Caring for the Whole Person Training

The Caring for the Whole Person Initiative is a collaborative project organized through the California Catholic Conference and the Alliance of Catholic Health Care which seeks to ensure that parishioners and patients are accompanied, loved and supported in their serious illness and end-of-life journey. In parishes, the initiative will help parishioners understand and apply Catholic end-of-life teaching as they grapple with their own illness or that of a loved one.

The Caring for the Whole Person (CWP) training has been developed in consultation with moral theologians, ethicists, and experts within Catholic health care. The five-module training covers topics on Palliative and Hospice Care, Ethical and Religious Directives, Catholic Moral Teaching around end-of-life care, caring for parishioners and their families, communication basics for ministers/volunteers, Advance Care planning, caregiving, grief support and building a CWP Ministry at the parish level.

A Caring for the Whole Person Ministry is not meant to replace…