October Greenhouse Gathering (in-person and online) - with Kate Bradford

What is Spirituality? Spiritual care through a Christian lens

In our post-Christian society, it is tempting to assume a decline in identification with formal religious faith equates with a loss of belief in general. Interestingly, studies showing that about two-thirds of people would self-describe as spiritual, or spiritual-but-not-religious, or spiritual-and-religious have challenged this possible correlation.

As a chaplain, Kate visits and cares for religious and non-religious people, those of different faiths and none. She is interested in people and their spirituality, how they perceive it, and how she can support and scaffold them in a deeper understanding and experience of reality.

This seminar introduces the idea of spirituality, including a very brief historical overview and a discussion of what spirituality is, and where an understanding of spirituality fits in Christian ministries.

You’ll also have a chance to connect with other Christian women, enjoy some delicious food, and hear more about what The Greenhouse has to offer to women in different industries, workplaces, churches and stages of life. We’d love to have you join us!

Can’t make it in person? Join us online! We’d love you to share in the experience.

About our Speaker 

Kate is an Anglican Chaplain and Senior Spiritual Care Practitioner at Westmead Hospital. Kate's role includes chaplaincy to the Intensive Care Wards and involvement in a staff emotional wellbeing program called Schwartz Rounds. Kate was an ADM senior fellow in 2018, and worked on a master's thesis on soul care in the public space and is now enrolled in a PhD researching the concept of the spiritual self in conversation with the philosophy of Paul Ricoeur. Prior the chaplaincy Kate, together with her husband Steve and family were CMS missionaries in Tanzania at a remote rural hospital and Bible college in Tanzania for 10 years, they have four adult children who live nearby. Kate and Steve worship at St Mary's Anglican Church Balmain.