August 7. CPE Full Unit Extended started on this date, with three separate groups.

August 30. We will be hosting a CPSP-Philippines gathering of Diplomates for evaluating standards and other matters relating to the organization.

August 15. This is the start of the 1st semester at Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary. Three courses being taught that relate to Pastoral Care & Counseling include:

—PC 5. Counseling Theories and Techniques (Taught by Mr. Fritz Melodi)

—PC 2. Christian Spirituality (Taught by Mr. Fritz Melodi)

—PC 6. Theology of Pastoral Counseling (Taught by Dr. Bethel Bumanglag-Webb)

September 4. Two more CPE groups will be staring on this date. They will be Intensive, with both full unit and half unit trainees.

We also want to congratulate Dr. Victor Navarro, a colleague with CPSP-Philippines, who has recently published a book, The Fundamentals of Chaplaincy. We look forward to getting a copy for our center soon. Copies are available by contacting the author at vicnavcpe@gmail.com

Presently Half Unit CPE Intensive is ongoing. CPO partnering with Golden Nightingales is just starting. Beyond that here are some other things we are doing this month. Most of these are by request (so they are not really open to the public). If you have questions or requests go to our Contact Us page, or email us at bukallife@gmail.com.

July 2. Online webinar on Servant Leadership

July 4 and 5. Ministers Debriefing and Counseling in Manila.

July 9. Abuse seminar, support group, Baguio City.

July 15. Supervisor Meeting

July 19. Missionary Member Care Webinar

August. End of Half Unit Intensive and start of Full Unit Extended.

Ongoing: Regular ministry work partnering with KABSAT at Baguio General Hospital, and Chaplaincy duties at Saint Louis University Hospital.

June 15, 2023 we had our Summer Intensive CPE Commissioning Service. Chaplains Crista, Maricel, and Bhab supervised 9 trainees, as SITs, from 5 different countries. Chaplain Vo supervised the SITs. Ptr. Mike Dizon, who has completed 3 units of CPE at Bukal. gave the motivational talk, and Chaplain Celia gave the Commissioning prayer.

Earlier that week, June 12, Chaplain Renato and Dr. Joy Eustaquio visited us at m.n. nChaplain Renato is an SIT from Bukal who established his own chaplaincy center at Dr. Yanga’s Hospital in Because, Bulacan. The brought 3 if their chaplain trainees with them.

We are having three to four groups of Clinical Pastoral Training coming this August.

#1. CPO (Clinical Pastoral Orientation). This is a 100 hour total course involving 15 weeks over 17 calendar weeks. It is designed to give foundational training in clinical pastoral training, to fit into a semestral college course. It will start the week of August 15. The course will probably be done as blended (face-to-face and online). This course can be taken as a credited course with Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary (“CPE-0”). Group meets twice a week for about 1.5 hours each time. Contact us at bukallife@gmail.com or go to www.pbts.net.ph for more information.

#2. CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) Intensive Full Unit. This is a 400 hour course covering approximately 11-12 weeks. It is starting on the week of August 15 or thereabouts.

#3. CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) Extended Full Unit. This is a 400 hour course, but extended over a longer period of time… commonly 16-20 weeks. Exact length of time will determined by the group. It will likely start the same time as the others (around the week of August 15).

#4. CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) Half Unit. This is a 200 hour course equal to 1/2 of a full unit. This one is proposed but will be waiting on interest. It may be done as intensive (6 weeks) or extended (11-12 weeks) depending on the needs of the group. It will also probably start around the week of August 15.

All courses are certified by CPSP-Philippines (www.cpspphilippines.com)

Again, if you have questions, you can email us at bukallife@gmail.com, or go to our contact page by Clicking Here.

If you want to download and fill out an application for CPE or CPO, You can CLICK HERE. Then it to bukallife@gmail.com.

Calendar Updates:

—June 5. Expected Start of Half-Unit Intensive CPE. Six weeks total time.

—June 10. Webinar series on Servant Leadership continues

—June 15. Commissioning for CPE Summer Intensive. To be held at PBTS.

—August 15 (approx.). Beginning of CPE Extended Full Unit.

—August 15 (approx.). Possible start of CPO (Clinical Pastoral Orientation)

Other Updates:

—Our landline number continued to cause problems so we let it go. Our cellphone still works. However, for most situations, it is better to use one of the following:

a. Message us from our FaceBook Bukal Life Care Page.

b. Use the Contact Form from our website (www.bukallifecare.org)

c. Email us at bukallife@gmail.com

—Online CPE. Dr. Lyn Montecastro just completed supervising a CPE last month and is looking to start an online CPE group. Contact us (see the note above) if you have questions.

—CPSP-Philippines Plenary gathering. Hoping we will be hosting this event in October. Hopefully we will have more information next month.

We have recently expanded our chaplaincy work at Baguio General Hospital (BGH), in partnership with KABSAT, and are just starting regular chaplaincy duties at Saint Louis University Sacred Heart Medical Center (SLU Hospital). Supervisor Vo is overseeing this work in conjunction with our three Supervisors-in-Training..

Supervisor Celia and Doc Bob just got back from Palawan celebrating commissioning of Supervisor Lyn’s CPE group. Yesterday, they did their first webinar on Servant Leadership with their CPO training group. These will continue monthly for the next few months.

Moving into June, here are a few things to look forward to:

JUNE 15. Commissioning of our trainees for Summer Intensive CPE. It is planned to be at 10am with Ptr. Mike Dizon (a CPE alumnus) to provide the inspirational address.

LATE JUNE. Tentatively, we hope to have a Half Unit Intensive CPE held supervised by Supervisor Vo.

MID-AUGUST. We plan to have our next CPE batch starting at that time. It is not certain yet if it will be Intensive or Extended. This will be run by our CPE SITs, with oversight of Supervisor Vo or Supervisor Celia (or both).

MID-AUGUST. We are planning to hold Clinical Pastoral Orientation (CPO) in partnership with Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary (PBTS) and led by Supervisor Celia.

As always, we are flexible and open to new opportunities and change. Feel free to contact us at bukallife@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Reviewing our website, we realized that a couple of pages had not been updated IN YEARS!!

So they have been updated and you are welcome to check them out.

#1. Staff and Board of Trustees: https://bukallifecare.org/about/staffteam/

#2. CPE Cost and Schedule: https://bukallifecare.org/cpe/cpe-cost-and-schedule/

Realized suddenly that we have not updated our brochure in about five years. We did not make major changes— just replaced the things that are no longer true, with things that are.