Ciampa has been a chaplain with Clarian Health and Methodist Hospital since 1976, standing with patients and their loved ones through what is, for many, their darkest hour. We can t give that to them, but we can help them do it. Rev. Ciampa says hospitalization often leads people to ask deep questions about their life, and their faith.
People become aware of how fragile they are.
Illness can change their value system or lead them to return to values they may have lost touch with. Clarian has 33 staff chaplains and residents. When you accept an award like this, it means a lot that your colleagues honor you, but you accept on behalf of the whole staff. At the same time, he has continued to function as an outstanding pastor to patients, families and staff in our institutions. In addition to teaching chaplaincy residents and ministering to the Clarian community, Ciampa also pilots his private plane each Sunday to Boone County, Indiana, where he serves as pastor to the congregation of Terhune United Methodist Church.