CASC/ACSS Communiqué · resume from there. That doesn‘t mean we won‘t be challenged As...

Well, wasn‘t that a party! The Toronto Conference in April was quite the event. Many, many

thanks to John Vincent and the whole team who worked to plan and make our recent Conference

and AGM the success that it was! This issue of the Communiqué is full of reports about the con-

ference and business meetings that surrounded it.

During the past year, as the Association‘s President-Elect, most of my

responsibilities surrounded the name change we determined a year

before at the Banff conference. That decision was your consent to

begin a series of actions to change the name. We had to consult with

legal counsel to initiate new Letters Patent and Registration, both

federally and in Nova Scotia where our National Office is located.

Corporations Canada had to receive a legal application for the name

change, check to see if there was any other group in Canada using the

same or an essentially similar name. And, in fact, we had to have the

permission of a group in Saskatchewan with an essentially similar

name before our new name was accepted by Corporations Canada.

We had to also register the name in both English and French which

became difficult when we found some small but significant errors of translation in our original

submission. We had to make the corrections, not depend on Corporations Canada to find those

errors. As a result, the job has taken all of the last year and then some. We have recently com-

pleted (successfully) the registration of CASC/ACSS in Nova Scotia. So, while we made the

decision back in Banff, there has been a great amount of work to be done to make it a reality

outside of our Association.

We understood as well that there would be changes to federal legislation about the way that

Constitutions and By-laws would be written in the future. On the advice of legal counsel, we

were only going to make necessary Constitution changes and leave By-law changes until they

would conform to the new legislation. That legislation was not tabled in parliament before the

recent election and we do not know when that will happen. As a result, when you read the by-

laws, you may note a number of outdated clauses. We moved to make some important changes

at the Toronto Conference because they have immediate effect to our daily functions such as

membership categories. We updated our membership categories to include a revised definition

of ―Member Emeritus‖ which replaced ―Retired Member‖ at our Banff meeting. In the past year,

we received a request for and devised a new definition for ―Student Member‖ as well. These

changes to the By-laws were presented and approved at the Toronto conference.

The Judicial Committee recommended to the Board that it be dissolved and replaced with a per-

son or persons with expertise in handling appeals of decisions. It was also thought that we are a

small organization in which many of those in leadership know most other members and may

have worked with them in some manner or form. This makes objectivity difficult. So, a By-law

amendment was presented and approved which dissolved the Judicial Committee and created the

position of an Appeals Adjudicator. This person will have expertise in appeals and will not be a

member of the Association. This adjudicator will rule on appeals of decisions made by any of

Greetings from the President

Douglas Kellough, President Photo courtesy of T. Sedfawi

NATIONAL ETHICS

COMMITTEE REPORT 14

COMPETENCY WORK-

ING GROUP REPORT 14

ADVOCACY WORKING

GROUP REPORT 15

FOUNDATION REPORT 17

CONFERENCE 2011 20

MEMORIAL 18

LIVING HUMAN

MEMORIES

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Inside this issue:

Spring Issue 2011

C a n a d i a n A s s o c i a t i o n f o r S p i r i t u a l C a r e

L ’ A s s o c i a t i o n c a n a d i e n n e d e s o i n s s p i r i t u e l s

CASC/ACSS Communiqué

VERDA ROCHON

AWARD 3

CERTIFICATES 3

TREASURER‘S REPORT 5

BUDGET 2010-2011 7

NATIONAL OFFICE

REPORT 10

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

COMMISSION REPORT 11

EDUCATION STANDARDS

COMMISSION REPORT 12

TORONTO 2011

CONFERENCE WRAP UP 20

SYDNEY 2012 CONFERENCE WELCOME

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FUTURE CONFERENCES 24

the national organization‘s bodies by examin-

ing whether all of the processes and rules have

been followed. If they haven‘t, we will be re-

quired to go back to the point where the path-

way deviated from our stated regulations and

resume from there.

As President-Elect, I sat on the Conference

2011 and Conference 2012 planning commit-

tees as a representative of the Board. I repre-

sented the Board on the Alzheimer Knowledge

Exchange and the End of Life Care Coalition

Canada. I attended the AGM of the latter

group in Ottawa in January. I was also one of

the three Board representatives on the Spiritual

Care Collaboratice (SCC) Steering Committee.

I received the nominations for the Verda Ro-

chon Award and guided that decision-making

through the Board. I was also responsible for

the Nominations Report presented to the AGM

in Toronto. We elected Darrell Shaule as the

next Treasurer and Ron Falk as the Chair-Elect

of the Educational Standards Commission. It

was a very busy year as I learned more and

more about our Association and how it works,

both internally and externally. It was an excel-

lent and necessary training ground for my role

as the Association‘s next President.

At a meeting of the Executive in Toronto, we

had the experience of writing a personal Celtic

prayer. The prayer I wrote concerned my tran-

sition from President-Elect to President for the

next two years. Despite the years of training

starting in 2004 as the Manitoba/NW Ontario

Regional Representative on the PPC and mov-

ing through the position of Chair of the PPC

and the Board and Executive position of Presi-

dent-Elect, I always had those nagging con-

cerns of personal adequacy for the task. This

Celtic prayer exercise expressed that personal

concern. Many of the Board and Commission

members and many of the members of the As-

sociation have told me that I was surrounded

by them and have their support as I move into

the presidency. Those in attendance at the

AGM on April 16 in Toronto stood in affirma-

tion of all of us elected to office in the Asso-

ciation and pledged their support as we seek to

do the jobs to which we were elected. Person-

ally, I am very glad to know that I am sur-

rounded by good people who are willing to

work with us and support us as we do the work

of the Association, some of it very difficult to

do.

That doesn‘t mean we won‘t be challenged

about decisions we make or how we do the

tasks we are assigned. But it does mean that

we are supported to do what needs to be done

and that we are being held in your prayers.

Like all of our members, we are volunteers

with day-to-day jobs in spiritual care, educa-

tion and counselling for organizations, institu-

tions and private practices throughout Canada.

Some employers allow opportunities to use

work time while others don‘t. Much of what

we do is done on personal time taken from our

families. Some of us have to use vacation time

to come to meetings. But we do so to advance

our profession, knowing that we have the sup-

port of our members and we appreciate that

greatly. Thank you!

As I look ahead at the next two years, there is

much work to follow the name change deci-

sion. We were asked to pay attention to lan-

guage use and implicit changes to our identity.

One of our Working Groups was given the

assignment to lead us in this examination. We

are continuing to move in directions support-

ing the possibility of Regions participating in

Professional Colleges in each province. There

are continuing efforts and studies by Working

groups on matters of competencies, scope of

practice, political advocacy and research, all to

position us with strength in the various arenas

of our work across Canada. There is also the

need to continue to engage you, our members,

in conversation about these matters and your

thoughts and concerns about their implications.

Our work is cut out for us. Thank you for the

challenge and your support as we forge ahead!

Douglas Kellough, President [email protected]

President’s Report continued from page 1


Douglas Kellough, Cindy Mor-

neault, Marc Doucet, Brian Walton,

Keirsten Wells, Harold King

Photo courtesy of T. Sedfawi

Doug Kellough, Lorraine Rooke,

(President L‘AIISSQ), Brian Walton Photo courtesy of T. Sedfawi

mailto:[email protected]?subject=2011%20spring%20communique

It is my pleasure to announce this year‘s recipi-

ent of the Verda Rochon Distinguished Service

Award: Rev. Dr. Dale Johnson. Throughout

his long career as a pastor, chaplain and SPE

supervisor, Dale has been an active contributor

to our association. Dale served on the Board as

Chair of Education Standards Commission

from 1999 to 2003, as Vice President from

2003 to 2005 and President from 2005 to 2007.

