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Spiritual care
Clinical pastoral education (CPE) is an action-reflection process of education.
It provides opportunities for supervised pastoral encounters with people in a variety of circumstances. Through intense involvement with people and the feedback from peers, mentors, supervisors and the people to whom pastoral practice is offered, CPE participants develop new awareness of their own humanity and the needs of those to whom they offer pastoral care. From theological reflection on specific human experiences, they gain new understanding of the human situation.
Participants within the health care setting have the opportunity to work alongside members of the interdisciplinary health team. Within this team pastoral care has its own unique contribution.
Through experiential learning focussed on the study of specific human experiences, CPE assists participants to acquire pastoral skills and develop their own pastoral identity through integration of their theology, practice and personality.
CPE seeks to:
CPE is accredited through ASACPEV Inc. according to the ASACPEV Standards.
Program dates |
Applications close |
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Summer (full time) |
9 September 2022 |
Semester 1 (part time) |
4 November 2022 |
Semester 2 (part time) 4 July 2023 to 9 November 2023 |
5 May 2023 |
Summer (full time) 13 November 2023 to 26 January 2024 |
8 September 2023 |
Sue Westhorp
Phone: 03 9496 2908
Email: sue.westhorp@austin.org.au