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Interpersonal Relationship Group Seminar

This announcement is from Dr. Cal Sodoy, Diplomate Supervisor of Clinical Pastoral Education/Training.

The Pastoral and Spiritual Care Training Center offers a two week (3-days per week, MWF) Interpersonal Relationship Group Seminar for congregations to enhance personal relationships among its members where anger, hurt, intimacy, love, care, and warmth for each other are openly identified, affirmed and recognized in an attempt to find out their valued meaning.

Three competencies are to be developed:

  • Personal awareness
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Spiritual awareness

The goal is to be transparent and authentic to oneself in relationship with each other. This experience will lead to a deeper awareness of oneself in discovering our common humanity with each other. Thus, the forming of genuine and authentic relationships with fellow believers in the faith community are made possible. Therefore the sustaining presence of living together in the faith based on a loving, caring and transparent relationships will be affirmed and celebrated.

Fee:  P1000 per hour for group work.

Food and lodging:  Sonsor of teh seminar will be in charge.

Training location:  College of Theology, Central Philippine University (Iloilo City). Alternatively, the sponsor may arrange for a meeting area of their choice.

Dates of training:  Open and negotiable

For more information:  Inquire of Dr. Cal Castro Sodoy

                                           Email:  pastorcalsodoy@hotmail.com

                                            CP:  09212288462

 

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July Updates

July 16.  A new CPE Extended group will be starting at Mary Johnston Hospital, with Dr. Sim Dang-Awan serving as the Supervisor.

July 28.  Clinical Chaplain and Pastoral Counselor Certification Board to be held in Baguio City.

Design work has commenced on the Membership ID card for CPSP-Philippines members. More to follow.

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Schedule of Supervisor Cal Sodoy

Supervisor Cal Sodoy, head of Clinical Pastoral and Spiritual Care Training Center, has given his schedule for the rest of the year.

  • April 23 – May 18. CPE for graduate students at CPU School of Theology (Jaro, Iloilo City)
  • July 2 – Aug 31.  CPE with post-grad students in Davao City
  • Sept 3 – 30. Teaching Pastoral Theology at CPU School of Theology
  • Oct 8 – Nov 18. CPE graduate students. Capiz Emmanuel Hospital, Roxas City
  • Nov 22 – Dec 31.  Church-building project, Tablas Island, Romblon
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CPE in Baguio

This Summer there are 22 CPE trainees in the two CPSP-Philippines training centers in Baguio City. Supervisor Paul Tabon, working with Pines City Doctors Hospital, has 7 trainees. Supervisor Celia Munson, of Bukal Life Care, has 6 trainees. Additionally at Bukal Life Care, there are two SITs active. Vo Canoy has 5 trainees, and Edgar Chan has 4 trainees.

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Supervisor Paul with his CPE trainees

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CPE trainees with Bukal Life Care team on Quirino Province Mission Trip— Training of local pastors and layleaders in Pastoral Counseling.

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CPE Training via Skype with Chaplain Salvador Delmundo, APC certified, serving as head chaplain at the famed Menninger Clinic.

 

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CPE Commissioning for Bukal Life Care 2018 Summer Intensive

 

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Welcome to Dr. Dickens

Dr. Doug Dickens, Diplomate Supervisor in Clinical Pastoral Education/Training with CPSP, has been with us here in Baguio for the last week. He has been teaching “Grief and Loss” at Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary. However, he has also been working with the CPSP-Philippine Supervisors and Supervisors-in-Training here in Baguio. He has been working to help us improve our supervision.

Presently, CPSP-Philippines has two training centers in Baguio City with 2 supervisors and 2 supervisors-in-training (and 22 trainees among them). We are thankful for his willingness to work with us.

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Dr. Dickens with Edgar, Vo, Celia, and Paul after one of our Supervision training sessions

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Grief and Loss Class

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CPE Groups

We don’t always have the latest updates regarding Active CPE groups, but we will share what we know when we know it.

Presently in Progress.

  1.  Dr. Paul Tabon has a group presently working at Pines Doctors Hospital in Baguio City.

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    CPE Partnership at Pines Doctors Hospital

  2.  Dr. Sim Dang-Awan Jr., and Chaplain Victor Layug have an extended CPE at Mary Johnston Hospital in Manila.
  3. Chaplains Celia Munson and Vo Canoy have two groups at Bukal Life Care, with Baguio General Hospital and La Trinidad District Jail as the primary ministry points.

Upcoming.

  1.  Chaplain Edgar Chan has a group associated with Bukal Life Care and Lutheran Theological Seminary starting in early April.
  2. Another group is planned for June associated with Bukal Life Care and Lutheran Theological Seminary.

Hoping to get updates of CPE at St. Lukes Medical Center, and Clinical Pastoral and Spiritual Care Training Center.

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Travel News

  1.  Dr. Merlita (Lyn) Montecastro is on her way to Oakland, California to represent CPSP-Philippines at the 2018 CPSP Plenary, March 19-22.
  2. Chaplain Violeta (Vo) Canoy will be travelling to Ghana in late May, and will hold at least one training related to pastoral counseling and chaplaincy.
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Membership Time

  1.  It is that time of year again. Time to update memberships. Please refer to the Financial Matters page on this website for information on how much and where to send it.  Click HERE.
  2. If you need a membership form to fill out, please go to the Documents page HERE.
  3. For other matters such as questions, or letting us know about your need for a certification board, or training center accreditation, please go to the Contact Us page HERE.

We expect to be having a certification board in Baguio in May. Please let us know if you are interested in this. We will most likelyhavea certification board in Manila later in the year.