Dale was supportive of and actively involved

in the collaboration with our Spiritual Care

Collaborative sister associations in the United

States. When we were planning our joint con-

ference in Orlando, Dale agreed to chair the

local arrangements committee. Undaunted by

the task of planning local activities from across

the continent, Dale successfully led a team of

local Floridians in planning activities for two

thousand conference attendees.

Dale‘s leadership continued in his local region

of BC, where he took on the position of con-

ference co-chair for the national conference in

2008. We were treated to Dale‘s creative

spirit, values and hospitality in Victoria.

Dale has been an important presence in this

organization and has always maintained a

sense of humour with a warm and caring spirit.

Thank you Dale for all you do.

Buffy Harper, [email protected]

Verda Rochon Award Recipient

Certificates Awarded at the Banquet in Toronto

Certificates Awarded to Teaching Supervisors, Clinical Pastoral Education

Patricia O‘Halloran Atlantic Region

Peter Stanley Thompson Ontario Central

Certificates Awarded to Specialists in Pastoral Care

Rena Arshinoff Ontario Central

Christopher John Baron Ontario South West

Tina Kosu Boudreau Ontario Central

Vicki Cousins Ontario Central

Adele Crowell Atlantic

Hermann Dueck Manitoba and Ontario North West

Brenda Christine Hammond Ontario Central

Donna Hollands-Hurst Ontario South West

Jong-Hwan John Kim Ontario Central

Peter Anthony Lopinski Ontario South West

Pamela Turnbull Lucas Ontario Central

Shawn Lucas Ontario Central

Joana M.N. Madu Atlantic

Donna Marie Mann Ontario South West

June K. Mawhinney Ontario Central

Erin Christy Poole Ontario South West

Bonnie Kay Tejada Alberta

Philip Chung-Yin Tse British Colombia

Jamie Villeneuve Ontario Central

Philip Harvey Guise Weaver British Colombia

Keirsten Dawn Elizabeth Wells Atlantic

Spring Issue 2011

Brian Walton, Dale Johnson Photo courtesy of T. Powell

mailto:[email protected]?subject=2011%20spring%20communique

Certificates Awarded to Specialists in Pastoral Counselling Austin Francis Ontario Central

Sharon Isobel Konyen Ontario Central

Jane Pekar Ontario Central

Ajith Koshy Varghese Ontario Central

Peer Review Certificates Awarded to Specialists Allan Blaine Specialist, Pastoral Care Alberta

Sheila Atkinson Specialist, Pastoral Care Ontario Central

Arthur Berman Specialist, Pastoral Care British Colombia

Rev. Robert Bond Specialist, Pastoral Counselling Ont. South West

Lillian Curtis Specialist, Pastoral Care Ont. South West

Rev. Ron Falk Specialist, Pastoral Care Man & ONW

Mary Jackson Specialist, Pastoral Counselling Ont. South West

Meg Jordan Specialist, Pastoral Care Alberta

Miranda Lau Specialist, Pastoral Care Ont. South West

Rev. John Lougheed Specialist, Pastoral Care Ont. South West

Ciarin McKenna Specialist, Pastoral Care Ont. South West

Audrey Mierau Bechtel Specialist, Pastoral Care Saskatchewan

Yoma Nazareth Specialist, Pastoral Care Ontario Central

Zinia Pritchard Specialist, Pastoral Care Alberta

Donald Shields Specialist, Pastoral Care Ontario Central

Vivian Stang Specialist, Pastoral Care Ont. North East

Felida Toledo Specialist, Pastoral Care Ont. South West

Regina (Ann) Vander Berg Specialist, Pastoral Care Ont. South West

John Walker Specialist, Pastoral Counselling Alberta

Catherine Walther Specialist, Pastoral Care Ontario Central

Mi-Weon Yang Specialist, Pastoral Counselling Ontario Central

Janet Young Specialist, Pastoral Care Ont. South West

Peer Review Certificates Awarded to Teaching Supervisors Rev. Dr. Lawrence Beech Teaching Supervisor, PCE Ontario Central

Rev. Marc Doucet Specialist, Pastoral Care, Teaching Supervisor CPE Ontario Central

Rev. Dr. Charles Fensham Teaching Supervisor, PCE Ont. South West

Rev. Eric Howes Specialist, Pastoral Care/Teaching Supervisor CPE Ontario Central

Rev. Fred Koning Specialist, Pastoral Care/Teaching Supervisor CPE United States

Rev. Jan Kraus Specialist, Pastoral Care/Teaching Supervisor CPE Ontario Central

Sr. Colleen Lashmar Specialist, Pastoral Care/Specialist, Pastoral Counselling

Teaching Supervisor, Clinical Pastoral Education Ont. South West

Rev. Dr. Kristine Lund Specialist, Pastoral Counselling

Teaching Supervisor PCE Ont. South West

Rev. Dr. Donald Misener Specialist, Pastoral Counselling

Teaching Supervisor CPE Ont. North East

Rev. Gary Myatt Specialist Pastoral Care/Teaching Supervisor CPE Atlantic

Dr. Thomas St. James O‘Connor Teaching Supervisor PCE

Teaching Supervisor CPE Ont. South West

Sr. Kathleen O‘Neill Specialist, Pastoral Care/Teaching Supervisor CPE Ont. South West

Thomas D. Powell Specialist, Pastoral Care/Teaching Supervisor CPE Saskatchewan

Dr. Martin Rovers Teaching Supervisor CPE Ont. North East

Rev. Dr. John Vincent Teaching Supervisor CPE Ontario Central

Rev. Brian Walton Teaching Supervisor CPE Saskatchewan

Rev. David Wright Teaching Supervisor PCE Ontario Central



Patricia O‘Halloran, Buffy Harper, Gary

Myatt, Marc Doucet, Brian Walton

(Mary Dodge Bovaird at the podium)


Elaine MacInnis, Brian Walton, Bob Bond


Certificates Awarded - SCC Reciprocity Agreement

Rev. Desmond Buhagar Teaching Supervisor PCE Ontario Central

Boris Hemon Specialist, Pastoral Care Ontario Central

Rev. Steve Luchies Specialist, Pastoral Care United States

Victoria Pollock Teaching Supervisor PCE Ontario Central

Accredited Teaching Centre Sites

Cape Breton District Health Authority 5 years CPE

Sandra Morrison Atlantic

Capital Health 10 Years CPE

Gary Myatt Atlantic

c. This Proposed Budget is included in

the next Communiqué for the review

of Committees and Commissions and

all members of the Association.

Feedback from everyone is encour-

aged.

d. In the Executive meeting prior to the

AGM the Proposed Budget is recon-

sidered in the light of any responses

from the membership.

e. The Board again considers the Pro-

posed Budget together with any addi-

tional proposals from the Committees

and Commissions which have been

meeting at the same time as the Ex-

ecutive.

f. The Board recommends the Budget

for the following fiscal year at the

AGM. Questions and discussion in-

vited from the members.

g. The Budget is approved.

h. The Budget is printed in the Commu-

niqué following the AGM.

3. There is a CASC policy in place that

there should be a ―Reserve‖ fund of an

amount equal to the annual budget.

AN OPEN LETTER TO TREASURER

DARRELL SHAULE

I am writing to convey to you some of the cur-

rent principles and procedures of this office.

As the Treasurer you are a member of the

Board, the Executive, and the Personnel Com-

mittee.

1. Your primary responsibility is developing

and monitoring the budget. When I became

treasurer we established the policy that the

Executive would function also as a Finance

Committee. This provides the Treasurer with

consultation and support.

2. During my term we have used the follow-

ing procedure to develop the budget:

a. In the first face to face meetings fol-

lowing an annual meeting (in October

this year) the Executive functions as a

Finance Committee and together with

our staff, Tony and Kathy, drafts a

Proposed Budget for the following

fiscal year which is still some months

away.

b. The Board reviews this and makes

any desired changes.


