Sister Nannette Gentile, Senior Vice President, Mission Affairs, led a dedication and prayer for the Tranquility Room at the new Seton Hospital Executive Office in Austin, Texas on Friday March 12, 2010. The office is located near the Dell Children’s Hospital, also managed by the Seton network on the Mueller Development in central Austin. Throughout the Seton Hospital Network, Tranquility Rooms are provided for staff to pause, reflect, meditate and regroup to offer a counter balance to the intensity of their care giving roles.
When the new executive offices were built, their staff also requested that the same kind of reflective room be made available. Patricia Speier and Scott Quinn of the Seton Cove Spirituality Center took on the task of planning and creating this Tranquility Room and contacted Austin environmental photographer Al Braden for suggested images that would be compatible with time for reflection and meditation.
Dedication of the Tranquility Room at Seton Hospital Executive Office included Photographer Al Braden, Patricia Speier, Director of Seton Cove Spirituality Center and Sister Nannette Gentile, Senior VP, Mission Affairs.
Scott Quinn of Seton Cove, who directed the creation of the Tranquility Room, visits with Pam Wagner. She worked at Seton Hospitals as a Chaplin and introduced Al Braden to the Seton Cove Spirituality Center.
Speiers and Quinn made a selection of Big Bend photos from several collections presented by Braden. Prints were made and framed to fit the room itself.
The focal image is a triptych of Santa Elena Canyon. Three images from the same location, providing a study in the changeability of lighting and mood over a more stable underlying reality – a metaphor for our own experiences throughout the day. Four other Big Bend National Park photos fill the room: Window Outlook from the Chisos pouroff, Casa Grande Peak at Sunrise, Balanced Rock at Grapevine Hills and Ocotillos along the trail to Mule Ear Springs.
These photos – and thousands more – can be found by searching Al Braden’s archives, which are powered by PhotoShelter. Search at: www.albradenphoto.com/stock.php
For information on Seton Cove Spirituality Center’s programs, see www.setoncove.net
