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The College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP) VA CPE training program in
Salt Lake VA Medical Center in Utah under the direction of Mark Allison was highlighted in the Friday, July 29, 2011 edition of of the Deseret News and the August 19, 2011 edition of the InterMountain Catholic.
During the recent graduation service held in the chapel there was the following story shared to highlight the human value of the clinical pastoral services that are provided by those participating in the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) training program in Utah:
"A letter arrived at the chaplain's office at the Veterans Affairs hospital addressed from Martin Wilson, a distressed veteran in the county jail on March 2010.Wayne Hull, then a new student of the Utah Clinical Pastoral Education program, answered the call and immediate made his way to the jail.
The prisoner wept when Hull arrived.
"You came," Wilson said as he wept.
Wilson is one of many troubled veterans aided by the recent graduates of the Clinical Pastoral Education program".
CPSP President, The Rev. Dr. Esteban Montilla, PhD, the keynote speaker underscored the pastoral ministry provided by the CPSP CPE graduates when he declared:
"...the biblical story of Lazarus and described the burial process during that time. When Lazarus came from his tomb, his bandages had to be removed by Christ's disciples. He explained that the job of a chaplain is loosing figurative bandages that restrain veterans. ..."
When Mark Allison, the Director of the program, was interviewed he cited some impressive statistics regarding the value of the CPSP accredited CPE training center:
"...Unlike the other 33 programs in the country, the CPE in Utah has saved the government more than $1 million over the past four years because their chaplains are volunteers. The trained chaplains out of the program have had approximately 40,000 ministry encounters with patients, which adds up to about 36,000 ministry hours "all at no cost to the government..."
Read the complete article by clicking here.
-Perry Miller, Editor
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Posted by Perry Miller, Editor at August 22, 2011 7:25 AM