Treasurer’s Report from Harold King (my final report)

Spring Issue 2011

Harold King, Treasurer Photo courtesy of T. Sedfawi

Marc Doucet, Sandra Morrison,

Brian Walton Photo courtesy of T. Sedfawi

Ron Falk, Darrell Shaule Photo courtesy of M. Chow

That fund is up to date and invested.

4. During my term CASC has also followed the principle of long term planning. The Commissions and Committees are encour-

aged to plan their programs into the future for good financial planning. We have also followed the principle that if a budget

line is not used in one year it can be carried forward to the following year. (No last minute spending just to keep that line)

5. In Personnel matters CASC has recently adopted the principle that staff salaries will be adjusted annually according to

changes in the Consumer Price Index as reported by the Bank of Canada. Merit increases would be additional to this.

My best wishes to you and CASC.

Harold J. King, Treasurer [email protected]

Treasurer’s Report continued from page 5


When I spoke to Harold King about the qualifications for the CASC/ASCC Treasurer position, I remembered a story I had heard

about him some years before. Apparently, he took his wife out for breakfast often. He decided to try a new diner in Winnipeg.

When he was all set to order, the server approached him and Harold ordered the $ 2.99 special -- two eggs, bacon, toast and coffee.

He questioned the server about the cost if he didn‘t have the eggs. She replied that his order would be $3.99... a $ 1.00 more because

he was ordering a la carte. There was no way he was going to pay a whole dollar more. The server came back a few minutes later

and asked if they were ready to order. Harold ordered the two eggs, bacon and toast. Surprised, the server then asked how he would

like his eggs. Harold replied, ―Uncooked, whole and in their shells.‖ After finishing their breakfast, he proudly wrapped up the

eggs, took them home and made a cake with them! Whether you believe that story of not, the moral of that story for me is Harold is

a common sense person. This was his approach to his service as Treasurer and member of the Executive, the Board and the Person-

nel Committee. Decisions about finances had to make sense and they had to make sense to the membership!

As you read the Budget which was passed at the AGM, you will note his Letter to me. I appreciated the way Harold outlined the

tried and tested finance and budgeting principles and procedures that have served CASC/ASCC well over the past number of years.

Harold made sure the Treasurer had a Team in which to work. Harold‘s report for me represents the proof of the outstanding job

Harold did as Treasurer. He took over as Treasurer at a very pivotal point in CAPPE‘s history. With a partial year completed, he

allowed his name to stand for two more terms, serving a total of 5 years. Thank you Harold for your stellar service! If you could-

n‘t be at the AGM to thank Harold personally for his service, please send a note or an e-mail at [email protected]

This is my first update to you since being acclaimed as Treasurer of CASC/ASCC at the Annual General Meeting in Toronto. I want

to share a few things about myself for those who don‘t know me. I am from Ontario South West Region where I completed two

terms as Treasurer followed by two terms as Regional Admitting Chair. In 2007, I was the Registrar at the Niagara Conference. I

work as a Chaplain at St. Joseph‘s Health Care, London. My other experience dealing with finances comes from being a volunteer

Treasurer raising $ 380,000 for a community Nursing Home in my days living in Saskatchewan. In the past several years I headed

the Communications/ Finance Team for a $ 1.5 million new Church Building Project, now mortgage free.

As the Treasurer for CASC/ASCC, I want to continue the tradition of working closely with the Board, the Executive, the Personnel

Committee, the Staff and you, the Membership. As well, I want to assure you, we will continue to have a transparent budgeting

process open to questions and discussion from you.

Finally, please get in touch with me if you have any concerns or questions at 519-685-4292 extension 42004 or at my email address

listed below. I look forward to getting to know you and serving you.

Darrell Shaule, Incoming Treasurer [email protected]

Incoming Treasurer’s Report from Darrell Shaule

mailto:[email protected]?subject=communique%202011



Canadian Association for Spiritual Care

Income

Membership

Membership— General $195,000.00

Affiliation Fees—AIISSQ 5,000.00

Total Membership $200,000.00

Registration for Students $ 65,000.00

Standards

Certification 7,000.00

Program Approval 600.00

Admitting ~ Consultation 6,000.00

Total Standards $ 13,600.00

Other Revenue

Sales of Journals and Books 212.00

Interest/Investment Income 13,000.00

Total Other Revenue $ 13,212.00

Total Income $ 291,812.00

Expense

Program Expenses

Executive ~ Finance and Administration Committee

Air Travel $ 3,800.00

Ground transportation and Parking 2,000.00

Hotel Accommodation 2,500.00

Meals 1,500.00

Conference calls 400.00

Stationery, Postage, Photocopies 100.00

International Conference Participation 1,000.00

Entertainment of Guests 500.00

Total Executive expenses $ 11,800.00

Education Standards Commission


Ground transportation and parking 3,500.00


Meals 3,000.00


Core Curriculum - Projects 2,500.00


Total Education Standards Commission $ 24,300.00

Approved Budget 2011-2012

Spring Issue 2011

Professional Practice Commission




Meals 3,000.00


Regional Development 6,000.00

Projects 1,000.00


Research Bursary 1,000.00

Advocacy Fund 2,000.00

Total Professional Practice Commission $ 32,100.00

Ethics Committee




Meals 1,500.00


Education 1,000.00


Total Ethics Committee $ 10,800.00

Appeals Adjudicator

Travel Special Expenses $ 1,500.00


Stationery, Postage, Photocopy 250.00

Appeals Adjudicator total $ 2,000.00

Total Program Expenses $ 81,000.00

Member Services

Investigations $ 1,000.00

Promotion 4,500.00

JPC Publication Inc. 15,500.00

Regional Transfers 19,500.00

Website/Computer/Database

Website Hosting 400.00

Database and Networks 1,500.00

Website Maintenance and Development Contract 4,500.00

Computer Upgrades 1,500.00

Total Website/ Computer/Database $ 7,900.00



National Archives 300.00

Membership in Organizations 250.00

SCC Membership Contributions 1,500.00

Conference Expenses 200.00

Total Member Services $ 50,650.00

Administrative Expenses

Salaries and Benefits

Membership Services $ 49,895.00

Administrative Services 49,895.00

E.I. & CPP ~ CASC‘s Share 6,000.00

Staff Health, Medical, Dental 5,000.00

Total Salaries and Benefits $ 110,790.00

Insurance

Board ~ Liability Insurance $ 1,000.00

Office Insurance 1,000.00

Total Insurance $ 2,000.00

HST Remittance $ 3,000.00

Office Expenses and General

Office supplies 4,000.00

Bank service charges for credit cards 4,000.00

Total Office Expenses and General $ 8,000.00

Postage and Courier $ 3,500.00

Professional Fees

Auditors $ 2,500.00

Accounting 2,500.00

Legal Fees 5,000.00

Total Professional Fees $ 10,000.00

Rent $ 14,400.00

Telephone/Internet/Mileage

Telephone and Internet 3,000.00

Mileage ~ vehicle usage 4,500.00

Total Telephone/Internet/Mileage $ 7,500.00

Travel ~ National Office Staff $ 5,000.00

Travel ~ Webmaster $ 1,500.00

Total Administrative Expenses $ 165,690.00

Amortization Expense 1,000.00

Total Expenses $ 298,340.00

Net Income (Loss) $ (6,528.00)


Spring Issue 2011

1- Long Distances Rates:

We have negotiated a 50% reduction in the

cost of the Toll Free usage for North America

from $0.06 a minute to $0.03 per minute. In

order to achieve this deal, we have transferred

our long distance services from Rogers to

East-link in Nova Scotia. Now we have all

our services in a ―bundle‖ package.

2- Conference Calls: 5 cents a minutes any-

where in North America. We have 11 indi-

vidual accounts to take advantage of this ser-

vice.

