| Welcome |
| Zoom Link |
| PROGRAM STRUCTURE |
| – Course Components |
| – Reading Assignments |
| – Writing Assignments |
| – Service Work |
| – Mentor Interviews |
| – Optional Activities |
| COURSE INFO |
| – Contacts, Communications and Pumble |
| – Group Agreements |
| – Payment, Withdrawal and Completion |
| MONTH BY MONTH |
| – Before Our First Workshop |
| – September Karuna – Compassion Workshop 1: 09/26 Workshop 2: 09/30 |
| – October Dana – Generosity Workshop 1: 10/10 Workshop 2: 10/24 |
| – November Sila – Virtue Workshop 1: 11/07 Workshop 2: 11/21 |
| – December Nekkhama – Renunciation Workshop 1: 12/12 Workshop 2: 12/19 |
| – January Panna – Wisdom Workshop 1: 01/16 Workshop 2: 01/23 |
| – February Virya – Energy Workshop 1: 02/06 Workshop 2: 02/13 |
| – March Khanta – Patience Workshop 1: 03/13 Workshop 2: 03/20 |
| – April Sacca – Truth Workshop 1: 04/03 Workshop 2: 04/10 |
| – May Aditthana – Resolve Workshop 1: 05/08 Workshop 2: 05/15 |
| – June Metta – Lovingkindness Workshop 1: 06/05 Workshop 2: 06/12 |
| – July Upekkha – Equanimity Workshop 1: 07/10 Workshop 2: 07/17 |
| RESOURCES |
| – Action + Reflection = Learning |
| – General |
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Service Work
Volunteering is one of the most important components of Sati Center’s Chaplaincy Training. It allows our students to put into practice what they learn in class and to bring to class their experiences in doing chaplaincy work.
It is important that students find and begin their 10-hour a month volunteer placement early in the program. Once they have been accepted to the program, students should begin researching volunteer options. Ideally, they would have started the volunteer work during the first month of our program. To help with placements, below are some of the options that exist, though they are mostly in the Bay Area. These institutions will usually have their own introductory training or orientation volunteers will need to do before starting to volunteer.
Students may volunteer in their areas of interest. This can include healthcare (i.e. hospitals, hospice), social services (i.e. homelessness, rehabilitation), law enforcement (i.e. police), prisons & jails, the military, and faith groups (i.e. sanghas). Generally, however, the best all-around training is found in hospital settings.
The list below was updated in July 2021. There may have been some changes to staffing in the meantime.
**This list will be irrelevant to most remote students of the program, but it may serve to inspire ideas about the kinds of volunteering that might be available.
