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Founder, Temple of the Forgotten 

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Join Rev. Charlotte Cramer for a discussion on the value of spiritual care in contexts of poverty and marginalization, particularly within systems of homelessness. 

Together, the session will explore the methods and ethics of spiritual care that support and honor those living in deep poverty, while examining the challenges and complexities of this work. The conversation will reflect on the meaning of presence in spiritual care when outcomes are uncertain or limited and consider how street and community chaplaincy can help transform and reimagine chaplaincy for the modern world.

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Rev. Charlotte Cramer 

Rev. Charlotte Cramer is an Interfaith Minister and Community Chaplain based in Portland, Oregon. She holds a Master of Divinity in Chaplaincy from Starr King School for the Ministry and has completed four units of Clinical Pastoral Education through the Shaw Chaplaincy Institute. She is ordained through The Chaplaincy Institute, where she also earned a Certificate in Chaplaincy. 

She is the founder of Temple of the Forgotten, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing and teaching nonreligious spiritual care for individuals experiencing homelessness, poverty, and marginalization. Her work focuses on spiritual innovation that strengthens individuals, builds community, and seeks to transform systems through practices of nonreligious spirituality.

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Chaplain and CPE Educator, Mass General McLean Hospital 

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We are in the midst of a major mental health crisis. Chaplains, who are often first responders, need basic skills to identify low, moderate, and severe mental illness. Chaplains can play a key role in suicide prevention and intervention during mental health crises. This presentation will also raise awareness of the important intersection between spirituality and mental health.

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Rev. Angelika A. Zollfrank

Rev. Angelika A. Zollfrank is a Lutheran Pastor (ELCA), a Board Certified Chaplain (Association for Professional Chaplains), a Certified Educator with the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, and has 26 years of experience in chaplaincy and 22 years in Clinical Pastoral Education. She completed her chaplaincy training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut, and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Most recently, she published an article on a specialized Mental Health Clinical Pastoral Education program at McLean Hospital.

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Queer Theologian and Priest in Charge, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, the Bronx 

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Queer and trans people are often deeply attuned to the sacred and are frequently conscious of the need to attend carefully to their spiritual lives. At the same time, many have experienced trauma within faith communities, often reinforced by appeals to religious authority. 

This session will explore how chaplains and spiritual caregivers can recognize the inherent spirituality present in queer life, establish credibility as trustworthy caregivers, and cultivate spaces that are “safe enough” for LGBTQ+ persons to enter. The goal is to deepen chaplaincy practice and foster richer, more ethically grounded spiritual care encounters.

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Rev. Elizabeth M. Edman

Rev. Elizabeth M. Edman is an Episcopal priest, political strategist, and author of Queer Virtue: What LGBTQ People Know About Life and Love and How It Can Revitalize Christianity (Beacon Press, 2016). 

She has worked extensively at the intersection of religion, sexuality, and public life, including serving as an inner-city hospital chaplain to people living with HIV/AIDS in the 1990s, developing political and communications strategies for marriage equality efforts, and organizing Christian communities in response to anti-trans legislation in the present day. Her work bridges theology, advocacy, and pastoral care in service of more inclusive religious and public spaces. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame 

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This session explores emerging research on the foundational ethical and theological questions raised by artificial intelligence and rapidly evolving digital technologies. 

Drawing on the DELTA initiative—A Faith-Based Ethical Framework for Thinking About Powerful AI—the conversation will consider the common moral and spiritual pillars that unite Christian traditions as humanity enters an era shaped by powerful AI systems. The session will reflect on what “care of souls” means in a world where human identity, agency, and moral decision-making are increasingly mediated by technology. 

More information about the DELTA initiative can be found here: https://ethics.nd.edu/programs/delta/ 

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Meghan Sullivan

Meghan Sullivan is the Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good at the University of Notre Dame. 

She leads Notre Dame’s Ethics Initiative, which serves as a hub for interdisciplinary research and teaching in ethics and includes the Jenkins Center for Virtue Ethics, the Notre Dame–IBM Technology Ethics Lab, and a range of fellowships and public programs. She is also principal investigator of a $50 million grant from the Lilly Endowment supporting DELTA: A Faith-Based Framework for a World of Powerful AI.

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