Barat Spirituality Centre
1455 Summer Street Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4L6 CANADA
baratspirituality@gmail.com 902.456.6112
A ministry of the Religious of the Sacred Heart, United States-Canada Province
Welcome to the new year of programming at Barat Spirituality Centre! Below you will find a slate of initial offerings. More will follow, appearing both here and as part of the Centre email list. If you would like to receive notice of upcoming events in your inbox, please send a message with your email address via the 'Contact Us' button in the column on the left.
UPCOMING!
New Enneagram Workshops!
April 25 Harmony Triads
With Carolyn Humphreys, Ph.D
A Holy Readiness: Practical Planning for Spiritual Peace at the End of Life
May 8 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
with Keirsten Wells M.Div., SCP, Priest
Other Programming/Opportunities
will be listed here!
Are you prepared for the future?
Life insurance, a will and power of attorney are important—but there’s another kind of planning that costs nothing and ensures your medical and personal care wishes are respected. In this session, you’ll learn what advance care planning is and what to include in a personal directive. Session goals include learning what advance care planning is and how to do it well in community, understand practical ways to fill out the personal directive form. Learn some facts (risks and benefits) of life extending health care treatments and how to understand your personal risk tolerance for health care intervention. Contemplate the ethics involved in health care choices from a personal and collective point of view.
A Holy Readiness: Practical Planning for Spiritual Peace at the End of Life
May 8 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
with Keirsten Wells M.Div., SCP, Priest
Keirsten holds a Master of Divinity from Trinity College (University of Toronto) and earned her
undergraduate degree in Classics and Ancient History from the University of New Brunswick.
She completed clinical pastoral education placements at Humber River Regional Hospital, St.
Michael’s Hospital and Toronto General Hospital, equipping her to provide spiritual and religious
care in diverse clinical settings.
In her current practice, Keirsten supports individuals and families in the process of advance care
planning—helping them articulate and document their wishes for health, wellness and end-of-life
care. In her role with Nova Scotia Health’s COPD Care and Education NS team she has applied
these skills to support clients in virtual settings and helped demystify personal-directive
discussions in accessible ways.
She is also ordained in the Anglican Church of Canada, serving as a priest-chaplain in the
Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island from 2005-2019 and was installed as a
Canon in 2018.
