The pandemic has impacted my body, among other things. For the first time in two years, I went to a yoga class last week and discovered just how inflexible my body had become during the pandemic. I used to feel like my sun salutations flowed (fairly) well. I was a little clunky when my 6’4” frame went down for an upward-facing dog; still, I appreciated the flexibility yoga had given me into my mid 50’s. |
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Early bird registration is now open for the 2022 Joint ACPE/APC Conference! The conference theme this year is “Freedom, Wonder, and Liberation: Anti-Bias Practices of Spiritual Care and Education” and will feature dynamic plenary sessions from Dr. Linda James Myers, Carol Wayne White, Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, and Erin Law.
For ACPE Members: To ensure that you receive the correct pricing, please use the email that was included in your invitation email. If you have questions, please email events@acpe.edu before registering.
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The Accreditation Commission is seeking additional Portfolio Reviewers to participate in the annual review of center portfolios. Serving as a Portfolio Reviewer is a great way to better understand portfolio requirements and to engage with other centers about the ways they run their programs. Training sessions begin this week. Click here to sign up.
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Once a month the ACPE Professional Ethics Commission (PEC) posts a couple of statements from our Code of Professional Ethics for ACPE Members. Each posting is accompanied by a brief personal reflection from a member of the PEC discussing some ways this person lives these commitments.
This month Rev. Betty White, ACPE Certified Educator from Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the author.
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Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is when a website or application requires additional information besides a username and password to sign in. Because of ongoing internet security concerns, you are probably already using MFA with other accounts like your work log in or banking. Microsoft strongly encourages all organizations using Microsoft 365/SharePoint products to use MFA.
Many ACPE members already use MFA to access ACPE’s Microsoft 365/SharePoint. If you have previously set up your MFA for ACPE sites, you should not notice any changes from your current login process.
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We invite all ACPE Certified Educators who are working with Educator Candidates to join us for informal consultations.
For 2022 the first meting will be on February 7, 2022 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm ET.
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The deadline to declare for the Spring 2022 Certification Subcommittees for CECs in the "old" certification process is February 28. Anyone wanting to meet a subcommittee this spring for Certification must fill out the Letter of Intent/Appx 10. Sheilah Hawk will invoice you the $100 Meeting Fee upon receipt of the completed form. Email certification@acpe.edu with any questions.
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ACPE and APC invite you to support our efforts to provide this critical and dynamic educational program for our professionals in spiritual care. Your support will help us to bring the dream of healing this hurting world into reality, so that together we may create a better future for all. |
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"COVID-19 and Clinical Pastoral Education: How ACPE Educators Pivoted Amid the Pandemic", examined how ACPE-certified educators responded to maintain program delivery. Survey results from 210 educators found a substantial and abrupt increase in both synchronous and asynchronous remote delivery for instruction and supervision as well as adaptations for maintaining clinical practice. The study identified the use and helpfulness of professional, organizational, and technology resources, including ACPE peers and feedback from students among those most valuable. A second manuscript examining educators' perspectives on the efficacy of remote CPE and implications for the future has been submitted for peer review. Our team included five ACPE educators and a research chaplain: Csaba Szilagyi, Alexander Tartaglia, Kim Palmer, David Fleenor, Beth Jackson-Jordan, and Sarah Knoll Sweeney. This study was conducted with support from the Foundation for ACPE.
Remember, full access to the Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling (JPC&C) is a benefit of your membership in ACPE. Click here for details on how to access the journal.
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Ecumenical Theological Seminary (Detroit, MI) has a unique 2-year DMin program that has a special focus for ACPE CECs and CEs. For more information, contact Aarti Ahuja Director of Recruitment and Enrollment Manager at 313-831-5200 x224 or email: aahuja@etseminary.edu. |
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In 2017, I took what might have been the biggest risk of my professional life. I left a job and colleagues that I dearly loved to come work at ACPE. It was a time of great transition for ACPE, and I was excited about what I could bring to the role of supporting our educators and programs.
