ENHCC
European Network of Health Care Chaplaincy
Health Care Chaplaincy in Ireland
Sr Pat O'Donovan
Pat O’Donovan is the Healthcare Chaplaincy Board representative with the ENHCC. She is the current Chairperson of the Healthcare Chaplaincy Board. The board is responsible for the Certification of Catholic Healthcare Chaplains in Ireland, and for the Accreditation of Clinical Pastoral Education Centres. Successful completion of three units of Clinical Pastoral Education is required of candidates who are pursuing certification in healthcare chaplaincy in Ireland. Clinical Pastoral Education Centres are at St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin; The Mater Hospital, Dublin; St. John of God Hospital, Dublin; Cork University Hospital, Cork; St. Luke’s Home, Cork; and Belfast City Hospital, Belfast.
Pat is a former Director of the Clinical Pastoral Education Centre at St. Vincent’s University Hospital in Ireland. She retired from that position at the end of 2009, but has continued to be involved with the development of chaplaincy and clinical pastoral education. Prior to being Director of CPE at St. Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin, she was Director of CPE with Roper St. Francis Healthcare in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. She is a board certified chaplain with the National Association of Catholic Chaplains in the USA, and with the Association of Professional Chaplains in the USA.
[August 2008]