3- Tele-Video Conferencing - Webinar:

Webinar is an Internet base Video Conferenc-

ing tool available to organizations seeking

frequent meetings through electronic inter-

face. It provides the participants complete

interactions and allows for exchanging, edit-

ing, and transmitting reports and files through

the use of a laptop/desktop with a regular

video camera.

Currently we enjoy teleconferencing

(telephones only) for a very reasonable rate

of 5 cent per minute anywhere in North

America. Our Annual cost so far is about

$1000 for that service (12 different groups

across Canada)

Webinar requires a trained Moderator but can

offer unlimited number of groups meeting at

the same time for a $1,200 annual fee. You

will need to be equipped with a computer, a

camera and Internet access.

Depending on the number of potential video

conference meetings per year, Webinar can

be a reasonable alternative. Each Group

meeting needs to have one person well versed

with the basics of the service and will be in-

vestigated further.

4- One time discount of all telephone/fax

services:

As part of the change in the Long Distance

carrier, we have negotiated a full month

FREE of telephone lines rental, a Fax line

rental (including a Fax to e-mail program

National Office report


Tony Sedfawi, Kathy Greig - National

Office Photo courtesy of T. Powell

aiming to eliminate all paper and toner usage in

addition to, all long distance calls and all taxes

(about $200). Additional savings of $300 in toner

and paper per year were achieved.

5- Insurance Premium Reduction:

For the third year in a row, we have been able to

negotiate a 5% reduction in the Liability Insur-

ance coverage we offer to our members (from

$380 to $361 per year). We have further negoti-

ated an 11 month package to start June 1, 2011

and end at the same time as the Membership year

April 30, 2012 (for $331). As of next membership

year 2012-2013, the Insurance Liability coverage

and the Membership anniversary will align (May

1 to April 30). We have increased the number of

members purchasing insurance from 28 to 66.

6- Office Relocation:

We are relocating our Business Office to a new

location in Hackett‘s Cove, Nova Scotia as of

May 1st, 2011. The complete move will take place

over a week-end. This physical relocation of the

systems and the office will not cost CASC/ACSS

any money and will not cause any interruption in

the services we provide in any way. We will ad-

vise all the suppliers and the proper authority of

the change of address.

7- Members Consultations:

In keeping with the principle of total transparency

and regular consultation with the members of the

Association about a large variety of topics, the

President in particular and the Board have issued

a total of 23 general information mailings and

surveys and polls this year versus 11 last year. In

general the feedback was very positive and the

members were really excited about being con-

sulted.

Special Thanks:

We thank all our members for making us part of

the family, we thank the Board members, the

commissions and committees members for their

ongoing hard work and support, we thank the

Executive and the Personnel Committee for run-

ning an efficient and smooth operation. Special

thanks go to Harold King for an exceptional 5

year term as our Treasurer. For his knowledge,

Tony Sedfawi, Executive Director

Jack Tattrie, Webmaster Photo courtesy of K. Greig

You are represented by a dynamic group of

individuals who represent our country from

east to west. As a group we are committed to

working on your behalf to ensure the highest

level of professionalism within our associa-

tion; a professionalism that can be transported

to our work environments so that we can pro-

vide quality spiritual and religious care to our

clients in all milieus.

On PPC‘s recommendation, the Board of

CASC endorsed a minimum ratio of 1 profes-

sional spiritual care provider to 100 in-patient

clients in health care settings with contextually

higher professional spiritual care providers to

clients for specialized health care settings.

This ratio is based on current research and

although we cannot ensure that it is heeded,

having such an endorsement from our associa-

tion is seen as essential and will hopefully be

used by our members to advocate and lobby

for having qualified spiritual care providers

within all of our health care institutions.

In addition to the awards being presented at the

CASC Annual Banquet a letter from the Presi-

dent of the Association will now be sent to the

employer of the recipient. This will further

honour the recipient of the award as well as

advocate for the professionalism of our mem-

bers.

It is with great pleasure that I announce 2 PPC

Awards of Excellence. Firstly, Ms. Bert Enns

from Calgary, Alberta was awarded the Award

of Excellence for Pastoral Practice in Educa-

tion. Secondly, Rev. Jan Kraus from Toronto,

Ontario was given the Award of Excellence for

Pastoral Practice in Institutional Ministry. Con-

gratulations to both of you for representing

CASC/ACSS in such meaningful ways.

Teaching supervisors need to exercise their

supervisory function at least once every five

years. This is a change from once every two

years. This will put us in line with other

healthcare professionals and their standards of

practice.

We have affirmed the value of creating a disas-

ter response team within our association; a team

of trained spiritual care providers who could be

called upon to provide essential spiritual care

across our country in the event of a disaster.

There is a new student membership category

which will come into effect on September 1,

2011.

39 individuals were recognized this year for

having completed their peer review; 17 teach-

ing supervisors and 22 specialists. As well 2

teaching supervisors and 2 specialists had their

certification recognized via reciprocity.

We count on receiving feedback on the work

we are doing in order to be able to continue to

work on your behalf.

Cindy Morneault,

Chairperson, Professional Practice Commission [email protected]

National Office Report continued from page 10

Spring Issue 2011

Professional Practice Commission Report

integrity and sense of humour.

Also thank you to Jack Tattrie for his prompt and efficient work and unconditional support of the

National Office, and I thank Kathy for truly taking the lead on the functioning of the National

Office and the Foundation.

Tony Sedfawi ,

Executive Director [email protected]

Bert Enns, Cindy Morneault Photo courtesy of T. Powell

Jan Kraus Photo courtesy of T. Sedfawi



Over the past couple years we have begun to

use our Regional Admitting Chairs to engage

the membership of the regions in dialogue and

consultation regarding the topics and issues

that have come to the Commission as well as

changes to our standards that we are consider-

ing. This has proved to be a very effective

means of increasing the involvement of our

membership in the decision making process as

well as obtaining input from across the coun-

try. I am grateful for your participation in these

conversations and look forward to them con-

tinuing and receiving your input and sugges-

tions.

A clear directive, given to me by the members

of the Education Standards Commission, was

to communicate to our membership that we are

creating an ethos in which it is ‗safe to ask’.

The more you bring forward to the Education

Standards Commission, situations, circum-

stances, your lived experience, these invite and

encourage us to reflect on our standards, and to

create educational and certification processes

that assist candidates in moving forward. This

again has been our experience over the last

couple of years and we want to continue and

develop this approach. So please speak to your

RAC or one of the Chairs of the Committees

with your concern, also keep in mind that the

more time we have to deal with any particular

situation the more likelihood we will have a

solution that is satisfactory to all parties.

Here is a summary of the discussions and deci-

sions from the ESC in our meetings in Toronto

on April 11th and 12th:

1. CASC Policy and Procedure Manual;

The Manual will be posted on our website

as of July 1st 2011. The Manual will con-

tain all our Education, Professional Practice

and Ethics Standards along with the Organ-

izational Policies and Procedures. The for-

mat should make it easier for all of us to

use our standards and to find the specific

standard and form we need. We have elimi-

nated the sections and subsections as well

as the Standard number

I would like to thank Heather Krull, from

Ontario Northeast, who acted as ‗editor‘

and did significant work formatting and re-

organizing the Manual in a clear and user

friendly manner. This is not a revision of

standards but merely an editing of the lay-

out and organization.

2. Provisional Supervision;

Revision to Standards: the requirement of

8 students in the two provisional units has

been changed to the provisional supervisor

needing to complete 2 units of provisional

supervision.

3. Associate Teaching Supervisor;

Revision to Standards: A certificate of

educational standing for Associate Supervi-

sor for both CPE and PCE will be issued

once the candidate is ratified as Associate

Supervisor by the ESC Commission. This

information will be included in the certifi-

cation report to the National Office.

