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A Personal Message from Jean
My dear ones who share this path, as we enter this New Year of 2011, I trust you will join me in preparing y/our heart, mind, and spirit for this moment in time. I ask for clarity of focus, for guidance, purposive alignment, right relation and right action, as we connect with our Source for renewal of our energy and life force, so we are prepared to continue our evolving, shared journey in Caring Science as Sacred Science.
As we make the transition from one year to another, I invite you to join me in a quiet moment of inspiration, as we breathe in the many blessings, if not miracles, we have experienced and witnessed in 2010. These blessings have manifest through y/our devotion, informed knowledge, moral actions, and shared dedication to give and receive as we authentically honor self, other and the systems we reach.
It is through the evolving mission of WCSI and your participation in this special privileged work, that we are witnessing the betterment of human-life, and caring-healing experiences for those whom we touch.
I continue to be in awe at the passion, talents, gifts, and abilities you offer for the compassionate service, and visionary possibilities we bring for the continuing creative, authentic emergence of WCSI and its programs and activities that touch our shared humanity. For that and for you, I sincerely am grateful and offer my thanksgiving to each of you, to each of us and all in our Caritas field family.
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Upcoming Events & Actions
INTERNATIONAL CARITAS CONSORTIUM:
April 14 & 15, 2011 - ORLANDO, FLORIDA
WINTER HAVEN HOSPITAL SPONSORSHIP
CARITAS COACH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM:
April 16 & 17, 2011 – ORLANDO, FLORIDA
So, as we open space for 2011, please mark your calendars for April International Caritas Consortium, sponsored by the gracious hospitality and devotion of Winter Haven Hospital, Florida. The registration and additional hotel and travel information will be available on the WCSI Website very soon, so be sure to visit the ICC links and to register for the April ICC in the coming days.
The ICC is followed immediately by the WCSI Caritas Coach Educational Program, where new Coaches graduate and a new cohort begins, helping to transform self and system through this inner Caritas learning, healing and personal growth-advancement program.
FIRST ASIAN PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL CARITAS CONSORTIUM:
June 16, 2011 – HIROSHIMA, JAPAN
HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL CARING AND PEACE CONFERENCE:
June 18 & 19, 2011
These two international events, co-sponsored by WCSI and Red Cross University Hiroshima College of Nursing, Japan invite you to engage in experiencing Caritas and Communitas intellectually and ethically as we live out the deep relationship between Caring and Peace on-site in Hiroshima, the global City of Peace.
INTERNATIONAL ETHICAL CHARTER IN HUMAN CARING:
During these Hiroshima events, I will be introducing an International Ethical Charter in Human Caring, inviting all the participants to sign, as we participate in generating principles and practices needed to sustain global human caring as a human rights issue for humanity. This Charter is influenced by the work of Italian philosopher Alberto Peretti, who is developing an Ethical Charter for Health Care for all of Italy.
WCSI BOARD AND FACULTY RETREAT
July 13 – 17, 2011 – BOULDER, COLORADO
AT THE MILLENNIUM HARVEST HOUSE
INTERNATIONAL CARITAS CONSORTIUM:
October 13 & 14, 2011 - HOUSTON, TEXAS, MICHAEL E. DEBAKEY VA MEDICAL CENTER SPONSORSHIP
CARITAS COACH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM:
October 15 & 16, 2011 – HOUSTON, TEXAS
NEW! THE 1ST ANNUAL GLOBAL WATSON CARING SCIENCE CONFERENCE
Planned for July 2012 – BOULDER, COLORADO
Including introductory and advanced seminars on Caring Science with Modules and Modalities for Caritas Practitioners, Researchers and Leaders.
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WCSI News:
Transition for COO/CNO Jim D'Alfonso
In the midst of change and transitions between years and seasons, the latest WCSI news includes the joyful, yet bittersweet transition for Jim D’Alfonso. As many, if not all of you know, Jim has served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nurse Executive since November 2008, helping to launch the formal administrative structure and organization of WCSI as a new non-profit formal operating entity.
In January, Jim will be relocating to Northern California where he will transition into his new role as Associate Chief Nursing Officer for Kaiser Foundation Hospitals at Fremont Medical Center. The Kaiser Permanente executive commitment to a culture of Caring Science and Jim’s established executive leadership background were a wonderful fit and valued match for this important life and career direction. For those wondering, many of Jim’s operational responsibilities will continue to be handled without any disruption, under the management of Barbara Hope and White Knight Productions, who have been managing many of WCSI operations since its origin.
Due to Jim’s loving leadership, tireless devotion and creative spirit WCSI has been able to expand WCSI programs and services beyond our expectations. Jim’s energy has nurtured and fueled our growth, from the continuous evolution of the Caritas Coach Education Program to the emergence of the new Introduction to Human Caring Program and beyond. The good news is, Jim will continue to offer his passion and talents toward our shared Caritas journey, but in new and different ways in 2011.
Jim remains deeply committed to support the continuous expansion of Caring Science along side our faculty associates, leadership teams and board, which will be made possible by Jim’s appointment to WCSI’s Advisory Board of Directors where he will serve as an Advisor for Caring Science Education and Clinical Programs. In addition, Jim will assume a new role as Senior Faculty Associate and Mentor, supporting and collaborating closely with our distinguished Faculty Associates, Clinical Faculty Associates and Program Directors as we continue to co-create and expand programs and services in harmony with WCSI’s core mission and vision.
Visit our website to view the current WCSI Board of Directors and Advisory Board Members.
I am sure you will agree, Jim’s many contributions and deep love for this work has blessed us all in many ways during these early formative years of WCSI. We offer our sincere joy and congratulations on his new position with Kaiser Permanente in Northern California and our heart-felt gratitude for his continuous participation with us, contributing to the evolving success of WCSI. Please join me in extending our love and blessings to Jim as he makes these important life-career transitions in the coming months.
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 For these and all the yet- to- come happenings, I wish for us all a most meaningful and beauty-filled 2011. May miracles continue to unfold in our midst.
In deep Heart-Love, gratitude, and Caritas,
Jean Watson
email: info@watsoncaringscience.org
phone: 303-546-7970
website: www.watsoncaringscience.org
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