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HSL/HRC is pleased to provide a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program for rabbinical students and others interested in learning about Jewish pastoral care in a geriatric setting. Our program is currently the only Jewish geriatric CPE program accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. in the country. In 2008, the CPE program received an award for "best new program" from the Association of Jewish Aging Services .
Using an adult education model of action/reflection/integration, CPE students learn to develop their personal gifts for pastoral care through a disciplined program of learning, self-reflection, and clinical application. Drawing on the unique context at HRC, the curriculum focuses on pastoral care in Jewish modalities and on pastoral care in a geriatric long-term care setting.
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Two CPE units are offered at HRC:
One part of the program is a part-time unit during the academic year (September or October through early May), requiring a commitment of 14 hours a week: 4- 1/2 for classes, and 9- 1/2 for pastoral care. Two slots are available in this unit for Chaplains employed in other settings to use those settings for the clinical component of the course. Most students do their pastoral care work at HRC, and each is assigned as Chaplain Intern to several distinct resident floors.
The second part is a full-time summer unit (late May - early August). This program requires students to be available at HRC full-time, Monday through Friday. All summer students do their clinical work at HRC, and each is assigned as Chaplain Intern to several distinct resident floors.
Receive Academic Credit
For information on receiving academic credit for CPE from Hebrew College Rabbinical School visit the website.
The curriculum includes standard components of a CPE program:
- a learning contract
- text study and other modes of prayer
- individual supervision
- pastoral care work
- Limud/didactic sessions
- midterm and final self-evaluations
- the supervisor's final evaluation
- verbatim seminars
- theological reflection seminars
- group work
- leadership of religious services
Limud topics include:
- Pastoral Care with Persons with Dementia
- The Demographics of Aging in America
- Jewish Palliative Care
- Bereavement
- The Holocaust Experience in Health Care
- Prayer in Jewish Pastoral Care
For more information on the Jewish nature of the CPE program, click here.
Students of any religious affiliation are welcome to apply for the program. For information on certification as chaplain by the National Association of Jewish Chaplains, visit the website.
Program Supervisor
The CPE program supervisor is Rev. Mary Martha Thiel. Shecomes to HRC with particular expertise in program start-up, interfaith chaplaincy, and pastoral care at the end of life. She can be contacted by email or at 617-363-8804.
Jewish course content is taught by guest teachers and by Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow, Director of Religious and Chaplaincy Services at HSL/HRC. Rabbi Sara is ordained in the Conservative movement. She can be contacted by email or at 617-363-8386.
HSL/HRC CPE is an accredited program of The Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE), offering Level I and Level II CPE.
For more information on ACPE, visit the website.
More Information and CPE FAQs.
The Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc.
National Association of Jewish Chaplains
To Apply:
Candidates should print out and complete the standard ACPE application.
Mail Application to:
Hebrew SeniorLife
Attn: Rev. Mary Martha Thiel, Director of CPE
Religious and Chaplaincy Services Department
1200 Centre St.
Boston, MA 02131
Include payment: The $25 check should be made out to "Hebrew SeniorLife CPE Fund".
Applicants will then be contacted for an admissions interview with Rev. Thiel and a representative of the CPE program's Professional Advisory Committee.
The application deadline for the extended program is March 1, and for the summer program is November 15.
Applicants will be informed within 1 month of their interviews whether they have been accepted.
Tuition for the program is $1,000.
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