In the midst of these uncertain times, many of us are hungry for information - information that can inform our decisions, help us process what we're experiencing, and connect us with those around us.
The Professional Well-Being Committee is working to gather such resources and make them available to our members. Here you will find articles, videos, and reflections that will bolster our resilience and strengthen our practice in the days and weeks ahead.
If you or your Community of Practice has a resource that you would like to submit to share with our members,
please email
Katherine Higgins
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Join the conversation with ACPE leadership on the impact of COVID-19 on our association. The zoom call will be on April 1 from 4:00 to 5:00pm EDT. The webinar will be recorded and posted on the ACPE website.
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Clark Echols |
Mindfulness meditation has been shown to give patients control over their own depression and anxiety levels and can cut the recurrence of depression. Recent discoveries in neuroscience both confirm many practitioners' experiences, and give direction to developing therapeutic interventions. This webinar will be facilitated by
Clark Echols, PC,
MDiv, and MA in Mental Health Counseling.
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Bernard Kynes |
I made my first trip to Kanuga in the fall of 1995. I met with my first certification committee as I was going up for member. I was dressed in a 3-piece suit. I had my audiotaped session of the client that I was presenting. I was ready. GAPC had prepared me well for the moment. What I was not prepared for was what happened next. I walked into room where my committee awaited me with open arms and warm smiles. Each was dressed casually; two wearing shorts, one wore blue-jeans and the only woman wore a casual and comfortable dress. Three significant moments.
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John Gillman |
ACPE Certified Educator
John Gillman published his book, "What Does the Bible Say about Life and Death?" The book examines the desire to live an abundant life and to have a good death as a contemporary aspiration in the twenty-first century. In dialogue with the rich
scriptural traditions, this resource addresses that desire as well as the complexities around such pressing issues as martyrdom, suicide, and life after death.
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Because of the current COVID-19 situation, we have extended the due date for individual ACPE memberships to April 30, 2020. If you have experienced an unexpected delay in payment, please let us know the status of your payment or if you are experiencing a hardship.
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Who? What? When? Images from ACPE's Past
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Do you recognize these folks or the event in the photo above? Send us a note at
webmaster@acpe.edu.
Last week's photo featured
Debra Slade, Susan Lunning, and Carlos Alejandro a
t the 2014 ACPE Annual Conference in Austin, TX.
Have any photos from your personal ACPE archive that you would like to share? Send them to webmaster@acpe.edu to be featured in an upcoming newsletter.
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ACPE is actively monitoring the COVID-19 (commonly known as the coronavirus) situation. The health and safety - of our students, members, and the community we serve - are our paramount priority.
We are committed to providing updates and information as the COVID-19 situation continues via email and the website. We encourage you to monitor the CDC website for additional information.
If you have any questions or need further information, please contact the office at (404) 320-1472 or acpe@acpe.edu.
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Patrick McCoy
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Writing about a vision for the Foundation for ACPE in days like ours is a bit like planning to ride dressage on a bucking bronco. There is a particular course we want to take towards goals that are in principal achievable, but our ride has a mind of its own, and it is not amenable to precision guidance.
Our ride, in our case, is not equestrian but financial, and though we have been through some profound ups and downs in the value of ACPE's endowment this past year, the turbulence and losses induced most recently by the COVID-19 pandemic are truly disorienting. However, even though the novel circumstances (to understate the matter a wee bit) bring both uncertainty and constraint to our near-term planning, the long term fundamentals of who we are, what we do, and where we are going remain constant.
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Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling Vol. 74, No. 1, March 2020 is now available online.
ACPE is a proud sponsor of the Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling (JPC&C). Did you know that a benefit of your membership in ACPE is free online access to JPC&C?
Check out their latest volume by logging into the website under the Resources tab on the ACPE website.
Access the JPCC
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The ACPE Research Community of Practice (CoP) and Transforming Chaplaincy are launching a study of CPE and emotional intelligence (EI). The study aims to (a) examine EI and changes in EI associated with participation in CPE and (b) foster CPE-related research among CPE educators. To learn more, please watch the
webinar recording
on the ACPE YouTube Channel. We're making this information available to those who are interested since not everyone was able to register or join us.
