The Wayne E. Oates Institute is a Connected Learning Community exploring spirituality and health as a way to advance integrative care for the whole person. The Oates Institute is a non-profit educational organization made up of caregivers from the medical, spiritual and counseling communities providing a forum for joining together as an interdisciplinary dialogue toward understanding the relationship between spirituality and the healing process.

On Thursday, April 8, 2010, 12:00 – 1:30 pm at St. Matthews Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky (3515 Grandview Avenue), Dr. Jane Thibault will be the keynote speaker at the Caroline Lynch Forum on Healing. Dr. Thibault's presentation is entitled Activating Spiritual Resources in a Time of Cancer. As an author, trained spiritual director, and professor in the Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine at the University Of Louisville School Of Medicine, Dr. Thibault is a very popular presenter.

Charge for the event is $20 per person and includes a buffet lunch, the presentation by Dr. Thibault, and the opportunity for dialogue with colleagues in pastoral care, counseling, nursing, health ministries, social work, medicine, and other therapeutic fields.

This Caroline Lynch Forum on Healing honors the life and giftedness of Caroline Keller Lynch and recognizes the deep friendship and healing nature of the relationship between Caroline Lynch and the Institute’s namesake, Wayne E. Oates. It is jointly sponsored by the Oates Institute and the family of Dr. Ted N. Lynch.

To make your reservation for the April 8 Caroline Lunch Forum on Healing with Dr. Jane Thibault, click on the link below or call 502.459.2370.

Reservations Now Closed for the 2010 Caroline Lynch Forum