Spiritual care is a means of helping people to get in touch with their deepest sources of meaning and to take shelter of their own spiritual resources. Whether during times of difficulty or in the day to day, spiritual care is often centered upon listening, offering caring presence, and allowing people to share openly. Through a monthly series of seminars, we will explore spiritual care in theory and practice. In this way, we can cultivate an understanding of spiritual care, key practices that we can offer within our communities, and the relevance and importance of spiritual care within the Bhakti tradition. 

Dina Bandhu das received his chaplaincy training (clinical pastoral education) through the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE). He completed chaplain residency at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in 2017, and has since served as a chaplain at Overlook Medical Center, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, and Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital.

Kula Pradipa das is a health care chaplain trained and educated at Newark University Hospital.  He has received his clinical pastoral education from the Institute for Clinical Pastoral Training (ICPT) in conjunction with the Spiritual Care Association (SCA).  He is currently the Hospice Care chaplain for Middlesex county (NJ) for the Visiting Nursing association (VNA).  A disciple of HG Ravindra-svarupa dasa, Kula serves as a pujari and purohit at the Bhakti Center, with a background in pancharatra vidhi and samskaras (sacraments, rites etc).