société.
Joignez-vous à notre discussion qui portera sur le « laisser aller » et sur la transition de « faire » à « être. » Les
dernières phases de notre existence peuvent remettre en question l’image que nous avons de nous-mêmes, tandis
que nous nous éloignons de ce que nous « faisons », ex. : notre travail, notre « rôle ». Ce « laisser aller » est
fondamentalement un cheminement spirituel, et notre perception d’« être » qui nous sommes devient plus importante
en vieillissant.
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