People’s Catholic Seminary Forum Presents: Growing Together in Dialogue, Discernment and Decisions as the Synodal Church: Next Steps for Synod in 2024 Part 3: Weaving Bonds, Building Communities, March 12, 2024, 1pm-2pm

 

People’s Catholic Seminary Forum Presents: Growing Together in Dialogue, Discernment and Decisions as the Synodal Church: 

Next Steps for Synod in 2024 

Part 3: Weaving Bonds, Building Communities, March 12, 2024, 1pm-2pm 

Facilitators: Bridget Mary Meehan and Joan Pesce

Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84965259983?pwd=VFl1cWhjV2UvMGl1cWFyR05mU2xKQT09

Meeting ID: 849 6525 9983
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Welcome and Opening Prayer: Joan Pesce

Highlights from Synthesis Report in Part 3: Weaving Bonds, Building Communities

 Bridget Mary Meehan

Formation for a Synodal Church Includes: 

-theology, and “the exercise of co-responsibility, listening, and discernment; ecumenical and interreligious dialogue, service to the poorest and care for our common home.”

- “discernment processes, conversation in the Spirit, consensus- building and conflict resolution.” 

Matters for Consideration include 

-Sexual education that integrates a “more mature synthesis” between psychology and theology.

-the People of God in formation programs for ordained ministry.

Proposals include:

-Women in formation programs of ordained ministers.

-Adequate standards and processes for selecting candidates for ordained ministry

-Formation for ordained ministries rooted in life of Christian community.

-Exercise of authority appropriate in a synodal Church

Ecclesial Discernment and Open Questions:

-Dialogue incorporating science, theology, experience on issues related to sexuality and “bodiliness.”

-Issues on identity and sexuality, end of life, marital situations raise new questions and require further study.

-Theological reflection that starts with daily experience of God’s Holy People and places itself at its service.

Proposals include:

-Initiatives on controversial doctrinal, pastoral and ethical issues should “involve people directly affected by the matters under consideration.” 

Towards a Listening and Accompanying Church:

-The Church needs to listen victims and survivors of sexual abuse by clergy. 

-People excluded because of marriage status, identity or sexuality should be heard.

 

-Listening to the excluded enables the Church to understand the point of view of the marginalized and to place itself concretely at their side.

-Small Christian communities foster listening practices of, and amongst, the baptised. We are called to expand and adapt to urban contexts.

Mission in the Digital Environment: Matters for Consideration:

-Catholic educational institutions used online platforms during lockdowns and continue to do so.

-How can the Church” unleash new energies for new forms of mission?”

-Church should accompany “digital missionaries”, and facilitate networking amongst them.

-Create collaborative networks of influencers from other religions/beliefs to promote human dignity, justice, and care for our common home.

Structures of Participation-Matters for Consideration:

-All the baptized should be involved in processes and decision-making in the Church. 

-“We are encouraged by many small communities in the emerging Church, who live the closeness of the day-to-day around the Word of God and the Eucharist.”

Proposals:

-Recommend legislating for the obligatory nature of Pastoral Councils in Christian communities and local churches. 

-Given the variety of charismatic and ministerial gifts of the People of God, how do we integrate the tasks of advising, discerning, and deciding in the various participatory bodies?

Questions for Reflection: Joan Pesce

Time for Prayerful Dialogue and Discernment :

 Proposals for Decisions on Next Steps for Report to Vatican in preparation for Synod in 2024

Summary Report: Bridget Mary and Joan Pesce

PCS Forum on Pastoral Care, Chaplaincy, Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), Thursday, February 29, 2024 - 1pm EST

PCS Forum on Pastoral Care, Chaplaincy, Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), and more! 

https://youtu.be/kbljpoUtFng?si=KMRHZmjdiDxoQPOQ 

Presented by  Rev. Lily  Godsoe and Rev. John Jeffrey

Join us in Zoom at this link: 

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Pacific Institute of Essential Conversations invites you to engage in a panel discussion about Pastoral Care, Chaplaincy, Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), and more.  During this discussion, you will learn about:

• • Our unique, community-based approach to CPE
• • The nature of our adaptive, flexible, compassionate support approach
• • Our expertise in supporting creative ministries/non-traditional settings
• • Our informed multicultural, interfaith, interspiritual approach to clinical training
• • How just (1) unit of CPE could make you a more marketable spiritual care provider, especially in the field of hospice care and related fields 

Additionally, we will provide an overview of our Independent Study course offering with People’s Catholic Seminary:  Introduction to Pastoral Care, Parts 1 & 2.  

