Pastoral care is offered by the presence of someone who will listen to you and compassionately support you.

Pastoral carers have training to ensure a professional approach in the provision of support.

Within institutions such as hospitals, nursing homes, education, correctional services and the community in general, you may be assisted with pastoral care by a "chaplain", or "spiritual advisor", or "pastoral carer".
Find out more about pastoral care

NEWS

Go to Update on Actions of Board
- Pastoral Care Council of the ACT -

Down load> Report of Board - May 09

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CONTINUING EDUCATION

By Spiritual Care Australia (AHWCA)

"Pastoral Care and Depression"
Sr. Ros. Cairns

11th June
4-6 pm

Hughes Baptist Church, Groom St., Hughes.

ALL WELCOME to the monthly meeting
goto> "monthly program listing"

THANK YOU DAVID

It is with great regret that we say farewell to the Reverend Dr David Oliphant from the Canberra scene. He now resides and works on the South Coast. He has resigned this month from his position as Director of The Canberra and Region Centre for Spiritual Care and Clinical Pastoral Education, and thus also withdrawn from ongoing leadership in the tasks of Pastoral Care Council of the ACT.

David has been a driving force in setting in motion the 2005 Search Conference that led to the establishment of this Council for Pastoral Care. He continues to he a driving force in NSW and in the national network, so we anticipate his influence to continue, albeit now indirectly. So we say a big THANK YOU to David.

May 2009

NATIONAL CONFERENCE
24th and 25th SEPTEMBER 2009

Spirituality & Mental Health

The conference will explore the nature of mental illness and issues relating to the inherent dignity of the person and spiritual dimensions of mental illness. The conference will be of interest to ministers, lay, professed or ordained, theological and university students, staff, carers, consumers’ family, volunteers and those wanting to know more about religious and spiritual issues within mental illness.

Speakers will include:
Professor Phil Barker - Our keynote speaker’s subject is entitled “Minding the store: Me, myself and the mystery of my story”. In this presentation he will explore the enigmatic ‘self’, its mythical standing in all human affairs, and its central role in spiritual development.
Kay Hebbard and Dr Neelofar Rehman will co-present Dual Diagnosis – Mental illness and Substance Abuse issues and Spirituality.

VENUE: Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital. Melbourne

Download Brochure for registration (MS Word 170kb)

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FROM Lucy Blemings (1/3/09)
Coordinator Spiritual Meeting Place:
Multifaith Chaplaincy& ITAS Coordinator Ngunnawal Indigenous Higher Education Centre, University of Canberra.
Email: Lucy.Blemings@canberra.edu.au

"I am pleased to announce that the position of Pastoral Care Worker has been appointed. Jennine Irving has joined the SMP team and commenced work last week."

Looking for something different in training

with Clinical Pastoral Education?

TRY A RETREAT PROGRAM

at Tilba on the south coast of NSW

hillside garden at Tilba

The Revd Simon Wooldridge

is the

Pastoral Care Chaplain

coordinating PASTORAL CARE AND CHAPLAINCY SERVICES

at the Alexander Maconochie Centre for Correctional Services in the ACT.

The new prison is based on an human rights approach. The chaplain will be part of a through care approach to enable inmates to progress towards appropriate integration into the community on release.

To download Word Doc: "Guidelines for Correctional Chaplaincy Services.doc"

To see aticles and background proposals:goto> "Chaplaincy for AMC"