{"id":2086,"date":"2017-10-16T09:12:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T13:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/?p=2086"},"modified":"2017-10-16T09:12:51","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T13:12:51","slug":"paraclete-adds-megory-andersons-sacred-dying-journal-to-extensive-list-of-pastoral-care-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/paraclete-adds-megory-andersons-sacred-dying-journal-to-extensive-list-of-pastoral-care-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Paraclete adds Megory Anderson&#8217;s \u201cSacred Dying Journal\u201d to extensive list of pastoral care resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u>For Immediate Release<\/u><\/p>\n<p>This ecumenical book is being praised as a \u201ctool to assist us in reflecting upon and expressing our wishes around dying,\u201d by Sr. Maryann Lucy, OP, of the Sinsinawa Dominican\u00a0Sisters of Wisconsin, and as \u201ca gift that opens the heart to the deeper personal mysteries of death and dying,\u201d\u00a0by\u00a0Barry R. Howe, retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paracletepress.com\/Products\/0072\/sacred-dying-journal.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2087 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-16-at-9.10.43-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paracletepress.com\/Products\/0072\/sacred-dying-journal.aspx\"><em>Sacred Dying Journal<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>by Megory Anderson, PhD, adds to the growing Paraclete Press list of pastoral care resources related to grief, bereavement, suicide, and addiction.<\/p>\n<p>Specific questions and exercises\u00a0help the reader to discover their wishes, desires, and spiritual needs for the final chapter of their lives. As the culture continues to discuss ethics of euthanasia and aspects of palliative care, this book highlights the spiritual needs of those approaching the end of life.<\/p>\n<p>Marketing will include promotion through the author\u2019s\u00a0<em>Sacred Dying Foundation<\/em>, as well as outreach initiatives to hospices, funeral homes, and chaplains, and pastoral care programs in churches of many denominations.<\/p>\n<p>The book launches the weekend of\u00a0October 13\u201315, 2017\u00a0at the\u00a0<em>The Art of Dying Conference: Spiritual Scientific and Practical Approaches to Living and Dying<\/em>\u00a0at New York\u2019s Open Center.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Sr. Antonia Cleverly,<a href=\"mailto:srantonia@paracletepress.com\"><br \/>\nsrantonia@paracletepress.com<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"tel:(508)%20255-4685\">(508) 255-4685 x 329<\/a> .<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Immediate Release This ecumenical book is being praised as a \u201ctool to assist us in reflecting upon and expressing our wishes around dying,\u201d by Sr. Maryann Lucy, OP, of the Sinsinawa Dominican\u00a0Sisters of Wisconsin, and as \u201ca gift that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/paraclete-adds-megory-andersons-sacred-dying-journal-to-extensive-list-of-pastoral-care-resources\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paraclete-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}