JHPCU Professor Gives Seminar on Moral Injury at Military Pilgrimage in Lourdes

Professor Fr Steven G Rindahl, DMin STM was recently honored with the opportunity to give a seminar on identifying and caring for Moral Injury among combat veterans at the 64th International Military Pilgrimage (Pèlerinage Militaire International / PMI) in Lourdes, France.  The purpose of the International Military Pilgrimage is to gather members of the many armed forces of the world together for prayer as a sign of peace and goodwill.  The PMI works to bear God’s Mercy in the military world and to support the wounded.  In support of that purpose, Fr Rindahl provided training on Moral Injury care to the assembled members of clergy and medical personnel supporting the pilgrimage.  Unique to this training was the inclusion of tools for implementing therapeutic elements of Christian Spirituality into Moral Injury care with a specific focus on the principles of pilgrimage in the healing process.  Archbishop Broglio, the Roman Catholic archbishop for the Archdiocese for Military Services and endorser of all Roman Catholic chaplains serving in the US Armed Forces, attended the seminar and complimented the value of the training.