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| Executive/Excécutif President/Président Carrie Doehring, Ph.D. 718-294-1185 cdoehring@iliff.edu
Past-President/Ancien président President-elect/Président Treasurer/Trésorier Membership Coordinator/Coordinateur à l’inscription NewsLetter Editors/ |
1. Inaugural
Address by President Dr. Carrie Doehring The following is the inaugural address given by Dr. Carrie Doehring upon being installed the Sixth President of the Society for Pastoral Counselling Research. Il me fait grand plaisir d’accepter d’être votre présidente. Je pense que nous sommes dans une période merveilleuse pour faire de la recherche en counselling pastoral. Il y a un nouveau paradigme de counselling pastoral qui s’appelle le paradigme intercultural. Je crois que votre expérience multiculturelle au Canada vous aidera dans l‘utilisation du paradigme interculturel. This is an exciting time to be doing research on pastoral counselling. One of the new paradigms of pastoral care and counselling, is the intercultural paradigm. Emmanual Lartey, an African pastoral theologian who now teaches at Emory, in Atlanta, defines intercultural as follows: The term intercultural, in preference to cross-cultural or transcultural, is used to attempt to capture the complex nature of the interaction between people who have been influenced by different cultures, social contexts and origins, and who themselves are enigmatic composites of various strands of ethnicity, race, geography, culture and socioeconomic setting. Lartey 2003, 13 Lartey offers this paradigm of intercultural pastoral care in a "pluralistic, postmodern and postcolonial cultural world context" (Lartey 2003 13). I believe that Canadian pastoral counsellors and theologians are educated and trained in a context that sensitizes them to practicing within an intercultural paradigm. Canada has a long history of struggling with being a multicultural society. In the United States, even after the Civil Rights movement, many people do not acknowledge the realities of racism and the social privileges afforded by being identified as white, middle class, and heterosexual. In Canada, the political power of one’s social identity, especially one’s language, has long been recognized. In Canada citizens and landed immigrants can claim multiple identities: their identity as Canadian, French, English, First Nations. Pride in one’s ethic identity has been a feature of being a Canadian for a much longer history than in the United States. Another important aspect of Canadian politics that makes pastoral counsellors and theologians more adept at using an intercultural paradigm is the national recognition of the violence perpetrated in the name of colonialism. This country’s ongoing efforts to address the violence done to members of its First Nations makes Canadians sensitive to the effects of colonialism not only in this country, but throughout the world. All in all, the Society for Pastoral Counselling Research has a lot to offer in a postcolonial pluralistic world context. I am proud to be a member of this society, and to represent it as its president. Je suis fière d’être votre présidente. |
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Highlights from the 2006 SPCR Conference The thirteenth annual conference of the Society for Pastoral Counselling Research took place at the beautiful capital city of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, from May 4th to 6th, 2006. The setting was Saint Paul University, Ottawa. The conference theme was "The Helping Relationship." Dr. Gilles Fortin, Dean, Faculty of Human Sciences, warmly welcomed the participants and expressed his support for the interdisciplinary research provided by the members of the Society. The weekend at Saint Paul University began with a one-day pre-conference workshop led by Tricia Schöttler, Ph.D., of Saint Paul University, Ottawa. The workshop was entitled, "The Helping Relationship – Desiderata." Dr Schöttler led participants in considering how the person of the client can easily get lost when there is too much emphasis placed upon manualized treatments, managed care, and brief psychotherapy. Dr. Schöttler continued to explore this theme in the keynote address, entitled "The fate of the helping relationship in the age of manualized treatments, evidence-based practice, and time-limited psychotherapies." The pre-conference workshop and the keynote address placed everyone in the spirit to learn and to share. On Thursday evening, a book launch and reception celebrated the publication of Spirituality and health: Multidisciplinary explorations, edited by Augustine Meier, Thomas O’Connor and Peter VanKatwyk (Novalis, 2006). The volume comprises the papers presented at SPCR in Hamilton in 2001. With this volume, SPCR continues to make publishing conference proceedings a high priority, and in this way provides a forum for practitioners, researchers, and scholars to share research and clinical work. In addition to the keynote address, fifteen papers were presented at the conference. The papers covered a broad range of interesting and relevant topics including supervision (8 papers), mental imagery, family, integrated parish nursing model, and theological reflection. The presenters came from far and wide, including Sherbrooke, Gatineau, Ottawa, Hamilton, Waterloo, Kitchener, Sarnia, Wingham, Maryland and Denver (Colorado). You may read the abstracts of these papers by visiting our web page at: http://pastoralcounselling.ca/p_publica_e.html.On Friday evening, the participants were treated to a cocktail and to a sit-down delicious dinner served at the Saint Paul University Cafeteria. During the dinner, the research awards, prizes and grants were handed out. The Junior Career Research Award and HHSC Chaplaincy Research Prize were presented to Martin Rovers, Ph.D. Margaret Myers, Ph.D. and Bill Schwartz, M.T.S. (Cand) were presented the Dr. Kevin Smith Grant. The St. Joseph’s Grant was jointly awarded to Robert Hockley, Th.M., Adrienne Jones, M.Div., John Kim, M.Div., Jane Leslie, M.Th., and Jane Smith-Eivermark, D.Min. he business meeting also took place during the dinner. Towards the end of the dinner, Augustine Meier thanked Thomas O’Connor, the outgoing President, for his dedication to the Society and for his 3-year term as its President. It was noted how Thomas O’Connor put forth great effort to engage graduate students in the presentations of papers at the conferences. In this way, the Society is constantly being renewed at its roots. The participants liked the idea of having a sit down dinner at the end of the day and having the presentation of the awards and prizes at the dinner rather than at a luncheon as was the practice in the past. With the cocktail prior to dinner and the free time following dinner, there were great opportunities to discuss, converse, and network. The entire conference was organized with taste and with consideration for the participants. The Executive of the Society for Pastoral Counselling Research and the participants of the conference, wish to express their sincere thanks to Martin Rovers, Chair of the Local Planning Committee, and to his staff for their warm hospitality and the generous donation of their time in organizing and delivering the conference. You will find pictures of these events with captions at the end of the NewsLetter. |
3. Installation of Carrie Doehring
as President One of the significant events of the conference was the installation of Carrie Doehring, Ph.D., as the sixth President of the Society for Pastoral Counselling Research. The installation of Dr. Doehring, professor at Iliff School of Theology, Denver, Colorado, as President reflects the international character of the Society. Dr. Doehring’s Inaugural Address appears at the beginning of this NewsLetter. We are proud to have Dr. Doehring as President of the Society for the next two years. During the same meeting, Martin Rovers, Ph.D., was elected President-elect and Augustine Meier was elected to a new two-year term as Program Coordinator. Martin Rovers has accepted to act as Treasurer, Secretary and Membership Coordinator until these positions are permanently filled. 4. The SPCR 2007 Conference and Theme The 14th Annual Conference of the Society for Pastoral Counselling Research will be held at Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, Waterloo, Ontario, from May 10-12, 2007. The theme of the conference is Supervision. Two three-hour pre-conference workshops will be given on May 12. Colleen Laschmar, D.Min, Cambridge Ontario, will lead the morning workshop and Thomas O’Connor and Leslie O’Dell, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, will lead the after noon workshop. Dr. Laschmar will also open the conference by delivering the keynote address on Friday morning. For more information about the conference and Call for Paper Presentations, contact our web page at http://www.pastoralcounselling.ca.More information regarding the conference and workshop will be provided in the early part of 2007. Reserve these dates for the pre-conference workshop and the conference. If you wish to present a paper, consult our Web Page: http://pastoralcounselling.ca/c_confer_e.html5. Renewal of SPCR Membership It is time again to renew your membership to the Society. The membership period extends from January 1st to December 31st of a given year. The membership fee includes one copy of a SPCR book of your choice. Membership fees may be paid by cheque or by a Credit Card (VISA, Master Card, American Express). For more information about Membership and how to acquire a copy of the Membership Form visit our Web Page: http://pastoralcounselling.ca/a_member_e.htmlYour continued membership allows you to connect with your colleagues in the practice, research and teaching of pastoral counselling and health care and to help to shape the values and standards of these disciplines and professions. It gives you the opportunity to network and to meet with others and to share your research and to obtain up-to-date information regarding your discipline and profession. Being a member also gives you the opportunity to have a voice regarding the policies and procedures of the Society. The practical benefits of membership are: the right to nominate candidates for executive positions and for research awards; to vote on agenda items at the General Assembly; reduced conference fees; reduced pre-conference workshop fees; and a copy of the SPCR Directory. The revenue received from the Membership Fees is used for a variety of services including: to maintain the SPCR Web Page and the Electronic Mail List, purchase office supplies, subsidize the publications of papers presented at the conference, and print the Directory. Please take a moment to consider some of the benefits you receive in return for the support of your membership fees. Send your completed application Membership Form, choice of book and cheque or Credit Card information to: Martin Rovers, Ph.D.
