The Rev. Rob Dewey Presented with Lifetime Achievement Award

The Rev. Rob Dewey (right) is presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Dr. George Everly, co-founder of the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation

The Rev. Dr. Rob Dewey, a priest of our diocese, was presented with the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) at the ICISF World Congress 17, held April 30 to May 5 in Baltimore, MD. He was presented with the award by Dr. George Everly, the organization’s co-founder.

“Rob received a lifetime achievement award reflecting not only a lifetime of service to God and local community but to the international community served by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation,” said Dr. Everly. “Rob was a pioneer, an innovator, and an early adopter of faith-based psychological crisis interventions. He is a gentleman, a caring human being, and epitomizes a servant of God.”
 
Reflecting on the recognition, Father Dewey said: “I was very honored and blessed to receive this award, and to remember all the folks who assisted me along the way.”
 
Father Dewey’s ministry has been anchored by his deep commitment to chaplaincy. In addition to beginning the South Carolina Law Enforcement Chaplaincy, he founded the Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy in 1990, serving to provide chaplains for Lowcountry first responders as well as state and federal agencies, and he created the Lowcountry Community Chaplaincy in 2017 in service of Drug Diversion Courts, the ATF, the Charleston Restaurant and Hotel Association, and the Isle of Palms Public Safety Office, among other institutions. He has also served as chaplain to the FBI and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).

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