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The state of chaplaincy is strong at VCU

Few images conjure more solemnity than a room full of chaplains at an academic conference. But the 2025 Association of Professional Chaplains Annual Conference could have been mistaken for a basketball game at the Siegel Center every time VCU was mentioned.

‘Called to stand in the breach’: a VCU chaplain’s journey

When Addison Schmitt Morgan entered the Post-baccalaureate Graduate Certificate in Patient Counseling program at VCU in the summer of 2023, she wasn’t entirely sure what lay ahead. She was midway through her Master of Divinity studies at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania and wanted to discern whether chaplaincy was truly her calling. The program gave her the clarity she had been looking for.

How VCU helped shape Bishop Teresa Snorton’s path of ministry and healing

Bishop Teresa E. Snorton has carried her experience at VCU with her across decades, pulpits and continents. Long after she finished her postgraduate certificate in Patient Counseling – now part of the College of Health Professions – she still finds herself looking back to her time in Richmond and VCU.

Grief Awareness Day 2025

On Saturday, August 30, VCU Health honored National Grief Awareness Day. This day is very important to many across our enterprise. Many units lit candles during their huddles to honor grief experienced by their staff and patients. Light shone from the windows of the VCU College of Health Professions building. And at six locations across the health system, the Spiritual Care Department and the Grief Bereavement Committee offered resources and support as well as a community mural project.

Spiritual Care Week 2025

Celebrate four decades of profound community impact as Spiritual Care Week reaches its 40th anniversary!