As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, I am aware that the past year has included many personal, public, and organizational losses for many of us. And still, I have much for which to give thanks. I am grateful for you, the members of our association. So many of you devote your unwavering engagement nationally, locally, and within your web of acquaintances and interests. Thank you for your energy and commitment.
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On October 20, 2021, at noon eastern, ACPE emailed ballots via SimplyVoting for its annual election for the association's board, commissions, and committees. Polls will close at noon eastern on November 3, 2021.
If you have already voted, thank you. Please disregard this reminder. If you cannot find your emailed ballot, please contact John Roch or Tiffany Kindred.
The Leadership Development Committee (LDC) received a robust response to our call for nominations earlier this year. Our committee prioritized diversity, association needs, and member’s professional development in our work to create the proposed slate. You can review the slate of candidates before voting here. |
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We invite all Educator Candidates who passed their theory papers this year to submit their papers for the Len Cedarleaf Theory Paper of the Year Award. To submit your paper, contact ACPE Educator Rod Seeger, Managing Editor of the Reflective Practice: Formation and Supervision in Ministry journal, at rodseeger@aol.com. The deadline is November 3, 2021.
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Congratulations to ACPE Certified Educator & ACPE Research Committee Member Frank Woggon and the Educator team at the University of Louisville Health. Their article "Opening eyes to real interprofessional education: results of a national faculty development initiative focused on interprofessional education in oncology palliative care” explores the findings from their NIH/NCI grant. You can read the abstract and bibliographical information here and the quantitative article here. To send Frank a congratulatory note, email him at: frank.woggon@uoflhealth.org
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Our partners at the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab are celebrating three years of sparking practical innovation in spiritual care! We encourage you to help mark the occasion by making a gift. We wish the Lab many more years of success in supporting chaplains across the country. |
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The ACPE North Central CoP will host a fall gathering on November 19 starting at 10:30am ET. All are welcome.
Please join for any of the sessions and gatherings you are able to or interested in. For more information contact Katherine.Higgins@acpe.edu.
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Accreditation Fee 3 rd Quarter Invoices were sent via email on 10/15/2021. Please check your spam folder to make sure you received it. If you registered units in the last quarter (July – September, 2021) and you did not receive an invoice, please contact us at accounting@acpe.edu. |
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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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This poem will arrive on what Christians celebrate as All Saints Day, a day when those who died in the past year are remembered. It is a day of grief and a day to mark one’s own journey. While there are so many poems about journeys and lives well lived, it also seems apt to harken back to the lovely words of Robert Frost, especially as those of us in the northern hemisphere begin our journey into yet another winter. The uncertainties of the winter before are field by the anxieties of these last two years, a time of such difficulty, pain, loss, anger and frustration. So how do we go forward from here in a way that will make all the difference? What choices will we make that will shape everything from this point forward? |
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The Road Less Traveled
by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
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September 13, 2001. An editor for the Associated Press was walking around the block that had been the World Trade Center. While dust still seem to be swirling, he realized that he was walking in sunlight. Having walked that block for years, he always walked in the shadow of the towers. He looked up at the sun, and amidst all of the pain, fear and anger of that time, he felt its warmth. As he looked down, he noticed that in a crack in the sidewalk, a dandelion had begun to bloom. In that moment, he fell to his knees in tears, believing like he never had before that life will find a way. So where can you walk today, where can you wander and wonder? Where can you allow awe to enter your mind, heart and spirit? It need not be so grand as the experience of the door, it simply requires attention. Here’s a nice piece reflecting on the possibilities and rich experience of "awe walks":
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Natalia A. Shulgina is an Educator Candidate at UNC Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, NC. She is an ordained elder in the Russia United Methodist Church and a Lay Cistercian oblate at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Trappist, KY. Natalia holds a Ph.D. from Emory University in Atlanta, GA, with special concentration in pastoral care, practical theology, and monastic spirituality. She wrote a poem entitled, "Disorienting Dilemma #3: Still Logan. "
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This Week on the Calendar |
November 1
All Saints’ Day (Anglican, Catholic and Protestant Christianity) Commemorates all known and unknown Christian saints. Eastern Christianity observes it on the first Sunday after Pentecost.
November 2
All Souls’ Day (Christianity)
Commemoration of all faithful Christians who are now dead. In Mexican tradition it is celebrated as Día de los Muertos between October 31 and November 2, and is an occasion to remember dead ancestors and celebrate the continuity of life.
November 3
Feast day Qudrat (Bahá’í)
A three-part gathering held every 19 days, on the first day of each Bahá'í month. The Arabic meaning of Quadrat is power, might, and strength. The Feast always contains three elements: spiritual devotion, administrative consultation, and social fellowship.
November 4
Bandi-Chhor Diwas (Sikh)
A commemorative occasion having no fixed date which occurs in October or November and celebrates the release of the Sixth Guru Har Gobind Sahib from imprisonment and coincides with Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights.
Diwali (Hinduism)
Diwali means “cluster of lights” and is celebrated by setting up large numbers of lights. It commemorates the coronation of Sri Rama and is also associated with the name of King Vikarama. Sweets and presents are exchanged and it is a time for getting everyhin clean and in good shape.
Deepavali (Jainism)
The festival of lights, Lord Mahavir’s Nirvan. On this day Lord Mahavir’s soul left the embodiment and attained liberation
November 6
Birth Of The Báb (Bahá’í)
Bahá’í observance of the anniversary of the birth in 1819 of Siyyid, “the Báb,” the prophet herald of the Bahá’í Faith, in Shíráz, Persia.
Gurgaddi Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh)
Since 1708, Sikhs have accepted Sri Guru Granth Sahib as their eternal Guru that holds the spirit of all Ten Gurus of the Sikhs. They consider Guru Granth Sahib to be a spiritual guide not only for Sikhs but for all of mankind; it plays a central role in guiding the Sikhs' way of life.
November 7
Birth Of Bahá’u’lláh (Bahá’í)
Observance of the anniversary of the birth in 1817 of Bahá’u’lláh, prophet founder of the Bahá’í Faith, in Núr, Persia.
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This Week in our Thoughts
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ACPE Retired Educator Dan McRight, 81, of Davidson, NC died on October 19, 2021. His career focus was that of training hospital chaplains through ACPE. Dan served in Atlanta, Tampa, Miami, and Nashville. This training was provided to pastors and students of many faith groups. A Celebration of Dan’s life of service will take place on Saturday Nov. 13 at 2 pm at the Davidson College Presbyterian Church. Read more
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ACPE Psychotherapist Tere Canzoneri's sister, Joy Tyner Jolliff, was in a car accident Friday October 22, 2021 while visiting family in New Orleans and suffered a traumatic brain injury. She was transported to the ER where neurosurgeons performed life saving surgery. It was successful, but there is still a long road to recovery. Prayers are appreciated. Read more
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Mayo Clinic ACPE Certified Educator
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CPE Yearlong Residents and Summer Interns St. Luke’s Health System Boise, Idaho
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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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