Wayne E. Oates Institute

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It's getting close to the end

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Please Join Us on Thursday

Reminder: Please Join Us for a Celebration -

Reminder: Please Join Us for a Celebration

Final chance to join us. No charge, but must register to attend virtually or in person.

We are so happy to announce that we will be partnering with The Wayne E. Oates Institute to provide a home for their print and digital collections. We are hosting an event on September 22nd at 7 pm to celebrate this new partnership, we hope you'll join us. You must RSVP to attend the event, see the flyer below for more details.

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Please Join Us for a Celebration

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We Invite You...

Update and Invitation -

Symposium Evaluation and Invitation

Are you bored? Too much time with nothing today? Want to volunteer for a great cause, and you live in the Louisville area, then read on.

For the past six years, I have directed a non-profit organization that provides virtual continuing education and professional development for spiritual caregivers (mostly chaplains). The organization was named for Dr. Wayne E. Oates who was a pioneer in the field of psychology of religion, pastoral care and counseling. After developing an internationally recognized department at the Southern Baptist Seminary, he taught for years at the School of Psychiatry at the U of L Medical School. We have continued in his legacy of providing best practice understanding and skills in the integration of spirituality, medicine, psycholgy, ethics, and social work.

The time has come for us to close the non-profit and move a part of Dr. Oates’ collection and some of the work the Institute to the U of L Health Sciences Korhauser Library.

A hybrid celebration is planned for late September to honor the work of the Institute and introduce the future work of the library in conjunction with all the health science’s schools. An endowment is hoped to underwrite the future work. If you would like to attend the event and or make a contribution to the fund, please contact me for details.

Now for the opportunity… We have approximately 1,000 books from Dr. Oates’ personal library that need to be catalogued by title, author, and date of publication on a spreadsheet. If you can help with this project please let me know.

Rick Underwood 502-592-9050 or [email protected]

Symposium Starts Today! Links Inside -

Symposium Starts Today! Links Inside “The Legacy and Continued Contributions of Wayne E. Oates as it Applies to Spiritual Care” - Rev. Denise Massey, PhD., & Rev. Rick Underwood, D.Min., 

Symposium Starts Tomorrow! Links Inside -

Symposium Starts Tomorrow! Links Inside “The Legacy and Continued Contributions of Wayne E. Oates as it Applies to Spiritual Care” - Rev. Denise Massey, PhD., & Rev. Rick Underwood, D.Min., 

Starting Next Week! There is still time to... -

Starting Next Week! There is still time to... Rev. Denise Massey, PhD., & Rev. Rick Underwood, D.Min., “The Legacy and Continued Contributions of Wayne E. Oates as it Applies to Spiritual Care”