Compassionate Presence. Professional Education. Global Partnerships
Ziyara Spiritual Care advances compassionate spiritual care through direct service, professional education, and partnerships with healthcare, educational, religious, and community institutions.
Our name comes from the Arabic word ziyāra, meaning “visit.” Rooted in the Islamic tradition of visiting, accompanying, and caring for people in times of vulnerability, Ziyara understands spiritual care as the practice of being present with another person with compassion, dignity, humility, and respect.
We prepare chaplains, healthcare professionals, clergy, students, volunteers, and community caregivers to accompany people and families facing serious illness, dying, death, grief, and other experiences of vulnerability. Our work is rooted in the Muslim spiritual-care tradition and offered in service to people across religious, spiritual, and cultural traditions.
Spiritual Care
We accompany patients and families through serious illness, hospitalization, dying, death, and grief. We begin by listening to what matters most to each person and helping them draw upon the beliefs, relationships, practices, and sources of meaning that sustain them.
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Education & Training
Ziyara prepares people to provide compassionate, competent spiritual care. Our educational work includes chaplaincy formation, clinical spiritual healthcare based education, and supervised clinical learning where offered through current partnerships, end-of-life spiritual care, workshops, and religious and cultural competency.
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Global Partnerships
Ziyara collaborates with hospitals, universities, professional organizations, faith communities, and local leaders to develop sustainable models of spiritual care. We work with partners to strengthen local capacity rather than simply transplanting a model developed elsewhere.
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