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Publication of Conference Papers This is a brief update on the publication status of papers presented at the conference. The date on the left hand side represents the year of the conference at which the papers were presented. 2001: Spirituality and Health: Multi- disciplinary Explorations This volume edited by Meier, O’Connor and VanKatwyk, was published in December, 2005, by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, Ontario. 2004: Through Conflict to Reconciliation This book edited by Augustine Meier and Martin Rovers is expected to be published by Novalis this coming December, 2006. 2005: Ageing and Spirituality After going through a peer-review process, the papers from this conference have been published in an On-Line Journal, Counselling, Psychotherapy, and Health, Australia. To read the papers published in this journal go to: http://www.cphjournal.com/ 2006: The Helping Relationship The editorial process has not yet begun since there are still some outstanding papers. We still need to contact a publisher for this volume. For more information regarding the publications and how you can obtain copies of them, consult our Web Page at: http://pastoralcounselling.ca/p_books_e.html7. SPCR Web Page and E-Mail Addresses Our only forms of communication with you are through e-mail and the web page. If there are changes to your e-mail address or postal address, please inform Augustine Meier at ameier@ustpaul.ca. Also, if some of your friends or colleagues state that they are no longer receiving information or would like information about the Society, ask them to contact Augustine Meier who will respond to their request and see to it that their names are added to the mailing list. |
The Society is looking for a volunteer to translate material such as the NewsLetter from English to French. If you wish to volunteer to translate material, please contact Augustine Meier at ameier@ustpual.ca9. The SPCR Research Awards The SPCR Executive invites nominations for Research Awards to be presented at the May, 2007 SPCR Conference. Nominations can be made for any one of the four categories of awards: Dissertation, Junior Research Award, Senior Research Award, and Distinguished Career Research Award. Usually only two research awards are granted per year. For the eligibility criteria of these awards and for a copy of the Nomination Form, visit our web page at: Send your nominations to: Dr. Carrie Doehring, Chair 10. Research Prizes The Society invites donors who are willing to fund research prizes for a set number of years. If you are in a position to support the activities of the Society through a Research Prize, please contact Dr. Carrie Doehring, the President of the Society at cdoehring@iliff.edu or Thomas O’Connor at toconnor@wlu.ca. For a list of the recipients of the various Research Awards, Prizes, and Research Grants, visit our web page at: http://pastoralcounselling.ca/b_recip_e.htmlEditors: Augustine Meier & Micheline Boivin
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Photo1: Molisa Meier – making a sale |
Photo 2: Thomas O’Connor autographs his newly edited book. |
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Photo 3: Another autograph – by Augustine Meier, editor |
Photo 4: Dean Gilles Fortin welcomes the Participants to the SPCR Conference |
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Photo 5: Tricia Schöttler - Keynote Address on the fate of the helping relationship in the era of managed care |
Photo 6: Marsha Cutting on the helping relationship in supervision |
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Photo 7: Marie-Line Morin – values and mental imagery |
Photo 8: Martin Rovers on attachment in family therapy |
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Photo 9: Bill Schwartz on well functioning families |
Photo 10: Augustine Meier presents 1st part of study on working through a separation/individuation transference |
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Photo 11: Molisa Meier discusses the participant and research methodology of the study |
Photo 12: Micheline Boivin-Meier presents the model to assess change across therapy sessions |
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Photo 13: Kevin Gillespie presents a novel idea to supervise pastoral writing projects |