4. SPE Clinical Placement (previously Ap-

pendix V);

Revision to Standards: In exceptional cir-

cumstances, students who have completed

(a minimum of) one (1) basic SPE unit may

request an equivalency for previous educa-

tion and experience in order to qualify for

placement in a higher level of SPE training.

Equivalency pertains to clinical education

only. A candidate must have the academic

education requirements for Advanced level

SPE before making application for SPE

Clinical Placement. Equivalency will be

granted from the level of second basic up to

the level of second advanced.

5. Certification Committee;

Revision to Standards: As of July 1, 2011

we will adopt the present Specialist Certi-

fication Step 2 Pilot Process as the stan-

dard practice. No new student will start

into the old system as of July 1, 2011.

The old ten paper process will be removed

from the web site as of July 1, 2011. Can-

didates who are presently using the ten

Education Standards Commission Report


Marc Doucet at podium,

Keirsten Wells/Kathy Greig Photo Courtesy of T. Sedfawi

“The

Manual

will be

posted

on our

website

as of

July 1st

2011”

paper process will have until December

31, 2012 to have completed the certifica-

tion process.

We are continuing the Advanced Consulta-

tion Process Trial and broadening it in

order to engage more consultation. We will

revise the papers in the Advanced Trial

Process and send it to the RACs by Sept

2011 who will in turn encourage teaching

supervisors to use this trial process. It will

be discussed at our Commission meeting

in April 2012

6. SPE Evaluations;

With the competencies final approval by

the Board we are beginning the work of

revising and renaming our SPE evaluations

to align with our competencies. These will

be trialed and evaluated in the coming year

with the hope of finalizing them soon there-

after.

7. Academic Assessment Committee;

A reminder from the AAC: While the aca-

demic degree needed for Certification is a

Masters, there is still the requirement of 6

courses in your faith tradition, 4 courses

within the spiritual care practice, and 1

professional ethics course.

Revision to Standards: The requirement of

6 courses in your own faith tradition has

been changed to 3 must be in your own

faith tradition and 3 can be in other faith

traditions (along with 4 courses within

spiritual care practice, and 1 professional

ethics course).

8. Curriculum Project – Request to Utilize;

There is presently a 34 Chapter curriculum

posted on the CASC website for Basic

CPE. I would like to encourage supervisors

to begin to work with this and to include

some of the topics within your didactic

sessions. It is important for us not only to

begin to utilize this resource but as well to

provide your feedback concerning the ma-

terial and content. So please consider incor-

porating some of this material into your

upcoming winter and spring units and send-

ing your feedback to me.

9. Questionnaire following any of our proc-

esses (advanced specialist, etc);

A task force is working at developing an

evaluation of 3-5 questions that would be

completed by anyone engaged in any of our

consultation or certification committees

(e.g.: advanced, specialist, provisional

teaching supervisor, etc.) This would not

only provide us with continued feedback,

but this feedback and evaluation is also the

beginning of doing research and potentially

offers us content for publication!

10. Vice-Chair;

At our Convention last month, Ron Falk was

elected vice-chair of the Education Standards

Commission and will assume the role of

Chair this time next year. Ron has fulfilled

many different roles on the ESC, most re-

cently as Chair of Certification. He will

bring his extensive knowledge of our educa-

tional standards and our processes to this

position.

11. Certifications;

We celebrated 27 members obtaining their

certification at the Banquet at this year‘s

Convention. This is an encouraging sign as

an association, to see this increase in certi-

fied members. It was truly a celebration!

If you have any suggestions concerning any of

the above I invite you to contact the chair of

the particular committees, your RAC, or my-

self. We would welcome your contributions

and your voice in our discussions and deci-

sions.

Respectfully submitted by,

Marc Doucet

Chairperson, Education Standards Commission [email protected]

Education Standards Commission Report continued from page 12

Spring Issue 2011

Marc Doucet, AGM Photo courtesy of M. Chow

“I would like to

thank Heather

Krull, from On-

tario Northeast,

who acted as

„editor‟ and did

significant work

formatting and

re-organizing

the Manual in a

clear and user

friendly manner.

This is not a revi-

sion of standards

but merely an ed-

iting of the lay-

out and organi-

zation.‖


gional Ethics Chairs (REC‘s) who may be as-

sociate members. We concluded, and as the

Terms of Reference now indicate, that the

Chair and Vice Chair of NEC must be certified

members while the REC‘s, elected from within

their Regions, may be either associate or certi-

fied members. We added that all NEC mem-

bers much complete the Ethics Education

Module.

We also completed a list of roles for the REC‘s

which will also be posted on the CASC/ACSS

web site for those regions needing to nominate

and elect a new REC in the future.

We are hoping, with Glen Horst as facilitator,

to offer the on-line Ethics Education Module

for peer review again this fall – more informa-

tion will be posted on the web site. We are

also exploring ways of offering the module

through other means by possibly using Skype

or Telehealth which may be helpful in large

geographic regions.

We are grateful for the leadership of Barbara

Meyer over the past two years as Chair of

NEC and are glad that she will remain on NEC

as past chair.

NEC will continue to meet via conference call

in the coming months. Thanks to all of the

committee members for their dedication and

support.


Jan Temple-Jones

Chairperson, National Ethics [email protected]

National Ethics Committee Report


The National Ethics Committee (NEC) met in

Toronto April 11 and 12, for our annual face-to

-face meeting. We welcomed Kim McCarville

from the Atlantic Region, Pam MacCallum

Ruud from B.C. Region, and although he was-

n‘t able to attend the meeting, Dale Redford

from Saskatchewan Region as new members.

We said farewell to Richard Vandenberg

(OSW), Ron Long (Manitoba Northwest) and

Fernand Djossou (Quebec).

We are happy to report that CASC/ACSS had

another year without any Peer Interventions or

Investigations. We are hoping that some of the

peace we have been experiencing is a result of

the ―ethical culture‖ NEC and the CASC/ACSS

Board have been promoting among the mem-

bers. The Code of Ethics remains a living

document that serves as an important point of

reference for all members.

As a committee we engaged in two educational

sessions during our meeting: Barbara Meyer

led us through a refresher course on Peer Inter-

vention; and Kristine Lund provided us with a

session on Professional Ethics and Social Me-

dia. The latter has been on our agenda for the

last year and this year we will be proposing

changes to the Code of Ethics to reflect how

social media affects CASC/ACSS and our prac-

tice as members.

We updated our Terms of Reference document

which is now posted on the CASC/ACSS web

site. We had some discussion around member-

ship on NEC as concerns have been raised

about certified members having to bring ethics

concerns to, or may be receiving their peer re-

view Ethic Education Module from, their Re-

Competencies Working Group

It was with great pleasure that the Compe-

tency Working Group, a joint subcommittee

for PPC and ESC, brought the Competencies

for Spiritual Care and Counselling Specialist

to the Board for Approval at the 2011 confer-

ence in Toronto. The ten core competencies

evolved from work of the past decade(s) in-

cluding the DACUM project (to shape educa-

tional curriculum) to college development

work in BC and Ontario and the subsequent

2008 competency validation survey. The Com-

petency Working Group took these raw vali-

dated competency statements and input from a

Spiritual Assessment workshop led by Philip

Crowell in 2010 at the Banff conference to sum-

marize and structure the competencies in a us-

able format. The past year has seen a lot of

work done to gather input both internally from

our members and externally from experts in a

variety of professions. Thanks to everyone who

“We are hoping,

with Glen Horst

as facilitator, to

offer the on-line

Ethics Educa-

tion Module for

peer review

again this fall –

more informa-

tion will be

posted on the

web site. We are

also exploring

ways of offering

the module

through other

means by possi-

bly using Skype

or Telehealth

which may be

helpful in large

geographic re-

gions.”


engaged in the process and collaboratively

helped to define who we are and what we do.

