082120 Blessing of Hands (MA)

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Chaplain Appolonia Irika blesses hands for ultrasound technician Melissa Growney during Nurses' Week at Northwestern Medicine - Huntley Campus on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020 in Huntley. The chaplain used bottles of peppermint oil and lavendar oil to spread on the hands of employees and offered a blessing as the employees entered the building.
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Chaplain Appolonia Irika stands at the entrance to the building with a bottle of anointing oil used to bless hands for employees during Nurses' Week at Northwestern Medicine - Huntley Campus on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020 in Huntley. The chaplain used bottles of peppermint oil and lavendar oil to spread on the hands of employees and offered a blessing as the employees entered the building.
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Chaplain Appolonia Irika blesses hands for Registered Nurse Annette Stevens, right, during Nurses' Week at Northwestern Medicine - Huntley Campus on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020 in Huntley. The chaplain used bottles of peppermint oil and lavendar oil to spread on the hands of employees and offered a blessing as the employees entered the building.
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Chaplain Appolonia Irika blesses hands for employees during Nurses' Week at Northwestern Medicine - Huntley Campus on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020 in Huntley. The chaplain used bottles of peppermint oil and lavendar oil to spread on the hands of employees and offered a blessing as the employees entered the building.
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Bottles of anointing oil infused with peppermint and lavendar were used by three chaplains during Nurses' Week at Northwestern Medicine - Huntley Campus on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020 in Huntley.

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Chaplain Appolonia Irika offers up a blessing for an employee after blessing his hands during Nurses' Week at Northwestern Medicine - Huntley Campus on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020 in Huntley. The chaplain used bottles of peppermint oil and lavendar oil to spread on the hands of employees and offered a blessing as the employees entered the building.