The ACPE office is closed today in observance of the Fourth of July holiday. |
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Summer greetings to each of you. I hope this finds you well during this midpoint of summer 2022.
We celebrate freedom on the July 4th holiday. There are many ways of celebrating the freedoms we enjoy, including the freedom to define what it means to live in the United States. We've recently learned there are many passionate definitions of a patriotic American.
The same is true for ACPE.
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As we take time off (hopefully) to celebrate the 4th of July, our task force was invited to reflect on our gleanings as we have engaged in anti-bias work regarding language and immigration. Reflecting on our experience of living in the United States as immigrants in general, and as ACPE Certified Educators in particular, we acknowledge our desire to belong. The diverse histories of immigrants, which make up the American identity, invite us to engage with our own stories that brought us to this country. Whether we immigrated for education purposes, family unification, religious freedom, or economic opportunities—we understand that our identity as immigrants is an important part of our supervisory practice as ACPE Certified Educators. The certification journey itself is a symbolic migration story, a before, in-between, and hopefully in-beyond. |
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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*.
Code of Ethics for ACPE Members statements 3 A. B.
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Certification Fall Docket Dates 2022 |
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August 31, 22 – Deadline to Declare Intent to Meet Certification Subcommittee
- email Sheilah.Hawk@acpe.edu
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October 3, 2022 – Deadline to Submit Electronic Materials
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November 7, 9, & 10, 2022 – Subcommittee Docket Dates
Once the Letter of Intent is received in the National Office by email, the Aspirant will be invoiced for the $100 meeting fee. Payment of meeting fee must be received on/before October 3rd.
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ACPE's staff gathered at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens for an afternoon retreat and strategic planning session on June 28, 2022. It was the first time the team gathered in person since February 2020.
Front row: Sheilah Hawk, Terry Izaguirre, Jasmine Okafor
Back Row: Trace Haythorn, John Roch, Marc Medwed, Kimberly Yates, Jennifer Rochner, Brandy Thompson, Tiffany Kindred
Not shown: Ruth McPhail Ubaldo is currently on maternity leave and did not attend.
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We invite all ACPE Certified Educators who are working with Certified Educator Candidates to join us for informal consultations and conversations via Zoom. The drop-in meeting (no RSVP required) will take place on the first and third Mondays of the month, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET.
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In 2020, the Foundation for ACPE in partnership with the ACPE Research Committee launched the Research Grants Initiative and funded two research projects: one that explored the relationship between CPE and Emotional Intelligence ($54,987), and the other that examined the Impact of Covid-19 on CPE ($18,883). Read more
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SAVE THE DATES for 2 Great Curriculum Resource Rooms in July! |
Both Curriculum Resource Rooms are open to CECs and Educators. Please mark your calendars and join us!
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The Leadership Development Committee (LDC) invites you to consider serving in one of the open leadership positions in 2023. Nominations are open now for ACPE’s fall election. The deadline to submit a nomination is August 1, 2022. Read more
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Have you provided support to co-workers requesting a religious exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine or been involved in reviewing exemption requests? If so, you are eligible to participate in a new research study. If not, but you know a chaplain who was, please forward this invitation to them. Read more
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It has recently come to the attention of the Accreditation and Certification Commissions that due to a variety of factors outside of anyone’s control, there are programs that are facing challenges in meeting the minimum of 3 students for a unit of CPE. Read more
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As ACPE continues our efforts to become an anti-bias organization, these words of Frederick Douglass speak to the heart of our current condition, even as he was speaking about the inexcusable enslavement of people during the 1800s. While it is not a poem per se, there is poetry to Douglass’ speech that makes this well worth hearing. It is read by James Earl Jones:
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As this email is likely landing in your inbox on the US national holiday, this article may provide some thoughts about rest and resilience, especially after the last couple of years. Take a look:
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This Week on the Calendar |
As a part of ACPE’s commitment to anti-bias practices in all dimensions of our work, a subcommittee of the Anti-Bias Work Group has recommended we stop publishing a “holy days” calendar, recognizing that all efforts will be inadequate and may unintentionally reinforce privileged perspectives for some while inadequately representing others. Instead, ACPE will focus on:
- Promoting educational inclusion and exclusion,
- Deconstructing the Christocentric history of the ACPE,
- The impact of how our US context is also predominantly Christian,
- the intersections among racism, xenophobia, and religiously based oppressions, and
- the implications of the increasing secularization/shift to pluralism and spiritual but not religious (SBNR) values in US society.
We encourage you to reference these and additional resources as both educational tools and when planning programs and events (note: careful reading of the tools at these links will illustrate the above points, but as such could foster good conversation within your programs and practices):
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- A celebration of life will be held for ACPE Certified Educator Rev. Dr. Peter Yuichi Clark on Thursday, July 21 from 2:00p-4:00p. Attendees are requested to wear a festive color to celebrate Peter's life and ministry. There will also be a Livestream of the service on ucsfspiritcare.org. To RSVP, click here.
- ACPE Certified Educator Mary Ann Booth recently suffered a stroke. She would appreciate prayers and words of encouragement as she works through out-patient rehab. Please message her at maboothe3@gmail.com.
- ACPE Certified Educator Dennis Kenny suffered a heart attack on June 29, 2022 while visiting family in Indianapolis. He would appreciate prayers and well wishes at dennis.kenny@acpe.edu.
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Chaplain Resident, Clinical Pastoral Education, FT, 08:30A-5P
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Three-unit residency runs August 23, 2022- August 20, 2023
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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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