We traveled to Los Banos, Laguna to work with a group of officers of The Salvation Army–Philippines. This is the fourth major activity where Bukal Life Care was invited to participated in leading some exercises and holding counseling. It was a great time working with this dedicated group of leaders.
The 2024 edition of the Philippine Journal of Religious Studies was just released today (August 16, 2024). Several of the articles explore the challenge of pain and suffering in those following Christ. If interested, the journal is freely available for download. It is available by going to:
Busy times ahead. Two Extended CPE groups start in a couple of weeks. Two Intensive CPE groups start in September. We also have training/counseling trips occurring in Laguna (August 21-23) and Quirino (Sept 3-6).
If you have any questions or want to set up an appointment, please email us at bukallife@gmail.com.
July 31, 2024, Bukal Life Care hosted a CPSP-Philippines certification board. We would like to congratulate Dr. Jun Vestidas and Ms. Jezza Pingo for passing their respective boards. The board is for a dual certification:
-Board Certified Pastoral Counselor (BCPC)
-Board Certified Clinical Chaplain (BCCC)
The members of the certifying board were Diplomates Paul Tabon, Celia Munson, and Vic Navarro (who joined online). Also participating was Diplomate Vo Canoy, who served as their endorser.
Both Chaplain Jun and Chaplain Jezza have been invited to join our Supervisor-in-Training (SIT) program and will soon be supervising CPE groups at Bukal. Upon completion of the SIT program, the two of them may seek a certification board for Diplomate In Pastoral Supervision.
The certification is with CPSP-Philippines and is recognized by our partner and parent CPSP in the United States.
We are excited for them as well as Bukal Life Care.
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