The document was approved by the Board in

Toronto and is now at the core of further work

being done by ESC on revisions to the Special-

ist Certification process and other assessment

and equivalency tools. The competencies will

provide a means to assess ability levels for stu-

dents and those wishing to enter the profession

from both traditional and non-traditional path-

ways of education and they will provide a

framework for continuing development for all

who work in our field. The competencies un-

derlie both educational streams of CPE and

PCE with recognition that not only will separate

streams continue to exist but there are many

other specialties within our profession including

educators and those with focused expertise such

as ethics, corrections, family therapy, bereave-

ment, spiritual direction, to name just a few,

where additional competencies will apply.

Going forward our working committee will

build on the competencies to define our scope

of practice and professional designations. This

will help to differentiate our uniqueness as we

advocate for our profession and collaborate in

provincial colleges with other professions do-

ing similar but different work. I would like to

acknowledge and thank the ongoing efforts of

our committee members who are: Margaret

Clark, Gary Myatt, Sandra Morrison, Marj

Pettinger, Peter Barnes and Paul Scuse.

The approved Competency Document is now

available on the CASC/ACSS website http://

www.spiritualcare.ca/ed_mod/index.html


Becky Vink, Chair,

Competencies Working Group [email protected]

Competency Working Group continued from Page 14

Spring Issue 2011

Advocacy Working Group

Synopsis of activity from April 2010 to April 2011

The Advocacy working group has expanded to

8 members representing 6 provinces. Two full

meetings were held in 2011. Business in 2010 -

2011 to date has included the following:

Consultation; We have continued to provide

ongoing consultation and support to British

Columbia region following cutback of 13 posi-

tions in Fraser Health District.

Networking for Advocacy; We have engaged in

various forms of communication with the On-

tario Professional Practice Committee and the

Ontario Multi-faith Council (OMC) regarding

advocacy within Ontario leading to the first

draft of a document requesting CASC education

for all care workers within the province. The

inclusion of CASC representation in the forma-

tion of a National Multi faith Council at the

request of OMC.

Accreditation; Conversations with the Director

of Accreditation Canada regarding a new set of

questions to guide interviewers when assessing

health care institutions in their provision of

spiritual care services.

Professional Identity; Receiving documents

from members regarding advocacy as it relates

to questions of professional identity and the

subsequent writing of a request for the Execu-

tive to consider extraordinary appeals for feed-

back from members on proposed changes re-

lated to identity issues, in the interests of pro-

moting a sense of participation and ownership

by all.

College Development; Discussion on college

development across Canada especially with

respect to preserving professional identity

within the context of inter-professional col-

leges. Focussed discussion on specific advo-

cacy issues for CASC pertaining to retention of

membership as it relates to the forthcoming

installation of a College of Psychotherapists

and Mental Health Therapists in Ontario.

Legislation; We are beginning the process of

acquiring information on legislation relevant to

Spiritual Care across Canada provincially and

Becky Vink Photo courtesy of T. Powell

“Conversations

with the Director

of Accreditation

Canada regard-

ing a new set of

questions to guide

interviewers when

assessing health

care institutions

in their provision

of spiritual care

services. “

http://www.spiritualcare.ca/ed_mod/index.html

http://www.spiritualcare.ca/ed_mod/index.html

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federally. e.g. Personal Health Information

Acts, College Acts, Human Rights Legisla-

tion etc.

Guide Book; Discussions on the best method

of approaching the writing of a contextual

guide book to spiritual care advocacy in the

Canadian context. Some information has

been gathered and the writing process has

begun.

Mandate; We are in the process of redefining

our already expanded mandate so as to be

clear as to our responsibilities.

Budget; We have discussed the need for

clarification of our budget and there is a

need for promotion of additional donations

to the advocacy fund.

Members of the working group from West to East

are as follows:

Phillip Crowell - BC

Viktor Gundel - BC

Paul Bergen – AB - secretary

Bonita Chad –SK

Harold King – MB

Henry Clark – ON

Doug Longstaffe – ON - chair

Pam Driedger – NB


Doug Longstaffe,

Chair Advocacy Working Group

[email protected]

Foundation Report by Buffy Harper

The April 2011 CASC/ACSS Conference in

Toronto will long be remembered in the

Foundation as the first year we raised over

$10,000 through fundraisers at a conference!

From the outset, conference organizer and

long-time supporter of the Foundation, John

Vincent, highlighted the Foundation fund-

raisers in all his planning and his personal

efforts have much to do with our success at

reaching this milestone. We are delighted

that John has accepted a position on the

Foundation Board representing Ontario Cen-

tral Region.

Our annual Fun Walk/Run honoured

Rev. Donovan Brown, who displayed his

leadership once again by raising over

$2000.00 in personal sponsors for the

walk/run. Not to be thwarted by a rainy

morning, Donovan joined Foundation Board

member Anne Simmonds for a brisk walk

over the 5 km course. Donovan has thrown

down the challenge for others to follow in

his generous support of the Foundation.

Over the last number of years, the Foun-

dation has thrived and grown under the

leadership of Don Misener as our presi-

dent. Don took on the role of energizing and

organizing the Foundation with enthusiasm and

determination. He increased the membership of

the Board, not resting until every region was rep-

resented by a Director on the Board. He prepared

summary sheets about the Foundation for Board

members to read at regional AGMs in order to

raise the profile of the work of the Foundation

among CASC/ACSS members across the country.

He set up regular Board meetings so that there

was ongoing dialogue among the members. Don

knew that if our association changed its name, so

should the Foundation and initiated the process to

bring about the name change at this conference.

Don has a vision and dream for the Foundation

and as he begins his last year as past-president, I

want to thank him for being a mentor and a sup-

port to me as I step into the role of president.

Don, you may indeed be proud of what you have

accomplished in your time on the Foundation. We

who follow you are very grateful.

The following is Don‘s final report as president

of the Foundation.

Buffy Harper, Foundation President

[email protected]

L to R: Don Misener, Buffy Harper,

Marj Pettinger, Jack Tattrie, Tony Sed-

fawi, Cindy Morneault, Bonnie Misener


Donovan Brown in his

rain gear! Photo courtesy of T. Sedfawi

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2011 Annual Report of the Canadian Foun-

dation for Pastoral Practice and Education/

Foundation canadiene pour la pratique et

l'education pastorale: The 2011 Annual

meeting of the Canadian Foundation for Pas-

toral Practice and Education was conducted on

Saturday April 16, 2011 during the Annual

Conference of the Canadian Association for

Spiritual Care in Toronto, Ontario.

Foundation Board Meetings May 2010 to

April 2011: 5 Foundation Board meetings

were held – one in person at the 2010 Annual

meeting and 4 by conference call.

Bursary and Grant Awards in 2010: The

Foundation received eight applications for

bursaries and three applications for research

grants. $4400 was available in 2010 for dis-

bursement. As of April 2011 since the first

awards in 2005 a total of over $30,000 has

been awarded in 13 bursaries and 9 research

grants.

Bursaries and Grants Available 2011: A

total of $4800 is available for research grants

and bursaries in 2011. The deadline for appli-

cation has been extended to May 31, 2011.

The application forms for bursaries and re-

search grants are available at the Foundation

site on the CASC/ACSS website.

Fund Raising: The Foundation Fun Run/Walk

to honour a CAPPE/ACPEP pioneer from the

Alberta Region raised $1200 at the 2010 Con-

ference. Sr. Marcia Wiley, who served our

Association in the development of the Special-

ist stream and in various national leadership

roles, including President of the Association

1995/96, was chosen.

The Foundation also sponsored a book ex-

change at the 2010 Conference with all pro-

ceeds to be added to the funds we have avail-

able for 2011. A total of $400 was raised.

