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Pastoral
Training in Canada
Pastoral Training Elsewhere
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pagan pastoral work in institutions is still very new, despite
the prison ministry programs that have been growing over the
past decade. One
of the problems for Pagans is getting appropriate and recognized
pastoral training – in a specifically Pagan or interfaith
program.The
following organizations offer a range of training – from professional
to lay/volunteer.
We offer these links as
a service for people to check out themselves, but don't necessarily
endorse them.
Pastoral
Training in Canada
Canadian
Association Pastoral for Practice and Education
(CAPPE)
is a national multifaith organization that is committed to
the professional education, certification and support of people
involved in pastoral care and pastoral counseling.See
CAPPE
Spiritual Care magazine (Manitoba) for some Pagan
involvement (page 3 and 15)..
Canadian
Directory of Hospice Societies
- many of which offer lay training for their volunteers -
in most cases, the most accessible way for Pagans to get 'hand-on'
training in general health-related pastoral work.See
side menu for provincial listings.
Bereavement
Education On-Line - an
on-line certificate
program in Berevement Education, offered in connection with
the Ontario Multifaith library..
For information about this program, follow the links in the
extended entry below.
Royal
Jubilee Hospital (Victoria,
B.C.) This
particular hospital offers a pastoral volunteer training program
that is open to Pagans.Contact
us
for more information on this program or other such hospital
training programs.
Pastoral
Training Elsewhere
including some on-line courses available non-regionally
Cherry
Hill Seminary
is a specifically Pagan seminary, offering a variety of pastoral
training programs with some on-line courses.We
are looking for Canadian students who would be willing
to write a testimonial on Cherry Hill's programs - please
contact
usSee
Cherry
Hill Testimonials
Cherry
Hill course list - of particular interest to those
involved with pastoral care -
Call of
the Dark Mother: Working with the Dying, Death and Grieving
- PMC611
A survey course in death, dying and grieving to better prepare
Pagans who hear the call to this sacred work, and also those
who encounter it as part of their overall priest/esshood.
Introduction to Pagan Pastoral
Counseling
This course will explore a variety of Pagan and other models
of pastoral counseling. Each student will develop a personal
understanding of what pastoral counseling.
means to them, within the context of their own Pagan beliefs
and community.We
will also examine some of the typical situations in which
people seek the counsel of their clergy, and some helpful
approaches to dealing with these situations. (and further
electives in pastoral care).
Survey
of Chaplaincy - PMI620, PCA620
This class will explore the issues faced by Pagan clergy
who minister to the religious needs of our people within
non-Pagan institutional settings, such as college campuses,
hospitals, military bases and prisons.Each
of these situations presents specific spiritual challenges.Chaplains
also need to work with non-Pagan colleagues and administrators,
some of whom are clergy of other religions, and to comply
with institutional procedures and other requirements.By
keeping their balance, Pagan chaplains bring spiritual support
and guidance to Pagans in unusual situations.
Woolston-Steen
Theological Seminary - a specifically ATC (Aquarian
Tabernacle Church) Wiccan seminary - P.O. Box 409 Index, WA
98256-0409
Universalist
Unitarians
(UU) churches often provide a variety of lay pastoral
training programs that may be open to Pagans.
various world-wide congregations
- under top drop-down menu, Programs and Services, 'find
a congregation near you!'
European Unitarian Universalists
Military Pagan Network offers training for lay leadership,
and becoming or sponsoring a chaplain, in the military.
Ecumenicon
Fellowship
is inter-faith and includes Pagan professors in its pastoral
program.If
you are having trouble finding information on this site, try
contacting them by email at
trustees@ecumenicon.org
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