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The ACPE Psychotherapy Commission is excited to announce its 2022 Psychotherapy Webinar Series! These webinars are provided free of charge to ACPE members, as a benefit of membership.
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The Foundation for ACPE Service Awards Committee invites you to nominate yourself or a colleague for recognition of outstanding contributions or service to ACPE, the field(s) of spiritual care, pastoral counseling, and/or psychotherapy.
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Recently we learned that, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the human lifespan actually decreased for the first time in decades. While many of us may choose to see this as a short-term blip, this moment also invites reflection. Brooke McNamara offers one frame we may find helpful in listening deeply to our sense of meaning and purpose in life: |
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Interruption
by Brooke McNamara
I love to wake early and sip strong coffee
and sit like a queen in the dark
and ask my death to reach back and teach me
so I can write down what I hear. If I listen
with my whole spine, the currents
of deep grief and wild arousal wash me
to a more original body.
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As we begin Black History Month, here’s a resource that invites both deep reflection along with a glimpse into the world of Black mothers in England. Four mothers engage in candid, direct, honest, challenging and playful conversation (often all within one episode!). Do yourself a favor and give this podcast a listen:
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This Week on the Calendar |
February 11
Our Lady of Lourdes (Christianity)
This marks the day in 1858 when St. Bernadette had her first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the city of Lourdes in southern France. She had 18 apparitions in all, one of which told her to dig for a spring. The water of this spring is said to have great healing powers, and Christians make pilgrimages to visit this spring and the church that was built on the property.
February 13
Triodion begins (Orthodox Christianity)
Triodion is the three-week preparation period before Lent begins. Followers gradually modify their diets and meditate on themes like humility, repentance and forgiveness, to prepare for the great fast, prayer, and worship that happens over Lent.
February 14
St. Valentine's Day (Christianity)
Pope Gelasius assigned February 14 as Saint Valentine's Day in 496 CE. This day commemorates the death of Saint Valentine of Rome, who, according to tradition, was martyred on February 14 ca. 270 C.E. Saint Valentine's Day was not associated with romantic love until the High Middle Ages, when legends and stories about Valentine were written and popularized by Geoffrey Chaucer and his circle.
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ACPE Retired Educator Donald Aldrich Hunt Age 91, passed away peacefully at home on January 26, 2022, after a long struggle with CHF. He was surrounded by the love of his wife of 50 yrs., Louise, and daughters Donalyn and Alyson.
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Read ACPE Retired Educator Alex Lukens' "Homage to Stu Plummer. A kind of homily" which he wrote in honor of ACPE Emeritus Educator Stu Plummer who died on December 15, 2021.
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The Certified Educator collaborates with Spiritual Care leadership and the CPE Manager in establishing the CPE Program
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Residency Opportunities for 1st & 2nd Year Clinical Pastoral Education & Summer Internship
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Other Educational Opportunities |
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ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education |
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ACPE is the standard for spiritual care and education. Our diverse membership includes Certified CPE Educators, Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapists, Spiritual Care Professionals and Practitioners, Pastoral Counselors, Chaplains, Faith Communities, and Seminaries. Our multi-disciplinary, multi-faith, multi-racial community of professionals provides education, connection, and formation through continuing education, networking, and leadership development.
ACPE is the premier, Department of Education recognized, organization that provides the highest quality CPE programs for spiritual care professionals of any faith and in any setting. We do this through a rigorous accreditation and certification process for centers and educators that provide CPE.
The depth of our training enables students to realize their full potential to strengthen the spiritual health of people in their care as well as themselves.
ACPE members are actively engaged in a wide variety of professional development activities including communities of practice, conferences, spiritual care research, and informal networking. We are more than just an association: we are a movement committed to the transformation of the human suffering.Our opportunities for formation and community enrich our member's work of healing and transforming people and communities in the US and across the globe.
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