Photo 14: Shelley Briscoe-Dimock - working with transference and countertransference in therapy |
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Photo 15: Brad Morrison addresses topic of the pastorate as helping relationship |
Photo 16: Kristine Lund - the helping relationship as a context for learning |
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Photo 17: Carrie Doehring asks: where is God in the helping relationship? |
Photo 18: Nazila Isgandarova on the topic of the chaplain, the victim and ethnic violence |
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Photo 19: Thomas O’Connor introduces the ethno- graphic study on theological reflection |
Photo 20: Angel-Marie O’Connor – the artist |
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Photo 21: Elizabeth Meakes completes the presentation of the study on theological reflection in pastoral care |
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Photo 23: Margaret Myers presents a novel integrated parish nursing model |
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Photo 25: Augustine Meier expresses appreciation to Thomas O’Connor for his contributions as President |
Photo 26: Thomas O’Connor cherishes the souvenir book of Ottawa |
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Photo 27: Martin Rovers receives the Junior Career Research Award |
Photo 28: Michael Chow presents the Kevin Smith Research Grant to Margaret Myers and Bill Schwartz |
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Photo 29: Michael Chow presents the St. Joseph Grant to Robert Hockley, Adrienne Jones, John Kim and Jane Leslie |
Photo 30: Outgoing President Thomas O’Connor passes the Mantle to Carrie Doehring |
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Photo 31: Newly Elected President Carrie Doehring presents the Inaugural Address |
Photo 32: The New SPCR Executive: Augustine Meier, Carrie Doehring, Martin Rovers, Thomas O’Connor |
ARCHIVE 2005
Vol. XII, No.1, Spring, 2005 / Vol. XII, No.1, Printemps, 2005
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1. Message from the PresidentThomas St. James O’ConnorFall 2004 has been busy with the editors responding to the request of the three peer reviews of Spirituality and Health: Multi-Disciplinary Explorations to add two chapters to the book. Wilfrid Laurier University Press acting on the comments of the peer reviews has required us to add chapters on Muslim and aboriginal spiritual care. We have done that and made other editorial changes and the book is back at WLU Press. The goal now is publication in Fall 2005. This book is based on the papers presented at the SPCR Conference at McMaster in 2001. Elizabeth Meakes and myself went to the CAPPE conference in Halifax on February 9. We presented a workshop on Spirituality and Health and encouraged everyone to join SPCR. We are striving to increase SPCR membership. Our goal is within 2 years to have 100 members. We need your help! I hope that every member could bring a colleague, friend and/or student to SPCR Conference in May 2005 to the University of Assumption in Windsor. Last year at SPCR business meeting, we presented a motion at the business meeting to include the Journal of Pastoral Sciences as part of membership. Pastoral Sciences is willing to offer the Journal for $28.00. We decided to think about it for a year and so we need to come back to the motion. Gus and Martin have been working hard on editing the papers for the book on Conflict Resolution. This book will be published by Novalis hopefully by this Fall 2005! Wow two books in Fall 2005! Hoping to see all of you at SPCR in May in Windsor. |