This means that an additional $1600 was

added to the funds, which will be available

for research grants and bursaries in 2011.

At the 2011 Conference the Pastoral Practice

and Education pioneer being honoured in the 5

km Fun Walk/Run is Rev. Donovan Brown

who during his 27 years as a Teaching Super-

visor and Chaplain at Peterborough Civic Hos-

pital served in many capacities both at the Re-

gional level, (for many years as Regional Chair

of Accreditation and Certification) and at the

national level including President from 1991 to

1993. A special service to the Foundation was

Donovan's perseverance in securing the regis-

tration of the Foundation as a charity.

Plus thanks to the work of the Toronto Orga-

nizing Committee a ―Homecooking‖ Concert

featured Jackie Richardson, one of Canada's

foremost singers of gospel, blues and jazz ac-

companied by Joe Sealy, Danny B, and Paul

Novotney with all proceeds donated to the

Foundation. The cost of this concert was cov-

ered by the Ontario Central Region. We are

very thankful for the significant contribution

Ontario Central Region has made to the fund

raising efforts of the Foundation in 2011.

Alongside these major fundraisers at the 2011

Conference in Toronto there was a used book

table where members attending the Confer-

ence could donate books with all proceeds

going to the Foundation.

On the CASC/ACSS renewal of membership

form there is also provision for donations to

the Foundation and we encourage members

when renewing their membership to make do-

nations that will support the Foundation in its

commitment to financially assist our members

in their education and research efforts.

Jack Tattrie, CASC/ACSS‘s webmaster has

created an on-line way of making donations

that makes this opportunity to donate much

easier. All are encouraged to try it out!

Foundation Board Members:

Each Region has one representative on the

Board: Marj Pettinger from British Columbia,

Daince Kurian from Alberta, Dennis Fingas

from Saskatchewan, Harold Ritchie from

Manitoba/Ontario North West, Bill James

Abra from Ontario South West, Anne Sim-

monds from Ontario Central, Don Misener

from Ontario North East, Phyllis Smyth from

L'AIISSQ, and Buffy Harper from Atlantic.

Foundation Report by Don Misener

Spring Issue 2011

Harold King Photo courtesy of T. Sedfawi

Rebekah Hackbusch, Ron Long Photo courtesy of T. Sedfawi

Some of the brave souls that

battled the elements.

Thank you for being such

good sports!

Don Misener, Marj Pet-

tinger, Peter Barnes Photo courtesy of T. Sedfawi

Changes to Board Membership: One of the

Directors – Anne Simmonds (Ontario Central)

has completed two elected terms of two years

and we thank her for her service as a Founda-

tion Board member. Don Misener (Ontario

North East) will be completing one more year

as Past-President prior to his retirement from

the Board. Kathy Greig continues as our

CASC/ACSS National Office representative

providing the Foundation with excellent ad-

ministrative assistance.

Recruitment to the Foundation Board: John

Vincent has been recruited to replace Anne

Simmonds as Ontario Central Region repre-

sentative. We presented his name for election

to the Foundation Board.

Regional Contact: In 2011 Foundation Board

representatives will continue to make presenta-

tions at the Regional Annual meetings to keep

CASC/ACSS members up to date with Foun-

dation activities and to invite applicants from

the Regions to apply for the research grants

and bursaries available in 2012.

Financial Update: The March 30, 2011

BMO Financial Report indicates a balance of

$115,849. $4800 is available for awards in

2011.

Current Executive: Following this annual

meeting the Foundation Executive will consist

of President Buffy Harper (elected at the 2010

Annual meeting), Past-President Don Misener,

Secretary Bill James Abra and National Office

representative Kathy Greig. The position of

Treasurer will be filled by the Foundation Ex-

ecutive as per our Terms of Reference.

Recommended name change of the Founda-

tion: Notice of motion was sent on February

28, 2011 to all members of the association that

the Foundation Board be empowered by the

membership of CASC to change the name to

Canadian Foundation for Spiritual Care,

Fondation canadienne de soins spirituels.

This motion was presented at the AGM and

passed by the membership.


Donald Misener, Past President, Foundation [email protected]

Foundation Report continued from page 17


Remembering CASC/ACSS Members

During the Toronto Conference Kathryn Howe and Douglas Wilson lead us in our second Annual

Memorial Service. It was a Celebration of Life, remembering our deceased CASC/ACSS col-

leagues. Since the 2010 Conference, we have been notified that the following members have

passed away:

Edgar Samuel Bull 1995

Thomas Bulman January 29, 2006

William (Bill) Burritt September 20, 2010

Rodney Steven Carter May 30, 2010

James Dudley April 10, 2009

Sally Eaton December 15, 2010

Christiane Kleiner September 8, 2010

Ed Mullen July 23, 2010

Ron Owston February 24, 1994

Howard Taylor May 8, 2010

L to R: Marj Pettinger, Anne

Simmonds, Donovan and

Wendy Brown, Don Misener,

Buffy Harper Photo courtesy of T. Sedfawi


Living Human Memories

Spring Issue 2011


Living Human Memories: Listening to the

CASC/ACSS Story

At the heart of clinical theological education

for spiritual care and counselling professionals

are threads of history that date back to the early

1900‘s. CASC/ACSS members have shared in

the history of SPE/CPE on both sides of Can-

ada/US border and now it is important for us to

―remember‖ in a living way the stories of our

origins, our founding members, and of the vari-

ous ways SPE has taken root across our coun-

try. In 2007 CAPPE/ACPEP Executive, Com-

mission and Committee leaders gathered in To-

ronto and used a ―timeline‖ to capture a number

of events comprising our shared history. In

2009 Doug Wilson (Ontario Central Region)

and Margaret Clark (Alberta Region) decided to

―do something practical‖ in order to intention-

ally capture and record the history of SPE in

Canada. With both seed money and the Board‘s

blessing, ―The Living Human Memories‖ pro-

ject was born. It is organized around four objec-

tives:

To develop a Book of Remembrance of

deceased members of our Association

To develop a Time Line in the History of

our Association

To record interviews with current and

former members with a view to both

archiving these interviews and drawing

upon them as a resource for research into

our history

To develop web space on the National

website where members can post partial

histories so that others can read , add and

provide correctives as we co-construct a

living memory of our Association

The National Convention in Toronto included a

display booth staffed by Douglas Wilson with

information on the project and an opportunity

for several members to be interviewed. As well,

the second annual Memorial Service for de-

ceased CASC/ACSS members was held during

the Convention, with 10 members‘ names read

from the Book of Remembrance. Many in our

association were in attendance, and since that

event others have expressed interest in the Liv-

ing Human Memories project.

This article is intended to invite those who are

interested to add their voices and become part

of this history-gathering endeavour. This is a

project to preserve your history and our history.

You know, better than anyone else, the part of

our history that you have lived. We need your

help in putting our history together.

We are interested in any histories that you may

have written: Maybe a history about your Re-

gion or about spiritual care in your institution

or community. We would like to put these par-

tial histories on the National Website so that

others can read what has happened in another

part of the country.

As well, we are attempting to interview mem-

bers of our Association who have memories of

the earlier days of SPE in Canada. To date we

have interviewed 14 of our pioneers and have

put those interviews into our archives as well as

retained copies in our National Office for future

reference. If you know of someone who could

add to our historical memory bank we would

like to have his or her name. Even better, we

could send you our interview outline and you

could do the interview for us.

Last but not least, if you are looking at the

Book of Remembrance on the National Website

and notice that someone has died and we do not

have their name listed please contact either

Margaret Clark

([email protected]) or

Douglas Wilson ([email protected]). We

would prefer to have several people alert us to a

death than to have you think someone else is

doing it and no one does it. We need your help.

Thanks for your interest in this initiative, and

we look forward to the further developments of

this project to share Living Human Memories

of our CASC/ACSS story.