Presenters: 

John Jeffery, Th.D., M.Div., BCCC, Clinical Supervisor 

Director, Pacific Institute for Essential Conversations

For over 35 years, John Jeffery has been an Interfaith spiritual caregiver. He has worked in hospitals, trauma centers, hospices and palliative clinics and has accompanied hundreds of individuals and families through their dying journey and has served at the bedside of countless individuals in the midst of their trauma, uncertainty and despair. John began his journey as a Methodist minister and has served as a professional clinical chaplain, pastoral counselor, spiritual director and end of life care practitioner. He is a graduate of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, and is a Board Certified Clinical Chaplain & Pastoral Counselor. John is a former Director of Spiritual Care Services for Kaiser Permanente where he established the first accredited Clinical Pastoral Education programs in Kaiser Permanente. He holds a doctoral degree in Ecological Theology. 

For the past ten years John has been a clinical supervisor of chaplains, spiritual directors and pastor counselors and often provides training in end of life care for physicians, nurses, therapists and hospice staff. He is a graduate of the Metta Institute for End of Life Care, A Fellow with the Association for Death Education and Counseling and a Fellow in Palliative and Hospice Care. John has been a student of Zen for the past 25 years. John offers pastoral counseling and spiritual direction to individuals both locally and nationwide.

John is a fully credentialed CPE Supervisor with the Center for Spiritual Care and Pastoral Formation (CSCPF).

Susan Shannon, M. Div., BCCC, Clinical Supervisor

Susan Shannon is a seeker, teacher, earth and animal steward, devotee of the heart. She has worked in the fields of Emotional Literacy and Restorative Justice for over 20 years, incorporating over 45 years of Buddhist practice and study from the Tibetan tradition. She’s worked with diverse populations all her life including inmates, Tibetan refugees, the homeless, the differently-abled, at-risk youth, and most recently, Buddhist Chaplain to the men in San Quentin State Prison and Death Row. She currently teaches about spiritual care and chaplaincy through the Pacific Institute, as well as classes on Tibetan Buddhism through Sukhasiddhi Foundation, The Chaplaincy Institute of Interfaith Studies and various other Dharma Centers. Susan is the founder of the Buddhist Prison Ministry, providing correspondence classes to prison populations across the US. She resides in the San Juan Islands where she writes, provides spiritual coaching and cares for the sacred ground she shares with many sentient beings!  

Lily Godsoe, MTh, DTh, BCCC, Clinical Supervisor

Lily Godsoe received the call to ministry through her encounters at the bedside as a Zen Hospice Project volunteer and other spiritually-based outreach work.  She was ordained an Interfaith Minister with the Chaplaincy Institute in 2011. Since then, Lily has worked as a chaplain in a variety of clinical settings, including hospices, rehabilitation centers, and senior life-plan communities.  Since 2017, Lily has served as the President of CSCPF - The Center for Spiritual Care and Pastoral Formation, an International Community of spiritual care practitioners that educates chaplains and teaches CPE.  She achieved her MTh in Spiritual Direction and DTh in Clinical Pastoral Psychotherapy through the University of Theology and Spirituality. Lily began supervising Clinical Pastoral Education with CSCPF/Pacific Institute in 2023. She lives in Half Moon Bay, California, and shares her life with her husband, James and their dog, Tito.

PCS INDEPENDENT STUDY

PCS 604 Introduction to Pastoral Care (Part 1)

with Pacific Institute of Essential Conversations

This 12-week course introduces you to the basic elements of pastoral care.  You will explore and discern the use of both clinical and practical skills of a pastoral caregiver.  Topics such as deep listening, grief and loss, empathic distress, and much more will be explored.  At the end of this course, you will have an enhanced understanding of the field of pastoral care and some ideas about where, how, and with whom you can offer pastoral care.

PCS 605 Introduction to Pastoral Care (Part 2)

with Pacific Institute of Essential Conversations

This 12-week course builds upon the basics learned in Intro to Pastoral Care Part 1.  In this course, you will go deeper in the exploration of the foundations of pastoral caregiving.  This course will also provide a framework by which you can begin to further develop your individual pastoral caregiving ministry.  There will be a greater emphasis on applied pastoral care skills and possibilities for a supervised practicum and/or CPE unit.