A World Poised for Healing
The Shaw Chaplaincy Institute for Spiritual Care + Compassionate Leadership (SCI) is a multicultural, interpersonal and interfaith education program that provides opportunities for intellectual and inspirational development for religious leaders, spiritual care specialists, clinicians, and other professionals who have interest as a spiritual “generalist,” or other service-oriented vocations.
We aspire to be an educational beacon of the rich and luminous spiritual forces that permeate the lives of millions of people. We educate and nurture the formation of spiritual care leaders and spiritually interested learners empowered to engage the emotional, spiritual, physical, intellectual and moral needs of all people. All Institute programs foster an understanding of how caring practices are expressed across cultures and religious traditions, and contribute to multiple dimensions of interreligious thought, faith, life and witness in the world.
The Institute’s curriculum advances spiritual care and compassionate leadership with courses that explore the history of health care, professional and biomedical ethics, research literacy, preaching and pastoral care, trauma and grief, social justice, and spiritual practices world wide. In recognition of the social structures, web of connections, interdisciplinary and faith traditions represented in sociopolitical life and community, we place curricular concepts in the context of real-life situations where service-learning connects students to a community of service.

Academic
Programs
Academic and experiential programs for further development of spiritual care and compassionate leadership skills—from master’s degree concentrations to continuing education.

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)
Shaw Chaplaincy Institute is the only ACPE-accredited center offering a full CPE program on a seminary campus, with a fully endowed chair to ensure the longevity of the program. SCI is accredited to offer Level I, Level II, and Supervisory CPE programs.

Community
Engagement
Students choose a care context that that stresses service-learning, which may be on or off campus, public or hidden, to develop an in-depth awareness of themselves and others.

Andrea Hall-Miller, RN, MA
Hospital Nursing Supervisor, ordained minister and Certified Fitness Nurse Coach

Bentley Stewart, MDiv
Pastor (Interim) Christian Church of Vacaville
Let's have a conversation
In this world poised for healing, do you feel called to bring compassionate presence to others? Get in touch with your questions, and I’ll be very happy to help you explore ways in which the Shaw Chaplaincy Institute is able to help you bring your whole self into service.
- Rev. Paul Gaffney,
Program Manager of Education, Community Relations and Spiritual Care Services
