• Andrea "Ani" Vidrine

    • Andrea is a graduate of our Transforming Community: Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups & Retreats and Nurturing the Call: Spiritual Guidance Programs. She is an interfaith minister, licensed clinical social worker, spiritual director, CEU provider, yoga instructor, and former massage therapist who has served in multiple clinical settings, most recently with hospice as social worker, chaplain, and volunteer coordinator. She is on the staff of our spiritual guidance program and is currently a Ph.D. student in Integral & Transpersonal Psychology through The California Institute of Integral Studies.

Spiritual Companionship at the Time of Death

The ministry of spiritual companionship can be so rewarding and evokes a sense of the reciprocity inherent in giving. Graduating from Shalem’s Nurturing the Call: Spiritual Guidance Program gave me the needed credentials to serve as a hospice chaplain with Louisiana Hospice & Palliative Care in Opelousas, LA. (Chaplain credentialing requirements vary among agencies.) I […]

January 01, 2022 by Andrea "Ani" Vidrine 6 Comments