President's Message
Annual General Meeting November 2023


At the ASACPEV Inc. Annual General Meeting on Friday 24 November we had the privilege of celebrating the significant contributions to CPE of our new Life Members Marlene Paver and David Dawes.  Detailed minutes of appreciation are attached.   We also celebrated David Glenister’s contributions, detailed in the attached minute of appreciation, and made him an Honorary Fellow.  We made Heather Somerville a Fellow and celebrated her contributions including her role as immediate Past President, her accreditation as a Clinical Pastoral Education Consultant, and the opening of the new St Vincent’s Community CPE Centre where she will be Centre Director with a great supervisory team.  A minute of appreciation for Heather is also attached.
 
Thank you electing me as President of our Association for the next two years.  I appreciate your trust and support and look forward to collaborating with our Exec team including continuing members, new Vice-President Andrew Somerville from the Epworth Community CPE Centre, and new Ordinary Members Claire Davies (Peter Mac), Louise Ross (Northeast Vic), and David Glenister (Royal Melbourne).  A big thank you to those who are continuing on Exec in the coming year and to those who have completed their terms, Anh Hoang, Shirley Nash, and Anne Wieczorek.
 
May this busy end-of-year time bring a sense of gratitude for a bountiful harvest grown from the seeds you have sown throughout the year.
 
Warm regards,
Lauren
President
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​ASACPEV Inc’s Mission

​ASACPEV Inc exists to educate and accredit both lay and ordained women and men for their excellence in pastoral practice. These goals are achieved by providing supervised pastoral education, professional support and recognition of its members.

​ASACPEV Inc’s Principles

1. Recognition of Supervised Pastoral Education (SPE) in all its diversity while always drawing inspiration from the Association's main form of SPE in Clinical Pastoral Education.
2. The continuity of education and learning through the cycle of action and reflection on the experience of pastoral practice and relationships.
3. Reverence for and recognition of the potential of the human person for transformation, while also recognising the reality of evil and human fallibility.
4. Rigorous professional standards and the application of these standards in the supervision and monitoring of pastoral practice.
5. Recognition of personal responsibility for the taking up on one's own life and ongoing growth.
6. Belief in the spirituality of each person and the fostering of personal freedom within the relationship between human beings and thier spirituality.
7. Recognition of :
   1. the importance of the Association's Christian origins and values
   2. the welcome of interfaith membership of the Association.
8. Furthering the integration of theological reflection in all spects of the life of the Association.

​ASACPEV Inc’s Vision

ASACPEV Inc will be renowned and sought out for its outstanding ecumenical supervisory practices, promoting both established and leading edge pastoral practice whether to individuals, communities or institutions.

Functions

• Establishment and oversight of ASACPEV Inc's Standards and Code of Ethics
• Registration of Clinical Pastoral Education Centres
• Accreditation and reaccredidation of supervisors

​ASACPEV Inc Committees

Executive Committee is responsible for decision making on behalf of the Association and reports to the Annual General Meeting.
Registration & Certification Committee is responsible for the processing of :

• the registration of Centres
• appointment of Centre Directors
• recommendation to the Executive of accreditation and reaccreditation of Supervisors
• review of Standards

Special Projects Committee is convened to undertake Special Projects as required by the Executive.
In 2003 ‘A Finger Pointing to the Moon’, a history of the Association for Supervised Pastoral Education in Australia 1967-2000 was published.
See History of ASACPEV Inc for details.

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