Over the past several days, I’ve spoken with several educators who are writing final evaluations, scrambling to fill one more residency spot, or wondering when they can find time for a vacation in the coming weeks. I’ve heard counselors and psychotherapists wonder if the intensity of client’s experiences will diminish any time soon as the anxiety about the COVID-19 Delta variant increases concerns across the world. School has already started in many places, and parents and friends are wondering if masking and vaccinations will be enough to avoid another pivot to online learning. Y’all – the times are just plain hard. |
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ACPE will host the 2021 Annual Member Meeting via Zoom on August 19, 2021 at 3:00pm eastern. Member registration is now open. After registering, we will review your request to ensure membership status. Once approved, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting
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Polls are open for ACPE’s Implementation Workgroup election. Ballots were mailed via SimplyVoting. ACPE members will elect eight representatives to work with eight APC members to draft the bylaws, a governance structure, membership categories, and staffing requirements of a consolidated organization.
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Thank you for a successful #ACPEproud week. It was an honor to celebrate our members during these challenging times. Re-live our presentation on ACPE's YouTube Channel.
- 1.6K views
- 9.1K impressions
- 879 Unique views
- 2,202 people reached on Facebook
- 866 Engagements on Facebook
- 31 new subscribers to ACPE's YouTube Channel
- $401 in proceeds raised to date to benefit the ACPE Foundation
The following centers were omitted from our Commencement Presentation. We apologize for the oversight. Please join us in celebrating their accomplishments throughout the past year.
- Mercy Hospital Springfield CPE Program
- PIH Health Hospital-Whittier
- Yale New Haven Hospital
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Did you already get your #ACPEproud gear? It's not too late! The #ACPEproud store will remain open through September 30, 2021.
A portion of the proceeds will support the Foundation for ACPE, innovative spiritual care programs, and professional development opportunities for ACPE students.
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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.
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We invite all ACPE Certified Educators who are working with Educator Candidates to join us for informal consultations. The drop-in meeting will take place on the first and third Mondays of the month, from 12:00pm to 1:00pm Eastern time.
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Have you ever felt invisible, unseen, unacknowledged? It is a cruel game children sometimes play with each other, pretending that someone is invisible when they are clearly “right here!” It is so much worse when it is a part of one’s existence. Camille Rankin reflects on this in her poem, Ways to Disappear. She writes, “There are so many ways a person can become not a person in someone else’s eyes. They can be erased through violence of gaze or word or action, by the individual, by the media, by the state, so that their humanity dissolves into nothing in the other’s view, and they vanish. In plain sight, and not there at all.”
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Ways to Disappear
In the dark
Down a stairwell
Through the doorway
Gone west
With a new wish
In daylight
Down the sidewalk
In a wool coat
In a white dress
Without a name
Without asking
On your knees
On your stomach
Gone silent
In the backseat
In the courtroom
In a cage
In the desert
In the park
Gone swimming
On the shortest night
At the bottom of the lake
In pieces
In pictures
Without meaning
Without a face
Seeking refuge
In a new land
Gone still
In the heart
With your head bowed
In deference
In sickness
In surrender
With your hands up
On the sidewalk
In the daylight
In the dark
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It is difficult to scan the news these days without hearing about the rising mental health crisis, spawned by COVID-19, racial and political discord, climate change, and so much more. And yet, social media is full of memes mocking therapy. Here’s a great opinion piece on what therapy is important, an argument for all those counselors and psychotherapists ACPE is so fortunate to call members and colleagues:
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This Week on the Calendar |
August 19
Feast day Asmá’ (Baha’i)
The Baha’i calendar has nineteen months, all named after attributes of God. Asma is the Arabic word for names. The word "feast" suggests that a large meal will be served, but that is not necessary for a Bahá'í Feast. The use of the term "feast," in this case, means that the community should enjoy a "spiritual feast" of worship, fellowship and unity – although refreshments are usually available.
Day of Ashura (Islam)
For Sunni Muslims, it is a voluntary fast day, the observance of which is considered commendable and beneficial. Many important events are believed to have occurred on this day such as Noah’s leaving the Ark and the freedom and departure of the Children of Israel from Egypt. For Shi’i Muslims, it is a time of mourning commemoration the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, grandson of the Prophet
August 22
Narali Purnima or Rakhi (Hinduism)
Celebration marking the end of the monsoon by throwing coconuts to Varuna, the sea god. Girls also tie amulets around their brothers’ writs for luck.
Ullambana (Buddhism)
In the Mahayana tradition, on the first day of the eight lunar, spirits visit the world for 15 days when ancestors are remembered. Theravadins from Thailand, Cambodia and Laos also observe this day.
Zhong Yuan Jie (Taoism)
The day when it is believed that the spirits of deceased ancestors visit the homes of the living. Feasts are prepared and empty seats are left at the family table to allow both the living and the dead to sit down together and share a meal
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This Week in our Thoughts
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The Chaplain Supervisor is responsible for providing leadership and direction to Pastoral Care program/mission.
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Come join Sanford Health Fargo’s accredited Year-long Residency Program and Intern units!
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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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