January 7, 2005

Changes in the Chaplain's Office

To the Editor:

Donna Schaper's "The Transcendent Role of Chaplains" (The Chronicle Review, November 12) touched upon many issues faced by the National Association of College and University Chaplains.

The association's executive committee convened for a special meeting in October to grapple with what the changing face of chaplaincy means for our organization and our profession. In 1948, when the first gathering of the association took place at Yale University, the 84