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Auckland CPE 2025
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 2025:
Date of CPE Unit: 3 March – 10 June 2025
Group Meetings: Mondays 3 March, 7 April and 9 June 2025
plus, every Tuesday, 4 March until 10 June 2025
Apply by: 1 November 2024
and …
Date of CPE Unit: 21 July – 04 Nov 2023
Group Meetings: Mondays 21 July, 25 August and 3 November 2025
plus, every Tuesday, 22 July until 4 November 2025 (excluding Tues 28 Oct)
Apply by: 1 April 2025
Waikato/BoP/Rotorua/Taranaki CPE 2024 (2025 information forthcoming)
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
Manawatu/Rangitikei/Whanganui/Taranaki CPE 2025
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: 13 February – 6 June 2025
Group Meetings:
The group meetings will be held at the Tutaenui Hall, Marton, Rangitikei. Commencing in February 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 e.g., hospital, parish, school, rest home, corrections’ facility…
The dates of the group meetings are Thursdays and Fridays as follows:
February 13–14; 27–28; March 13–14; 27–28; April 10–11; 24 (but not 25); May 8–9, 22–23; June 5–6
Apply by: 1 December 2024
Porirua CPE 2025
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: 20 Feb – 13 June 2025
Group Meetings:
Start-up two-days: Thurs–Frid 20–21 Feb;
then Fridays 28 Feb; 7 / 14 / 21 / 28 March; 4 April
Mid–course two-days: Thurs–Frid 10–11 April
then Fridays 2 / 9 / 16 / 23 / 30 May; 6 June
Final two–days: Thurs–Frid 12–13 June
Apply by: 1 Dec 2024
Christchurch CPE 2025
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: 12 March – 26 June
Group Meetings:
Start-up two-days: Wed–Thurs 12–13 March
then meeting weekly on Thursdays (excluding Easter school holidays)
Mid-course two-days: Wed–Thurs 30 April–1 May
then meeting weekly on Thursdays
Final two–days: Wed–Thurs 25–26 June
Apply by: 1 January 2025
Otago/Southland CPE 2024 (2025 information forthcoming)
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.
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The current cost of CPE within Aotearoa/New Zealand is: $2,200.00.
If you are not a New Zealand Citizen/Resident, please read the following PDF to understand the requirements for studying CPE in New Zealand.
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