Clinical Pastoral Information
Welcome to Saint Raphael’s Clinical Pastoral Education Residency program, a 12-month residency in which you earn four units of clinical pastoral education. The program year begins and ends in late August annually.
As a Catholic hospital, pastoral care is an integral part of the services we provide to patients and families of all denominations. One component of our pastoral care is providing training to theological students, ordained clergy, members of religious orders and qualified lay people.
This education is an interfaith professional opportunity that brings you into the lives of people in crisis, while providing you with supervision. This intensive involvement with peers and teachers helps you to develop a greater understanding of the needs of patients and their families. In the process of helping others, you will develop and improve your interpersonal and professional relationship skills. You will also learn how to conduct an effective ministry.
The hospital and ministry
Saint Raphael’s is a 511-bed academic health science center affiliated with Yale University School of Medicine. Our program offers pastoral care experience in the areas of cardiac surgery, cardiology, emergency medicine, general surgery, gerontology, HIV/AIDS, obstetrics, oncology, psychiatry and rehabilitation. We also minister to outpatients and in off-site clinical services.
Program work requirements
Residents are considered integral members of the Pastoral Care department and work a five-day week, including some 24-hour on-call days. (Ordinarily, there are four on-call experiences per month, including at least one Saturday and one Sunday.) Additionally, there are weekly education activities, including at least one hour of individual supervision, one didactic seminar, two pastoral care seminars, two covenant group sessions and one theological reflection or discussion seminar.
Prerequisites
In candidates, we look for an ability to form and learn from pastoral relationships. Residency applicants need to have completed at least the equivalent of a Bachelor’s degree. We usually prefer that applicants have one previous unit of clinical pastoral education. The application fee is $25 (non-refundable). Tuition is $125 per unit, due at the beginning of each unit.
Faculty
The Reverend Steven Voytovich, D. Min., is the Manager of the Clinical Pastoral Education Residency program. The faculty consists of members of our Pastoral Care department as well as specialists from inside and outside the hospital. (Specialists are experts on topics discussed at our didactic presentations. These topics can be medical, psychological or pastoral in content.)
Our program has an interfaith focus. The current members of our faculty are from various faith groups, including Catholic, Episcopalian, Jewish, United Church of Christ and Orthodox Christian. We also depend on the ministry of internal and external adjuncts representing many different faiths.
Compensation
Residents receive the following compensation package:
- A one-year stipend of $24,700;
- Full medical and dental benefits (some resident contribution is required; available from first day of residency);
- Eleven paid holidays and
- Ten paid vacation days.
Accreditations
Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE)
1549 Clairmont Road, Suite 103
Decatur, GA 30033-4611
(404) 320-1472
e-mail: [email protected]
United State Conference of Catholic Bishops:
Commission on Certification and Accreditation (USCCB:CCA)
3211 South Lake Drive, Suite #317
St. Francis, WI 53235-3702
(414) 486-0139
e-mail: [email protected]
How to apply
Send your application to:
The Reverend Steven A. Voytovich, D. Min.
Hospital of Saint Raphael Pastoral Care Department
125 Sherman Ave.
New Haven, CT 06511
(203) 789-3251 (fax)
[email protected]
More information
For more information, call The Rev. Steven A. Voytovich at (203) 789-3248.
Page last updated on Dec. 05, 2008