Each week, a “poem for reflection” is included in “This Week,” the ACPE newsletter. I am often asked where we find the poems that are included. I thought it might be helpful to share several of the resources I use to identify those poems, hoping they might prove helpful to you in your work.
My latest favorite is Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems by Phyllis Cole-Dai and Ruby Wilson (eds.). From Yehuda Amichai to Alice Walker, these editors have compiled an exquisite collection that can be a quick “go to” resource when you really need a poem or a lovely devotional resource for meditation and contemplation.
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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 procedure.
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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 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 Educator Luis Rodriguez published On Significant Components of Spiritual Care. This book is for spiritual clinical educators, spiritual leaders, CPE students, certified chaplains, students who are at the beginning of their careers of helping others, spiritual counselors, and people with careers related to spiritual care and human services and people who are in related professions. This book can be used as part of a spiritual caregivers training curriculum, spiritual retreats, seminary coursework, theological schools, and at CPE centers.
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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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The Editorial Board of Reflective Practice: Formation and Supervision in Ministry is looking for a new Co-Editor, to begin work in the summer of 2022, for a three-year term. The primary task of the Co- Editor is to recruit, evaluate and edit essays for publication, to then organize the material, write introductory remarks, and oversee the publication of the annual volume. An editor should be familiar with the disciplines of pastoral theology, practical theology and clinical supervision in ministry, a member in ACPE, and possess proven literary skills. A small stipend is available. If interested or if you wish to nominate someone, please email Carrie Buckner, Board President, at Carrie.L.Buckner@kp.org
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Did you know ACPE has an Anti-Bias Working Group (ABWG)? Have you ever wondered what we do? As we begin work in 2022, we see our work as integral to ACPE’s mission, vision and values.
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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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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.
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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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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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For many, February is the longest month because of its seeming endless winter. For others, this is a time of light, or remembering, of heritage, of rootedness. Nikki Giovanni captures a little of all of this in “Winter Poem.” |
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Winter Poem
by Nikki Giovanni
once a snowflake fell
on my brow and i loved
it so much and i kissed
it and it was happy and called its cousins
and brothers and a web
of snow engulfed me then
i reached to love them all
and i squeezed them and they became
a spring rain and i stood perfectly
still and was a flower
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Many of us have engaged in “spring cleaning” that has grown into something much more transformative. Take a look at this process in the hands of Matilda Goad, who has five YouTube videos chronicling the transformation of her home:
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This Week on the Calendar |
February 25 – March 1
Ayyám -I-Ha (Bahá’í)
The Ayyám-i-ha, or “Days of Ha” are devoted to spiritual preparation for the fast, celebrating, hospitality, charity and gift giving. They are celebrated the four days, five in leap year, before the last month of the Bahá’í year by inserting days into the calendar in order to maintain their solar calendar. These are days of preparation for the Fast; days of hospitality, charity, ministering to the poor and sick, and giving of presents.
February 27
Meatfare Sunday (Orthodox Christianity)
Traditionally, this is the last day that Orthodox Christians eat meat before commencing their fast, which lasts until Easter.
February 28
Lailat al-Miraj: Night of the Journey of Prophet Muhammad to Heavens (Islam)
Commemorates Muhammad’s night journey from Mecca to Jerusalem, his ascent to heaven and return the same night, and his having received God’s commandment of the five daily compulsory prayers. This observance also signifies the importance of Islam as part of the monotheistic tradition.
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ACPE Retired Educator Mary Carole Nelson died on January 16, 2022. While teaching in Bridgeport, CT she earned a Master’s Degree in the field of Religious Education at Fairfield University. She then served as Director of Religious Education at parishes in Danbury and Wilton, CT until accepting a position as Director of Pastoral Care at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, NJ in 1985. As credentialing in the CPE field became important for those pursuing careers in this field, Mary Carole applied for acceptance into the Advanced CPE program at HUP, much to the surprise of the examining committee.
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Certified Educator Candidate FaithHealth Chaplaincy and Education Division
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Come to the beautiful white sand beaches of the Gulf Coast for CPE!
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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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