In September 2024 IMC’s sibling organization, Sati Center is offering its 22nd yearlong INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHIST CHAPLAINCY. Started by Gil Fronsdal, Jennifer Block, and Paul Haller, this is an eleven month training in spiritual care skills that lay at the foundation of professional and vol- unteer chaplaincy work in such places as hospitals and prisons. It is also a training in basic spiritual and pastoral care offered in a Sangha, or Buddhist community. In recent years, this program has spawned three other spiritual care programs. In 2019 it gave birth to the BUDDHIST ECO- CHAPLAINCY, which introduces people to the new field of spiritual care in relation to the natural world. In 2020, the original INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHIST CHAPLAINCY is also being offered online for people unable to come to Redwood City for the in-person program. And in October 2024, we will begin the ANUKAMPA TRAINING, a condensed version of the INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHIST CHAPLAINCY focused on aspects of Buddhist and chaplaincy training supporting spiritual maturation along the Buddhist path, whether or not one is interested in chaplaincy activities. More information at sati.org and on page 4 of the schedule in this newsletter.