Clinical Pastoral Education Courses 2025 (400 Hours)

Program overview:

St Vincent’s Hospital is one of Sydney’s leading health care institutions with a long tradition in educating healthcare professionals including pastoral care practitioners
St Vincent’s recognises that spiritual care is an integral part of patients’ healing and well-being.  It has a dynamic pastoral care department that responds to the spiritual care needs of patients, their families and the staff.

Clinical Pastoral Education CPE) Centre, was established by Sr Margaret Lee in 1981.  The Centre offers Introductory, Basic, Advanced and Supervisory Education programs.

CPE program involves:

• Weeks in teaching sessions:
  18 weeks + 3 days extra (orientation, Mid- Term /End-Unit Evaluation). 5 hours a week.
  10 months for the Year Long Unit
• Group work: 90 hours scheduled, students must attend a minimum of 80 hours.
• Individual Supervision: 10 hours. Students must complete 10 hour of individual supervision
• Clinical Placement:  160 hours.  Learning from one’s experience of providing Pastoral Care to patients and their families (Minimum of 150 hours of clinical practice)
• Study and assignment: 140 hours
• Responding to the vulnerable and to people experiencing crisis.
• Working with a small group to develop one’s knowledge and skills
• Reflecting theologically and growing your understanding of the theology/philosophy that informs your praxis
• An opportunity to work alongside other members of the healing team

Semester 1: 
Dates:  Dates: 18 February to 10 June 2025
Tuesday – Class accept orientation, MUE & EUE  to be scheduled.
Placement: St Vincent’s Hospital Campus.

Semester 2:
Face to face
Dates:  22 July to 2 December 2025
Tuesday – Class accept orientation, MUE & EUE, to be scheduled.
Placement: St Vincent’s Hospital Campus.

Summer Intensive Unit (4 days/week)
From November 2025 – February 2026