UPDATED 2-27-2024 - NEW DATES AND TIMES
Join us this spring as we delve into Paul Kalanithi’s moving and poignant memoir, “When Breath Becomes air.”
Schedule and Themes:
March 28: Front Matter and Prologue. Being Present for Life and for Death
April 4: Part 1: Discerning What Makes Life Worth Living
April 11: Part 2 and Epilogue: Navigating the cycles. Feeling Deeply. Asking big questions and being comfortable when there are seemingly no answers.
Sessions run 5:00-6:30 PM ET
Please sign up for any or all of the three sessions. We are closing registration after the first 10 registrations to keep the discussions intimate. You can obtain a copy of the book through your local library, your neighborhood bookstore or Amazon.
Members: No cost; Non-members: $10 a session
Join us this spring as we delve into Paul Kalanithi’s moving and poignant memoir, “When Breath Becomes air.”
Schedule and Themes:
March 28: Front Matter and Prologue. Being Present for Life and for Death
April 4: Part 1: Discerning What Makes Life Worth Living
April 11: Part 2 and Epilogue: Navigating the cycles. Feeling Deeply. Asking big questions and being comfortable when there are seemingly no answers.
Sessions run 5:00-6:30 PM ET
Please sign up for any or all of the three sessions. We are closing registration after the first 10 registrations to keep the discussions intimate. You can obtain a copy of the book through your local library, your neighborhood bookstore or Amazon.
Members: No cost; Non-members: $10 a session
“This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question: What makes a life worth living
At the age of 36, on the verge of completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live.” (Amazon.com)
Together, we will delve into the deep questions of purpose, life and death key themes in every human’s life and one’s we as chaplains face with the communities we serve.
At the age of 36, on the verge of completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live.” (Amazon.com)
Together, we will delve into the deep questions of purpose, life and death key themes in every human’s life and one’s we as chaplains face with the communities we serve.
Book club Facilitator Bios:
bobbie arrington, LMSW
This is bobbie’s first semester working with NAHCA as a board intern. She is working on her Master of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School and has a Master in Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts in English Writing and Political Science. Her professional and spiritual experience includes leading meditation for Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, teaching macro & mezzo social work practice at Monmouth University and years of nonprofit and international work with youth and vulnerable communities.
Preeta Banerjee, PhD
Preeta is the first Hindu chaplain at Tufts University. She has been a spiritual companion who draws on a broad and deep range of experience, having spent over 20 years in academia, coaching and consulting as an advocate, educator, researcher, and author. She is a strong voice for combining spirituality, creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, and social change. Her passion lies in creating brave spaces at the intersection of contemplation, activism and healing and deepening in spiritually fluid ways, from a lens rooted in bhakti, gyan, karma, and raj yog, including her work as a founding board member of the North American Hindu Chaplains Association; Advisory Council member of the Spiritual Directors of Color Network; and in process to becoming a Mass Audubon certified naturalist. She has a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the Wharton School and B.S. in Computational Biology and Business from Carnegie Mellon.
bobbie arrington, LMSW
This is bobbie’s first semester working with NAHCA as a board intern. She is working on her Master of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School and has a Master in Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts in English Writing and Political Science. Her professional and spiritual experience includes leading meditation for Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, teaching macro & mezzo social work practice at Monmouth University and years of nonprofit and international work with youth and vulnerable communities.
Preeta Banerjee, PhD
Preeta is the first Hindu chaplain at Tufts University. She has been a spiritual companion who draws on a broad and deep range of experience, having spent over 20 years in academia, coaching and consulting as an advocate, educator, researcher, and author. She is a strong voice for combining spirituality, creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, and social change. Her passion lies in creating brave spaces at the intersection of contemplation, activism and healing and deepening in spiritually fluid ways, from a lens rooted in bhakti, gyan, karma, and raj yog, including her work as a founding board member of the North American Hindu Chaplains Association; Advisory Council member of the Spiritual Directors of Color Network; and in process to becoming a Mass Audubon certified naturalist. She has a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the Wharton School and B.S. in Computational Biology and Business from Carnegie Mellon.