1. Message du PrésidentThomas St. James O’ConnorLe processus de révision par les pairs du volume Spirituality and Health: Multi-Disciplinary Explorations a tenu les éditeurs occupés. Les presses de l’Université Wilfrid Laurier ont demandé l’ajout d’un chapitre spécifique à l’islam et un autre sur le soin spirituel chez les autochtones. Ces additions ont été apportées en même temps que d’autres modifications éditoriales. Le livre est de retour chez l’éditeur WLU. Le volume devrait maintenant sortir à l’Automne 2005. Ce collectif rassemble les communications données au congrès de la SRCP tenue en 2001 à McMaster. Je me suis rendu au congrès de l’ACPEP à Halifax le 9 mars en compagnie de Elizabeth Meakes. Nous y avons donné un atelier sur la Santé et spiritualité. Nous en avons profité pour inviter les membres de l’ACPEP à joindre la SRCP. Nous voulons ardemment nous rendre à 100 membres d’ici deux ans. Pour ce faire, votre aide est indispensable. Souhaitons que chaque membre puisse amener un-e collègue ou un-e ami-e à la conférence de mai 2005 (Université Assomption de Windsor). La dernière assemblée des membres avait proposé d’offrir la revue Sciences pastorales avec la carte de membre. Comme la direction de la revue nous demande 28$ par personne, nous avons décidé d’y repenser. Nous devrons revenir sur ce sujet à l’assemblée générale de mai prochain. Gus et Martin ont déployé bien des efforts dans le travail d’édition du volume portant sur la résolution de conflits. Ce livre sortira chez l’éditeur, Novalis, probablement à l’automne 2005. Cela fera deux livres publiés la même saison. Félicitations pour le bon travail. Nous espérons vous voir en grand nombre en mai à Windsor. |
2. The 2005 SPCR Conference
This year’s SPCR Conference will take place at 400 Huron Church Road, Assumption University, Windsor, Ontario. It is being graciously hosted by Norene Chevalier and Joseph Quinn. They have been assiduously working to make all of us feel comfortable and to enjoy the exchange of ideas and interactions with our colleagues.
The theme of this year’s conference is Ageing and Spiritual Care. A pre-conference copy of the 2005 SPCR Program and Workshop was e-mailed to each of you. The details of the workshop and conference are or will soon be posted on our Web Page under the heading, Conference. The abstracts of the presentations can also be found on the Web Page under the heading, Publication, Abstracts.
This year we will break with tradition by having two keynote addresses.
The first keynote address will be given by Pastor Lois D. Knutson on Friday morning, May 13. The topic of the address will be on ageing and spiritual care. Pastor Knutson, a Lutheran pastor, specializes in senior-adult ministry. She has worked as a pastor and as a hospital and nursing home chaplain. She has published a book, Understanding The Senior Adult: A Tool for Wholistic Ministry. Pastor Knutson is a frequent speaker at workshops, seminars, conferences and national conventions.
The second keynote address will be given by Dr. Randolph Bowers from the University of New England, Australia on the topic of “Holistic Applications of Counselling with the Elderly in Dialogue with Pastoral Care Concerns.” Dr. Bowers will present his Keynote Address on Saturday morning. Dr. is multi-talented being a researcher, mediator, performing artist, editor, and choir director. He has extensive publications on counselling and education.
A quick overview of the presentation titles and their abstracts suggests an exciting and rich conference. Details regarding the conference, registration and accommodation can be obtained from our web page:
http://www.pastoralcounselling.ca
3. The 2005 SPCR Pre-Conference Workshop
On May 12, 2005, Pastor Lois D. Knutson will offer a one-day pre-conference workshop on the topic of ageing and spiritual care. You are advised to register early for this pre-conference workshop. More information regarding registration and fees are available on the Society’s web page.
To register for both the conference and workshop, complete the form provided for in the program and mail it with your cheque to:
Martin Rovers, Ph.D.
Saint Paul University
223 Main Street, Ottawa, K1S 1C4.
4. Publication of Conference Papers
A demanding part of the SPCR Excecutive’s task is the editorial work in preparing the manuscripts (paper presentations) for publication. Since the last NewsLetter, the following have been or are in the process of being accomplished. The year before a title represents the date of the conference and paper presentations.
- 2001: Spirituality and Health: Multi- disciplinary Explorations (Publication in process, book)
- 2002: Pastoral Sciences, 22(1) (Theme: Religious Experiences, Health Care and Counselling)
- 2003: Pastoral Sciences, 23(2) (Theme: Images of God)
- 2004: Conflict Resolution and Mediation (Publication in process, book).