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Join us for New Accreditation Process Q&A Sessions. The sessions are your opportunity to ask anything about the new process or building your center's accreditation portfolio.
Dates are currently posted through the new year. The sessions are 12:00pm to 1:00pm eastern time on the assigned days. The number of participants for each session is limited to ensure individual questions are addressed.
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In a time such as this, to what do we cling? And of what do we let go? Perhaps more to the point, to what must we cling, and to what must we let go? As the world seems to change around us and as we depend even more on technology to connect, Jan Richardson reflects beautifully on this practice:
Do not pass by
the opportunity
to lament
what is forever gone
from here.
It is an honoring
of what has been.
It makes room
for what
may be-
the life you cannot imagine
from here, in this place
where you can barely
plan two minutes
at a time.
-Jan Richardson
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For those who need some distraction, the New York Times curated the following list of podcasts that are worth your time. Some may be familiar; others brand new. Either way, for those that need some brain food, here you go:
If you just need a good laugh, give a listen to this bloke who usually is the commentator for English rugby, but, without a game to call, has resorted to offering commentary on daily life. You have to love human resilience and creativity:
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April 2
Rama Navami (Hinduism)
Celebrates the birthday of Rama, king of ancient India, hero of the epic Ramayana, and seventh incarnation of Vishnu. This day marks the birth of Rama, a divine figure in Hinduism who is referred to as Maryada Purushottama, or "the perfect man." Rama's birthday is celebrated with evening processions of murtis, Hindu symbolic figures, and drinking panakam, a sweet drink made of jaggery and pepper.
April 5
Palm Sunday (Christianity)
Observed the Sunday before Easter to commemorate the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. It is said that a crowd greeted Jesus by carpeting his path with palms, as the palm is a symbol of triumph and victory. In many churches, palm leaves are distributed to all worshipers.
Quingming (Confucianism)
Quingming is a celebration to remember ancestors and to tend to their grave sites. Some leave offerings at graves, such as food, tea and other libations. Willow branches are often carried or hung outside doors to ward off evil spirits.
April 6
Mahavir Jayanti (Jainism)
Mahavir Jayanti, the most important holiday in Jainism, celebrates the birth of Mahavira, the last Tirthankara. A Tirthankara is a human being who achieves enlightenment and becomes a role-model and teacher. On this day, Jain temples are decorated with flags, and lectures are often held to discuss the path to virtue. Special ceremonies and processions are also performed, and devotees make offerings of rice, fruit, milk, and other items to those participating in the procession.
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This Week's Career Opportunities & Residency/CEC Openings
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Position
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Center/Organization
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Location |
Posting Date |
| CPE Program Director |
Erlanger Health |
Chattanooga, TN |
3/27/20 |
| CPE Educator |
Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Nashville, TN |
3/20/20 |
| CPE Educator |
Catholic Health Services of Long Island |
Rockville Centre, NY |
3/20/20 |
| CPE Educator |
Mercy St. Vincent |
Toledo, OH |
3/13/20 |
| Manager of Pastoral Care and CPE |
Penn Medicine - Princeton Health |
Plainsboro, NJ |
3/13/20 |
| CPE Educator |
PIH Health Hospital - Downey |
Downey, CA |
3/13/20 |
| Chaplain Resident |
UCLA Health |
Los Angeles, CA |
3/6/20 |
| Director of Pastoral Care |
Centra Health |
Lynchburg, VA |
3/6/20 |
| CPE Educator |
VA Midwest Health Care Network |
St. Cloud, MN |
3/6/20 |
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Position
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Center/Organization
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Location
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Posting Date
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| CPE Residency |