Respectfully submitted,

Douglas Wilson,

Co-creator of the Living Human Memories Project

[email protected]

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CONFERENCE SUMMARY

Date: April 13-16, 2011

Location: Toronto, ON (Delta Chelsea Hotel, 33 Gerrard St. West, M5G 1Z4)

Theme: The Art & Science of Spiritual Care in Critical Times

Description of conference theme:

In keeping with the theme, The Art & Science of Spiritual Care in Critical Times, the

two keynote speakers, Dr. Benjamin Corn: ―Spiritual Oncology: The Quest for a Niche

in an Evidence Based World‖ and Dr. Erminia Guarneri: ―Spirituality in Healthcare:

Treating Body, Mind and Spirit‖, addressed intersecting themes of medicine, health and

spirituality. We were appreciative for their expertise and invitational addresses.

Since there were so many workshops submissions, the planning committee decided to co

-ordinate a pre-conference day-long workshop focusing on the theme of: ―End of Life‖.

Members from within CASC attended, along with a variety of disciplines from outside

the organization. In total, 84 people attended and the feedback, regarding the content,

was positive .

A big thank you to all who participated and gave willingly of their expertise to create the

high quality workshops offered during the conference. There was a wide range of topics,

generally experienced to be pertinent and offered with high quality.


Critical Times ; In these critical times, amidst global and local crises, a spiritual re-

sponse is essential. The vision, expertise and skill of Spiritual Care honours human

diversity, values relationships and is integral to healing and holistic care. Developing

the Art and Science of Spiritual Care requires interdisciplinary collaboration and lead-

ership from spiritual care professionals.

Spiritual Care; The spiritual aspect of human nature raises questions about ultimate

meaning and purpose. The contribution of the Spiritual Care Professional is to enhance

people‘s belief systems focusing on intangible elements that promote vitality, giving

meaning to life‘s events.

Art ; The Art of Spiritual Care brings resources such as creativity, intuition and mind-

fulness to serve in an intentional, caring relationship. This relationship evokes the dis-

covery of meaning and purpose. Its healing power is both transformative and transcen-

dent.

Science; Science offers a methodical inquiry into the influence and effectiveness of

spiritual care. The outcomes of research assist the integration of Spiritual Care into the

healing process which can be of influence - personally, institutionally, and in our

world.

John Vincent, Conference Co-Chair

Robert Hunt

Dr. Benjamin Corn

Derek Strachan/Dr. Mimi Guarneri

Photos on this page courtesy of T. Sedfawi

Summary of Toronto 2011 conference

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Here‘s how the membership in attendance rated the conference…

The overall conference was attended by 191 registrants with a breakdown of the num-

bers below:

No. of Registrants for Pre-Conference: 105

No. of Registrants for Main Conference: 191

No. of Registrants attending 1 day only: 34

No. of Cancellations: 12

No. of Attendees for Foundation Fundraiser Concert: 172

OVERALL EVALUATION = 4.33

Please rate the following:

Excellent Good Satisfactory Dissatisfactory Very Dissatis-

factory 5 4 3 2 1

1. Registration process 34 21 14 6 AVERAGE = 4.11 2. Keynote Speaker – Ben Corn 36 15 14 4 AVERAGE = 4.20 3. Keynote Speaker – Mimi Guarneri 31 25 10 4 AVERAGE = 4.19 4. CASC/AGM business sessions 29 33 6 1 AVERAGE = 4.30 5. Spiritual Practice sessions: opening

and closing rituals, labyrinth, work-shop reflections

18 28 21 1

AVERAGE = 3.93 6. Administrator Presentation 20 20 4 AVERAGE = 4.36 7. Concert Fundraiser 32 10 4 AVERAGE = 4.61 8. Conference Facilities 44 21 7 1 AVERAGE = 4.48 9. Organization of the conference 41 18 10 1 1 AVERAGE = 4.37 10. Helpfulness of conference volun-

teer staff 57 12 3

AVERAGE = 4.75

Michael Taylor, OCR Regional

Chair and Conference Co-Chair

with Lorraine Rooke, L‘Aiissq

President Photo courtesy of T. Sedfawi

The origin of attendee‘s province is identified as…

Fundraising for the CASC Foundation came into focus at the Toronto conference where

approximately $10,000 was raised through a book table, CASC Foundation walk and a

special fundraising musical evening gala. What a time was had by all! Of the approxi-

mately 75 people who completed the ―Overall Evaluation‖, about ½ indicated their con-

tinued financial support of the CASC Foundation. We look forward to expanding our

educational influence with students and members who need financial support for educa-

tion and research.

Regarding the timing of the conference, 10 people recommended that the Annual Con-

ference be held in the winter, 48 in the spring and 11 suggested early fall.

Total revenues were $103,507.04 and although the final financial statement is not yet

complete, it appears that we are close to break-even.

Respectfully submitted,

John Vincent, Co-chair Toronto Conference 2011 [email protected]



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CASC Atlantic invites you to attend the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care Conference 2012 in Sydney, Nova

Scotia. Please book the dates April 18 –21, 2012. Sydney is in the heart of Cape Breton Island, otherwise known as

―Nova Scotia’s Masterpiece.‖ Cape Breton Island has been named #1 best island to visit in continental United States

and Canada by Travel and Leisure Magazine; #3 of 7 international ―Paradises‖ by Fodor’s Online Travel Guide; #10

Island in the World by National Geographic Traveler Magazine. No visit to Cape Breton is complete without a trip

around the world famous Cabot Trail which is considered one of the top 10 cycling destinations in the world by Lonely

Planet; the best bicycling route in Canada by Bicycle Magazine and the Best Drive in Canada by Reader’s Digest.

Our theme is IMAGINE: Weaving Spirituality, Diversity and Reflection for a Healthy Workplace. Two keynote

speakers have been chosen carefully to reflect on this theme. Freeman Patterson, world renowned Photographer and

Theologian along with Catherine O‘Brien, PhD Cape Breton University expert in Sustainable Happiness will share

their wisdom helping us to weave meaning through spirituality, diversity and reflection in our workplaces.

Cape Bretoners are warm people who want to share their island with you! Come for the hospitality. Come for the en-

tertainment. Come for the fun and frolicking. Come for the nourishment of your soul. We already have the Men of

the Deeps confirmed for the Opening Program. There will be opportunity for excursions to the Fortress of Louisbourg

and the Alexander Graham Bell Museum. One of the highlights will be the Lobster Ceilidh where you will enjoy a

traditional feast of lobster and traditional Celtic Music.

Watch for more details on the CASC website. We send you a warm CAID MILE FAILTE—A hundred thousand

welcomes.

IMAGINE: W e a v i n g

Spirituality, Diversity & Reflection for a Healthy Workplace

Canadian Association for Spiritual Care, 2012 Conference

Spiritual /Pastoral Care Dept.

Cape Breton District Health

1482 George St

Sydney, Nova Scotia

B1P 4L9

Phone: 902-567-7743

Email:[email protected]

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Design of this issue by:

Kathy Greig

[email protected]

Your comments and feedback are welcome

Canadian Association for Spiritual Care

Association canadienne de soins spirituels 140 Bayview Drive

Hacketts Cove, Nova Scotia

Canada

B3Z 3J9

Phone: 1-866-442-2773

Fax: (902) 820-3087

Tony’s Email: [email protected]

Kathy’s Email: [email protected]

www.spiritualcare.ca

Future CASC/ACSS Conferences:

2012 Conference - Atlantic Region

2013 Conference - Ontario North East Region

2014 Conference - Manitoba and North West Ontario Region

2015 Conference - Ontario South West Region

2016 Conference - British Colombia Region

2017 Conference - Alberta and Saskatchewan Region

2018 Conference - Ontario Central Region

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