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Expressions of Interest in CPE in Auckland should be directed to The Rev’d John McAlpine
Phone: 022-166-2556 / Email: jmcalpinenz@gmail.com
Supervisors: The Rev’d Michelle Shin; The Rev’d John McAlpine
CPE Auckland is offering two Foundational CPE Units in 2024:
Date of CPE Unit: 4 March – 21 June 2024
Group Meetings: Every Friday, plus the Thursday of the first/middle/last week
Apply by: 1 Nov 2023
and
Date of CPE Unit: 22 July – 8 Nov 2024
Group Meetings: Every Friday, plus the Thursday of the first/middle/last week
Apply by: 1 April 2024
Expressions of Interest in CPE in
Waikato/Bay of Plenty/Rotorua/Taranaki should be directed to Donna Denmead
Phone: 027-274-7381 / Email: donna.denmead@gmail.com
Supervisors: Donna Denmead; The Rev’d Ros
Sims
Date of CPE Unit: 3 April – 18 July 2024
Group Meetings: We begin with an in-person-meeting
Wed-Thurs April 3-4; then we meet on Zoom on Wed April 10, 17, 24 and
May 1, 8; there will be another in-person-meeting Wed-Thurs May
15-16; then we meet on Zoom weekly Wed May 22, 29, June 5, 12, 19, 26 and
July 3, 10; and conclude with a final in-person-meeting Wed-Thurs
17-18 July.
Apply by: 1 March 2024
Expressions of Interest in CPE
in Manawatu/Rangitikei/Whanganui/Taranaki should be directed to The Rev’d
Peter Brown
Phone: 027-348-8800 / Email: brown_p@xtra.co.nz
Supervisors: The Rev’d Peter Brown; The
Rev’d Canon Kath Maclean
Date of CPE Unit: 4 March – 25 June 2024
Group Meetings: The group meetings will be held at the Tutaenui Hall, Marton,
Rangitikei. Commencing in March it will comprise nine sessions of two days.
These sessions will be set at fortnightly intervals to allow time for students
to continue to build up practical pastoral experience in their place of work.
The dates are Mondays and Tuesdays as follows:
March 4/5, 18/19; April 15/16, 29/30; May 13/14,
27/28; June 10/11, 24/25. (There will be no session April 1/2 – this will be an
Easter break with reading assignments).
Apply by: as soon as possible
Expressions of Interest in CPE in
Wellington should be
directed to The Rev’d Amy Finiki
Phone: 027-271-6170 / Email: Amy.Finiki@ccdhb.org.nz
Supervisors: The Rev’d Amy Finiki; The Rev’d Canon Kath
Maclean
Date of CPE Unit: 8 Feb – 7 June 2024
Group Meetings: Starting with two days Thursday/Friday 8/9 Feb, and
then every Friday (except for Good Friday) and concluding Friday 7 June
Apply by: 1 Jan 2024
Expressions of Interest in CPE in Christchurch should be directed to The Rev’d Helen Roud
Phone 027-657-7947 / Email: helen.roud@gmail.com
Supervisor: The Rev’d Helen Roud
Date of CPE Unit: 23rd July – 20th November
Group Meetings: Weekly on Tuesdays with additional Wednesdays at the beginning/middle/end; OR fortnightly on Tuesdays/Wednesdays.
Apply by: 1 May 2024
Expressions of Interest in CPE in
Otago/Southland should be
directed to The Rev’d Mary Huie-Jolly
Phone: 03 473 6996 or 022 305 4124 / Email: maryrhj@gmail.com
Supervisor: The Rev’d Mary Huie-Jolly
Date of CPE Unit: Feb 29 – June 6, 2024
Group Meetings: (in Dunedin)
Thursdays 8:00
am-1:00 pm; and Fridays 1:00 pm-6:30 pm
Feb 29
and Mar 1
Mar 7/8;
21/22
April 4/5;18/19
May 2/3,16/17;
30/31
June 6
Apply by: as soon as possible
To apply for a course, download one of the following files, complete it with your details, and then email it as an attached document to the CPE Centre of your choice.
NB: If the Application Form Word document doesn’t appear on your screen, please check your computer’s ‘Download’ folder.
The current cost of CPE within Aotearoa/New Zealand is: $2,200.00.
If you are not a New Zealand Citizen/Resident, you need to consider the following issues before you apply to study CPE in New Zealand.
In order to gain a visa to study in A/NZ, your intended course of study must be:
An overseas person wanting to study in NZ must pay the full cost of any ‘qualification course’ (unlike NZ citizens who pay less, with the NZ Government paying the remaining cost). The current cost for an overseas person is $NZ 140.00 per credit; so a 60 credit course will cost you a total of $NZ 8,400.00 which must be paid upfront to the training institute (i.e. Laidlaw College) before a visa will be issued by the Government.
Other issues you need to consider:
If you believe that you can meet the above issues, you are welcome to complete an Application Paper. You need to apply to one of the CPE Centres listed on this website, be interviewed by a CPE supervisor from that Centre, and be accepted by that Centre before you apply to study through Laidlaw College.
More information coming soon…
Anton Boisen, one of the founders of CPE, encouraged his students to pay careful attention to both their own self and the people in their care. He urged his students to ‘read these living human documents’, first-hand living source materials rather than second-hand statements found in textbooks. However, CPE supervisors/educators do point CPE participants to relevant literature as they endeavour to develop their pastoral skills.
The bibliography that follows is by no means exhaustive:
Boundaries: when to say yes, when to say no, to take charge of your life – Henry Cloud / John Townsend
Coming to Grief – Pam Heaney
Companioning the Bereaved: a soulful guide for caregivers – Alan D. Wolfelt
Dibs in Search of Self – Virginia Mae Axline
Henri Nouwen: Wounded Healer – William Ruddle
People Skills: how to assert yourself, listen to others, and resolve conflict – Robert Bolton
Personhood and Presence: self as a resource for spiritual and pastoral care – Ewan Kelly
Swift to Hear: facilitating skills in listening and responding – Michael Jacobs
Talking Past Each Other – Joan Metge and Patricia Kinloch
Talking Together: Korero Tahi – Joan Metge
The Gift to Listen : The Courage to Hear – Cari Jackson
The Mutuality of Care – Roy Herndon Steinhoffsmith
The Power of Listening: building skills for mission and ministry – Lynne M Baab
The Practice of Pastoral Care: a post-modern approach – Carrie Doering
The Sacred Art of Listening – Kay Lindahl
The Skilled Helper: a systematic approach to effective helping – Gerard Egan
The Skilled Pastor: counselling as the practice of theology – Charles Taylor
Transforming Communication: leading-edge professional and personal skills – Richard Bolstad / Margot Hamblett
Wounded Healer – Henri Nouwen