For more information regarding the earlier publications and how you can obtain copies of them, consult our Web Page, under Publications.
5. Renewal of SPCR Membership
It is membership renewal time again. You will find a copy of the Membership Form on our Web page under Membership. To download the form, darken it and then print it. You will also have an opportunity to renew your membership at the conference. Forms will be available for this. The membership period extends from January 1st to December 31st of a given year.
As has been indicated before, the revenue received from the Membership Fees is used for a variety of services including: maintain the SPCR Web Page, purchase office supplies, maintain the electronic mail list, and print the Directory.
The benefits of membership are: the right to nominate candidates for executive positions and for research awards, and to vote on agenda items at the General Assembly; reduced conference fees; reduced pre-conference workshop fees; and a copy of the SPCR Directory.
If you choose to renew your membership by mail, send the completed form to:
Elizabeth Meakes
Membership Chairperson
107 Borden Avenue
Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 3J2.
6. SPCR Web Page and E-Mail Addresses
If you happened to open our web page during the past month, you will notice that our home page has changed. We secured the services of a professional web master to design the new page. We express our thanks to Richard Proulx for the colorful and practically designed page. We trust that you will like it too.
We have completed about 50 percent of the translation from English to French. We will continue with this project until it is completed. If you are able and willing to help us out by translating a page or so, please contact me using my e-mail address.
We wish to express our appreciation to Rev. Jack McCann, O.M.I. for launching us onto the air waves. He graciously and gratuitously designed our first web page. To express our appreciation to Jack, yours truly treated him to a feast of seafood at the Red Lobsters and presented him with a token appreciation of his contribution to the Society.
Our sole form of communication is through the use of the e-mail and the web page. If there are changes to your e-mail address or postal address, please inform Augustine Meier at ameier@ustpaul.ca. Also, if some of your friends or colleagues state that they are no longer receiving information about the Society, perhaps it is due to their e-mail no longer being valid. If this be the case, ask them to send their new e-mail address.
8. The SPCR Research Awards and Prizes
Chaired by Thomas O’Connor, the Awards Committee, decided to present two recognition research awards at this year’s annual conference, namely, the Dissertation Award and the Junior Career Research Award.
The Dissertation Award will be presented to Timothy William Dobbin, DMin. Dr. Dobbin graduated from Wilfried Laurier University in 2004. The topic of his thesis was: A Qualitative Study of Perpetual Parenthood from a Pastoral Care and Counselling Perpsective. The recipient of the Junior Career Research Award is Paul Rennick, Ph.D. Dr. Rennick, a graudate from Loyola College, Baltimore, has carried on active research in the areas of theology and counselling and on social issues. Dr. Rennick is also the founding Director of the Saint Basil Institute of Counselling and Mental Health Education at Assumption University, Windsor, Ontario.
The HHSC Chaplaincy Research Prize will be awarded to Dr. Paul Rennick, and the John Wells Research Prize will be awarded to Dr. Timothy Dobbin.
The St. Joseph’s Research Grant and The Dr. Kevin Smith Research Grant will be awarded as well. The names of these awards will be printed in the SPCR Programme. The awards and prizes will be presented on Friday. Join us to celebrate this event.
The donors of the HHSC Chaplaincy Research Prize and the John Wells Research Prize have completed their five-year commitment to SPCR to fund the recipient of one of the Research Awards. The Society wishes to express their gratitude to the donors for supporting the activities of the Society through their generous offerings.
The Society invites donors who are willing to fund research prizes for a set number of years. If you are in a position to support the activities of the Society through a Research Prize, please contact Dr. Thomas O’Connor, the President of the Society.
For a list of the recipients of the various Research Awards, Research Prizes, and Research Grants, go to the Web page under Research, Recipients.
2. Congrès 2005 et atelier de la SRCP
Le congrès de la SRCP aura lieu cette année au 400 Chemin Huron Church, Université Assomption, Windsor, Ontario. Norene Chevalier et Joe Quinn sont les hôtes du congrès. Ils ont travaillé de manière assidue pour nous faire sentir bien afin que nous n’ayons qu’à nous réjouir de l’échange d’idées et des interactions avec les collègues.
