Advanced Spiritual Care for the AI Age
Date: March 25, 2026
Time: 3:00 pm ET
Location: Zoom
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Webinar sponsored by the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation
This webinar will equip chaplains with essential AI literacy as they navigate the unique spiritual landscape of 2026 and beyond. Rather than focusing on technology for technology’s sake, this event explores how AI is reshaping the patient experience and how chaplains can use these tools to protect their most valuable asset: their presence.
The webinar centers on three core objectives:
- 1. Meeting the “Digital-First” Patient: Understanding why many now find “Digital Presence” less intimidating than human presence, and how chaplains can act as “Digital Translators” to bridge the gap to the sacred.
- 2. The Human Audit (Skeleton vs. Marrow): A practical look at using AI to draft the “skeleton” of prayers and reflections, followed by the “Human Audit” where we add the “marrow”—the specific theological and human nuances the machine cannot reach.
- 3. Reclaiming Presence: A strategic guide on using AI to save up to several hours a week on administrative and preparatory “noise,” allowing chaplains to reinvest that time into “Deep Down” human connection. The goal is to move beyond the fear of AI and empower chaplains to lead in a world that increasingly “speaks in code.”
Learning Outcomes
We have indexed this webinar to the following learning outcomes, which should not be construed as endorsement of this event by either ACPE or BCCI:
- – ACPE C.2.IB: Articulate how one uses health relational boundaries in spiritual care contexts.
- – ACPE D.1.IIA: Demonstrate flexible communication styles and skills, including trauma informed approaches, that develop spiritual care relationships using one’s authority.
- – ACPE D.2.IA: Demonstrate an understanding an initiate the use of spiritual resources that address spiritual wellbeing.
- – BCCI ITP3: Incorporate the spiritual and emotional dimensions of human development into one’s practice of care.
- – BCCI PIC1: Identify one’s professional strengths and limitations in the provision of spiritual care.
- – BCCI PIC4: Respects the physical, emotional, cultural, and spiritual boundaries of others.
Speaker
Ali Candir is Manager of Mission Integration & Spiritual Care at St. Luke’s Health in Houston, Texas. As a staff chaplain at CHI St. Luke’s Health, Candir provides spiritual care and support to patients, families, and staff of diverse backgrounds and faiths. He is board certified by the Association of Professional Chaplains. He is also skilled in university teaching, event planning, and fundraising. Candir is pursuing a career in AI in Healthcare, with years of experience in the healthcare field and data analysis.