Available programs and Dates:

Extended Unit: Meets for group learning one evening a week for 32 weeks, plus pastoral care experience in a clinical setting (hospital, nursing home, home care, hospice) for eight hours a week.
Group meeting day: Wednesday, 4:30pm-9:30pm
  2008-2009 – October 15, 2008-April 22, 2009
  2009-2010 – October 14, 2009-April 21, 2010

Summer Unit: Meets for group learning two days a week for 11 weeks, plus pastoral care experience in a clinical setting three days a week.
  2009: May 26 – August 6
  2010: May 25 – August 5

Residency - three units over 12 months. Meets for group learning two days a week and for pastoral care experience in a clinical setting three days a week. Six Stipend positions available, plus medical benefits, vacation and sick time.
  2009-2010 – September 9, 2009-August 31, 2010
  2010-2011 – September 14, 2010 – August 31, 2011

Weekend Program: Meets all day Saturday and half day on Sunday, every the third weekend, with pastoral care experience in a clinical setting one day (8 hours) each week.
2008 –2009 – beginning September 13-14, skipping week between Christmas and New Year, and ending April 18-19, 2009.

Contact:
Mrs. Maureen Brennan, Administrative Assistant or
Ms. Mary T. O'Neill, BCC, D.Min
Catholic Health Services of Long Island ,
Office of Pastoral Education and Chaplaincy
51 Terryville Rd.
Port Jefferson Station , NY 11776
Tel. 631 474 5881; FAX 631 331 0586
e-mail: maryt.oneill@chsli.org

Accreditation:
The CPE Program is accredited by the United States Conference of Catholics Bishops Commission on Certification and Accreditation, 3211 South Lake Drive, Suite #317, St. Francis, WI 53235-3702, Tel. 414 486 0139, and by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc ., 1549 Clairmont Road, Suite 103, Decatur, Georgia, 30033-4635, Tel.404 320 1472.