Le thème du congrès porte sur le vieillissement et le soin spirituel. Une copie de l’horaire du congrès vous a été envoyée par courriel. Les détails concernant l’atelier et les conférences seront bientôt affichés sur notre site Web sous la rubrique Congrès (Conference). Les résumés des présentations peuvent également être trouvés dans notre page sous les rubriques Publications (Publication) et Résumés (Abstracts).
Cette année contrairement à la tradition, nous aurons deux allocations principales au lieu d’une seule.
La pasteure Lois Knutson présentera la première allocution principale le 13 mai au matin. Elle nous entretiendra du soin pastoral et de vieillissement. De tradition luthérienne, la pasteure Knutson se spécialise dans le ministère auprès des adultes et des aîné-es. Elle a œuvré comme pasteure et aumônière en milieu hospitalier et maison de retraité-es. Elle a publié Understanding the Senior Adult: A Tool for Wholistic Ministry. La pasteure Knutson est fréquemment engagée dans des ateliers, des séminaires et des congrès nationaux.
La seconde allocution principale sera donnée par le Dr. Randolph Bowers de l’Université de la Nouvelle Angleterre, Australie. Son sujet est : Applications holistiques du counseling auprès des aîné-es en dialogue avec les préoccupations du soin pastoral. Le Dr. Bowers donnera son allocution le samedi 14 mai au matin. Il dispose de plusieurs cordes à son arc : chercheur, médiateur, artiste de la scène, éditeur, et directeur de chorale. Il a également de nombreuses publications en counseling et en éducation.
Un survol rapide des titres de communications et de leurs résumés annonce un congrès riche et varié. Les détails du congrès, de l’inscription et du logement sont disponibles sur notre page Web :
http://www.pastoralcounselling.ca
3. Atelier pré-congrès 2005
Le 12 mai 2005, la pasteure de tradition luthérienne Lois D. Knutson offrira un atelier d’une journée portant sur le soin pastoral et le vieillissement. Je vous suggère de vous inscrire tôt pour cet atelier. Les renseignements concernant les frais de participation et l’enregistrement se trouvent sur la page Web de la Société.
Vous devez remplir le formulaire inscrit dans le programme afin de vous inscrire au congrès et à l’atelier. Postez la demande avec votre chèque à :
Martin Rovers, Ph.D.
Université Saint-Paul
223, rue Main, Ottawa, On, K1S 1C4
4. Publication des actes des congrès
Une part importante du travail de l’exécutif concerne le travail éditorial dans la préparation des manuscrits pour publication. Depuis la publication du dernier Bulletin de Nouvelles, le travail suivant a été accompli. L’année au début de la colonne concerne l’année du Congrès et de la présentation de la communication.
- 2001: Spirituality and Health: Multi-disciplinary Explorations (livre en cours de publication)
- 2002 : Sciences pastorales, 22 (1) (Thème : Expérience religieuses, soins de santé et counseling)
- 2003 : Sciences pastorales, 23 (2) (Thème: Les images de Dieu)
- 2004 : Conflict Resolution and Mediation (Livre en cours de publication)
Si vous désirez obtenir plus de détails concernant nos publications ou pour vous les procurer, consultez notre page Web sous la rubrique : Publications.
5. Renouvellement de votre adhésion à la SRCP
Une fois de plus, il est temps de renouveler votre cotisation. Vous trouverez un formulaire d’inscription dans la page Web sous Tableau de membres (Membership). Vous n’avez qu’à la sélectionner en la noircissant et à l’imprimer. Vous pourrez également le faire lors du congrès. L’adhésion est valide du 1er janvier au 31 décembre d’une même année.
Les revenus provenant des cotisations servent à une variété de services incluant : maintenir la page Web, procurer les fournitures de bureau, maintenir la liste courriel et imprimer le directoire des membres.
