Meet the Director and Team — Clinical Pastoral Education at St. Vincent Medical Center
From the Program Director
The CPE Program at Mercy Health – St. Vincent Medical Center would like to extend a warm welcome to you as a potential CPE student and member of our spiritual care team. Thank you for your interest in CPE and in our training program.
Students who complete the program:
- Deepen their self-awareness, relational abilities and compassionate presence
- Learn to accompany people during times of anxiety, grief and loss
- Gain self-understanding about the formative experiences, core values and personal identities influencing their care
- Learn skills for relational attunement and group leadership
- Gain experience offering person-centered spiritual care for use in fields such as religious leadership, medicine, nonprofit work, organizational management and counseling
- Pursue work as a chaplain in hospital, hospice, prison, military or educational contexts
- Pursue board certification as a professional chaplain (requires four CPE units)
What makes our program stand out?
- Hospital mission to serve the poor, dying, and underserved
- Spirituality recognized by hospital ministry as an integral component of whole-person health
- Gain extensive Level I trauma experience
- Chaplains valued as part of hospital’s interdisciplinary team
- Function as part of larger Spiritual Care department
- Staff chaplains and spiritual care leaders act as learning partners during the CPE experience
- Opportunities to learn about and support advance care planning
- The possibility of clinical placements at other Mercy Health hospitals
If you would like to learn more about our CPE program, or if you are discerning whether CPE might be a good fit for you at this point in your life, please reach out for more information. We look forward to hearing from you.
Contact Us
Program Coordinator: Kim McClung
Email: kim_mcclung@mercy.com
Phone: 419-251-4650