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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laws, you may note a number of outdated clauses.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
19
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
23
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 dkellough@sbgh.mb.ca
President’s Report continued from page 1
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CASC/ACSS Communiqué
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
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, buffy.harper@cdha.nshealth.ca
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
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Spring Issue 2011
Brian Walton, Dale Johnson Photo courtesy of T. Powell
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
Certificates Awarded at the Banquet in Toronto
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CASC/ACSS Communiqué
Patricia O‘Halloran, Buffy Harper, Gary
Myatt, Marc Doucet, Brian Walton
(Mary Dodge Bovaird at the podium)
Photo courtesy of T. Sedfawi
Elaine MacInnis, Brian Walton, Bob Bond
Photo courtesy of T. Sedfawi
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.
Certificates Awarded at the Banquet in Toronto
Treasurer’s Report from Harold King (my final report)
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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 hjking@mts.net
Treasurer’s Report continued from page 5
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CASC/ACSS Communiqué
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 hjking@mts.net
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 Darrell.shaule@sjhc.london.on.ca
Incoming Treasurer’s Report from Darrell Shaule
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
Air Travel $ 11,000.00
Ground transportation and parking 3,500.00
Hotel Accommodation 4,000.00
Meals 3,000.00
Conference calls 200.00
Core Curriculum - Projects 2,500.00
Stationery, Postage, Photocopies 100.00
Total Education Standards Commission $ 24,300.00
Approved Budget 2011-2012
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Professional Practice Commission
Air Travel $ 11,000.00
Ground transportation and parking 3,500.00
Hotel Accommodation 4,000.00
Meals 3,000.00
Conference calls 300.00
Regional Development 6,000.00
Projects 1,000.00
Stationery, Postage, Photocopies 300.00
Research Bursary 1,000.00
Advocacy Fund 2,000.00
Total Professional Practice Commission $ 32,100.00
Ethics Committee
Air Travel $ 5,000.00
Ground transportation and parking 1,000.00
Hotel Accommodation 2,000.00
Meals 1,500.00
Conference calls 200.00
Education 1,000.00
Stationery, Postage, Photocopies 100.00
Total Ethics Committee $ 10,800.00
Appeals Adjudicator
Travel Special Expenses $ 1,500.00
Conference calls 250.00
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
Approved Budget 2011-2012
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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)
Approved Budget 2011-2012
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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
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CASC/ACSS Communiqué
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 cindy.morneault@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
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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 office@spiritualcare.ca
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
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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 Marc.Doucet@uhn.on.ca
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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.
Respectfully submitted by,
Jan Temple-Jones
Chairperson, National Ethics Jan.TempleJones@rqhealth.ca
National Ethics Committee Report
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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
Respectfully submitted by,
Becky Vink, Chair,
Competencies Working Group Becky.Vink@interiorhealth.ca
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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. “
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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
Respectfully submitted by,
Doug Longstaffe,
Chair Advocacy Working Group
dlongstaffe@toh.on.ca
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
buffy.harper@cdha.nshealth.ca
L to R: Don Misener, Buffy Harper,
Marj Pettinger, Jack Tattrie, Tony Sed-
fawi, Cindy Morneault, Bonnie Misener
Photo courtesy of T. Sedfawi
Donovan Brown in his
rain gear! Photo courtesy of T. Sedfawi
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
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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.
Respectfully submitted by,
Donald Misener, Past President, Foundation misenerbd@sympatico.ca
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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
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Photo courtesy of T. Sedfawi
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
(margaret.clark@albertahealthservices.ca) or
Douglas Wilson (wilsondr@hotmail.com). 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
wilsondr@hotmail.com
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.
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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 John.Vincent@uhn.on.ca
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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:morrisons@cbdha.nshealth.ca
Spring Issue 2011
Design of this issue by:
Kathy Greig
kathy@spiritualcare.ca
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: office@spiritualcare.ca
Kathy’s Email: kathy@spiritualcare.ca
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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