Les membres bénéficient de : le droit de nommer des candidat-es pour les fonctions exécutives et pour les lauréats de la recherche, le droit de vote à l’assemblée générale, frais réduits pour la participation au congrès et à l’atelier pré-congrès et une copie du directoire des membres.
Vous pouvez renouveler votre adhésion par la poste en la faisant parvenir à :
Elizabeth Meakes
Responsable de l’adhésion
107, avenue Borden
Kitchener, (ON), N2H 3J2
6. Page Web de la SRCP et courriel
Si vous avez consulté notre page Web dernièrement, vous avez du vous rendre compte des changement survenus récemment. Nous avons demandé l’aide d’un webmestre professionnel. Nous remercions chaleureusement Richard Proulx pour la page attrayante et pratique qu’il a conçue. Nous croyons que vous saurez l’apprécier.
Environ la moitié du site est maintenant bilingue. Nous allons poursuivre ce projet jusqu’à ce qu’il soit complété. Si vous êtes disponible et si vous pouvez nous aider dans la traduction d’une page ou de l’autre, s’il-vous plaît, contactez moi par courriel.
Nous tenons à remercier le révérend Jack McCann o.m.i. de nous avoir lancé sur le Web. Il a généreusement et gratuitement conçu notre première page Web. En guise de remerciements, nous avons invité Jack à une bonne traite de fruits de mer chez Red Lobster. Nous lui avons remis un souvenir en guise de témoignage d’appréciation pour sa contribution à la Société.
Étant donné que toutes nos communications se font par la page Web et par courriel, vous êtes priés d’aviser Augustine Meier de tout changement à votre adresse postale ou de courriel à : ameier@ustpaul.ca. Si l’un-e ou l’autre de vos collègues a cessé de recevoir nos envois, il se peut que leur adresse courriel ait changé et que la Société n’en ait pas été avisée. Vous pouvez leur suggérer de nous contacter par courriel pour vérifier avec nous si c’est le cas.
8. SRCP : Lauréat-es et prix de la recherche
Présidé par Thomas O’Connor, le comité des lauréats, a décidé de reconnaître deux lauréats de la recherche au congrès annuel de la Société. Il s’agit des lauréats de la dissertation et de celui de la carrière de recherche junior.
Le lauréat de la dissertation sera remis à Timothy William Dobbin qui a gradué de l’Université Wilfrid Laurier en 2004. Le sujet de sa thèse était : Étude qualitative du parentage perpétuel du point de vue du soin et du counseling pastoraux. Pour sa part, Paul Rennick Ph.D. gradué du College universitaire Loyola de Baltimore recevra le lauréat de la jeune carrière de recherche. Sa recherche a été active dans les champs de la théologie, du counseling pastoral et des enjeux sociaux. Il est également le Directeur fondateur de l’Institut St-Basile d’éducation en counseling et en santé mentale à l’Université Assomption de Windsor en Ontario.
En parallèle, le prix de la recherche de l’aumônerie du HHSC ira au Dr. Paul Rennick et le prix John Wells au Dr. Timothy Dobbin.
L’Allocation St. Joseph et l’Octroi de recherche Dr. Kevin Smith seront remis également. Le nom des récipiendaires sera inscrit à l’intérieur du programme de la conférence. Ces lauréats et distinctions seront remis le vendredi. Fêtons ensemble cet évènement !
Les donateurs du prix de la recherche de l’aumônerie du HHSC et du prix John Wells ont achevé leur engagements de subventionner pendant cinq ans l’un-e ou l’autre des récipiendaires des lauréats de la Recherche. La Société tient à exprimer sa gratitude envers les donateurs pour leur support aux activités de la SRCP par leur générosité soutenue.
La Société invite les personnes ou groupes qui veulent souscrire au financement d’un prix de la recherche pour un nombre d’années déterminées à se manifester. Si vous pouvez le faire, veuillez contacter le prédisent de la SRCP, le Dr. Thomas O’Connor.
La liste des récipiendaires des lauréats, prix et octrois de recherche est disponible sur la page Web de la Société sous « Recherche–récipiendaires/Research–Recipients ».