chaplains

CHAPLAINS is a new 2-hour documentary film that takes the viewer into the dynamic world of chaplains – men and women who represent their own particular faith tradition but are trained to be of comfort and support to everyone – religious or not. With a tradition dating back centuries, chaplains today are on the front lines – often in the midst of life and death situations – where the questions are the deepest and the need for spiritual and pastoral care the greatest.

  • FATHER PAUL HURLEY

    FATHER PAUL HURLEY

    is a US Army Colonel and Catholic priest who serves the troops as senior chaplain in Afghanistan. His story confronts the larger questions about God and war, faith and freedom and the price to be paid.

  • Karuna Thompson

    Karuna Thompson

    is a Buddhist woman working in a men’s maximum-security prison in Oregon with over 2,000 inmates. She serves men who have been convicted of violent crimes and does so with little regard for her own safety, as she helps them discover a side of themselves they never knew.

  • Melissa Brannan

    Melissa Brannan

    is part of the 120-member chaplain team at Tyson Foods, a corporation that has made an unusual commitment in the care of its 120,000 employees based in the belief that Tyson is to be a “faith friendly” company.

  • Barry Black

    Barry Black

    Barry Black and Father Pat Conroy are the chaplains to the US Senate and the US House of Representatives, who continue a tradition that dates back to the Founding of the nation. What is the role of chaplain in government and is it a violation of separation of church and state?

  • Khalil Refai

    Khalil Refai

    is the Muslim chaplain for the Hamtramck Police Department near Detroit, MI where the police chief understood the need for a bridge between his department and the rapidly growing Muslim community.

  • Kathleen Ennis-Durstine

    Kathleen Ennis-Durstine

    is senior chaplain at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. Her daily focus is the spiritual care of sick children and their families.

  • Rabbi Arthur Rosenberg

    Rabbi Arthur Rosenberg

    enjoyed an accomplished career as a film and television actor but now serves as chaplain for the Motion Picture and Television Fund–Hollywood’s senior care and retirement center.

  • Billy Mauldin

    Billy Mauldin

    is chaplain at NASCAR and travels the circuit as the spiritual pastor for the thousands who stage the races that have become one of America’s most popular and dangerous sports.

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