As 2025 begins and we look forward to new opportunities the new year offers, we are pleased to confirm registration is open for spring 2025 OPCTP courses. Check out the brochure links below for program details including registration and payment information. Early bird registration for the basic course is available until February 28th. Register early to confirm your space!
This spring we again offer the Basic Training Course either in-person (Monday afternoons) or online by Zoom (Monday evenings). Both courses begin Monday, March 10, 2025 and run weekly until May 12, 2025 (including Easter Monday). Our Spring 2025 Basic Training Course brochure is available at https://ottawapastoralcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Spring-2025-Basic-Course-Brochure.pdf
We are also excited to present our next Continuing Education event on Tuesday April 8th from 7- 9pm by Zoom. In this session, Elspeth MacEwan, community psychiatrist and hospice volunteer, will lead a session called Sacred Conversations: 7000 Ways to Pray. The workshop will explore an approach focusing on compassion, empathy and journeying with patients as they search for meaning in their suffering. Join us as we focus on the process of healing through loss or transition, with a discussion of grief work in different cultures and a multi faith framework for prayer. The program brochure is available at https://ottawapastoralcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/S2025-Con-Ed-Brochure.pdf
We invite you to share this information in your bulletins and newsletters. Spaces are limited so take a few moments and register early. For more information about these and other programs, visit our website's home page at www.ottawapastoralcare.com
We take this opportunity to wish you all the best for this coming year and we look forward to having you join us this spring.
Josephine Hall
Administrator, Ottawa Pastoral Care Training Program
(613) 413-0384