Baylor Scott & White - Temple |
Temple, TX |
3/20/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Covenant HealthCare |
Saginaw, MI |
3/20/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Baylor Scott & White Health - North Texas |
Dallas, TX |
3/20/20 |
| 2020-2021 Residency |
UnityPoint Health - Des Moines |
Des Moines, IA |
3/20/20 |
| 2020-2021 Residency |
Baylor St.Luke's Medical Center |
Houston, TX |
3/20/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Gundersen Health System |
La Crosse, WI |
3/20/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare |
Tallahassee, FL |
3/13/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Yuma Regional Medical Center |
Yuma, AZ |
3/13/20 |
| Second Year Fellowship |
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
Cincinnati, OH |
3/13/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Ascension Seton Austin |
Austin, TX |
3/13/20 |
| Resident Openings |
Spiritual Health at Emory Healthcare |
Atlanta, GA |
3/13/20 |
| Chaplain Residents |
Baycare Spiritual Care |
Clearwater, FL |
3/6/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta |
Atlanta, GA |
3/6/20 |
| CPE Residency |
VA Midwest Health Care Network |
St. Cloud, MN |
3/6/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Michigan Medicine |
Ann Arbor, MI |
3/6/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Ochsner Medical Center |
New Orleans, LA |
2/28/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Providence St. Peter Hospital |
Olympia, WA |
2/28/20 |
| CPE Residency |
East Jefferson General Hospital |
Metairie, LA |
2/21/20 |
| 2020-2021 Residency |
St. Luke's Hospital |
Chesterfield, MO |
2/14/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Valley Baptist Medical Center |
Brownsville, TX
Harlingen, TX |
2/14/20 |
| 2020-2021 Residency |
Providence Health |
Torrance, CA
Burbank, CA |
2/7/20 |
| 1st and 2nd Year Residency |
WVU Medicine |
Morgantown, WV |
2/7/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center |
Toledo, OH |
2/7/20 |
| 2020-2021 CPE Residency |
University of Kentucky HealthCare |
Lexington, KY |
2/7/20 |
| 2020-2021 CPE Residencies |
AdventHealth |
Orlando, FL
Tampa, FL |
2/7/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Covenant Medical Center |
Lubbock, TX |
2/7/20 |
| 2020-2021 CPE Residency |
University Medical Center New Orleans |
New Orleans, LA |
2/7/20 |
| 2020-2021 CPE Residency |
UCSF Medical Center |
San Francisco, CA |
2/7/20 |
| 2020-2021 CPE Residency |
CHRISTUS Spohn Health System |
Corpus Christi, TX |
2/7/20 |
| CPE Residency |
University of Colorado Hospital
Fort Collins CPE |
Aurora, CO
Fort Collins, CO |
1/31/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Parkland Health and Hospital System |
Dallas, TX |
1/31/20 |
| CPE Residency |
WellSpan Health |
York, PA |
1/10/20 |
| 2020-2021 CPE Residency |
Kettering Health Network |
Dayton, OH |
1/10/20 |
| CPE Residency |
St. Mary's Medical Center |
Huntington, WV |
1/10/20 |
| Yearlong Residency |
Sutter California Pacific Medical Center |
San Francisco, CA |
1/10/20 |
| Residency 2020-2021 |
UnityPoint Health - Des Moines |
Des Moines, IA |
1/10/20 |
| CPE Residency |
BayCare Spiritual Care |
Clearwater, FL |
1/3/20 |
| Summer CPE Program |
St. Cloud Hospital |
St. Cloud, MN |
12/13/19 |
| 2019-2020 Residency Program |
Mayo Clinic Health System |
Eau Claire, WI |
12/13/19 |
| Yearlong Residency |
Albert Einstein Medical Center |
Philadelphia, PA |
11/1/19 |
1st & 2nd Year Residencies
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
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Cincinnati, OH
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9/13/19 |
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Other Educational Opportunities
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ACPE members and centers may post "happenings" in the weekly newsletter. ACPE does not accredit, review, or endorse the events listed above. Send your "happening" to webmaster@acpe.edu.
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ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education
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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 is also the professional home of a growing number of spiritually integrated psychotherapists and pastoral counselors. ACPE supports Psychotherapist and Practitioner members through continuing education programs, networking, and leadership development.
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