Friendship Village Seeks to Ensure Spiritual Well

Posted Jan 04, 2012

Daily Herald

The chaplains at Friendship Village of Schaumburg seek to ensure the spiritual well-being of all residents.

Religion is not synonymous with spirituality according to the Rev. Shawn Kafader, a chaplain at Friendship Village. “In my own voice, I believe that every person has spirituality, whether or not they are aware of it. Spirituality is the part of us that connects with something beyond ourselves. Something greater than ourselves,” he said. Religion, he added, is one way to live out one’s spirituality. As a chaplain at the retirement community, Kafader helps residents maintain or find a spiritual practice rooted in a religion or faith tradition, with which they are comfortable and in which they can find great meaning.

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