Spiritual Care Services of Maine
What is a burden you are carrying that is overwhelming, and you find yourself lost in?
Course Information
- Audience: All public health professionals working in nonprofits, healthcare, educational institutions, government and private sector
- Format: Webinar
- Date/Time: August 7, 2025 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET.
- Price: Free
- Length: 1 hour
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 1. Provider ID: Event ID: .If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the post-test and evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
- Competencies: Cultural Competency Skills
- Learning Level: Awareness
- Companion Trainings: None
- Supplemental materials:Slides and follow-up email with any links mentioned during presentation
- Pre-requisites: None
About this Webinar
This webinar focuses on the byplay between Spirituality, Well-Being and Resiliency, highlighting tools available to everyone regardless of faith tradition or even in the absence of a faith tradition. This beautiful webinar, replete with inspiring imagery as well as easily digestible wisdom drawn from a bounty of research and gained experience in the field of chaplaincy, is suitable for any organization or community group focused on supporting others while also being a profound reminder that by caring for ourselves we can better care for the world around us.
What you'll learn
- What is spiritual well-being and why is it important
- Practices to foster well-being in oneself and in community
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Subject Matter Expert
Madonna J. Arsenault,
M.Div.,
CSD, Chaplain, CPSS, Rev.
Madonna J. Arsenault, M.Div., CSD, Chaplain, CPSS, Rev. is a strong, empathetic, compassionate, and calming presence who can provide spiritual and emotional care to persons and groups most vulnerable from diverse populations. She is exceptionally skilled in providing this care to assist persons and groups experiencing severe crisis, loss, trauma, and moral injury. She helps people heal, strengthening hope, resiliency, connection, and well-being.
Madonna was born and raised in Eastport, Maine, and has been a spiritual care provider in Maine as a chaplain in the hospital and for hospice. She is a chaplain and a member of the ministry team with Volunteers of America, Northern New England, and the Shay Moral Injury Center. She is a trainer and facilitator of their programs for Veterans, First, Responders, and the community.
Madonna received her Master of Divinity degree and certifications in Ethics and Social Justice, and in Spiritual and Pastoral Care at Andover Newton Theological School, now at Yale.
She is a Certified Spiritual Director and received her professional training with the Franciscan Spiritual Direction Center at St. Anthony Shrine in Boston. She received her Certification in Alcohol and Drug Counseling from Eastern Maine Community College.
Madonna is also a believer, clinical therapeutic musician, certified practitioner of the emotional-social arts, writer, herbalist of traditional medicine, and storyteller.
Enrollment and Contact Hours
Select the Enroll button below to register for the course. If you have any trouble accessing the course, contact support@nephtc.org.
Acknowledgement: This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of award 2 UB6HP31685‐05‐00 “Public Health Training Centers.” The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
This training was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $400,000 with 100% funded by HRSA/HHS and
0% funded by nongovernment source(s). The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA/HHS, or the U.S. Government.
* Yale School of Public Health, Office of Public Health Practice, a New England Public Health Training Center partner, is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. All CHES credit inquiries are managed by YSPH
Registration
Select the Enroll Me button below to register for this recording. If you have any trouble accessing the recording, contact support@nephtc.org.
Acknowledgement: This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of award 2 UB6HP31685‐05‐00 “Public Health Training Centers.” The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.