The Sisters of Mercy Clinical Pastoral Education at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Chaplaincy is the desire to be of unconditional service to others in addressing their spiritual, emotional, and mental concerns at their time of greatest need. As a chaplain you will listen compassionately and guide empathically. The CPE program at St. Joseph places an extreme focus on and a resolute commitment to our approach to holistic care. Our doctors and clinical teams treat the disease, injury, or illness. But surgical procedures, therapies, and medications alone are not a complete - holistic - solution. Medical teams treat the patient. Chaplains treat the person. Our chaplains provide spiritual care, guidance, and support to our patients, their families, and our own staff members regardless of their faith or beliefs. Chaplaincy is not a job. It is truly a calling. If you are called to serve, your ministry starts here..
Chaplaincy is the desire to be of unconditional service to others in addressing their spiritual, emotional, and mental concerns at their time of greatest need. As a chaplain you will listen compassionately and guide empathically. The CPE program at St. Joseph places an extreme focus on and a resolute commitment to our approach to holistic care. Our doctors and clinical teams treat the disease, injury, or illness. But surgical procedures, therapies, and medications alone are not a complete - holistic - solution. Medical teams treat the patient. Chaplains treat the person. Our chaplains provide spiritual care, guidance, and support to our patients, their families, and our own staff members regardless of their faith or beliefs. Chaplaincy is not a job. It is truly a calling. If you are called to serve, your ministry starts here..
Chaplain Board Certification:
❖ Undergraduate education: bachelor's degree from a CHEA accredited institution
❖ Graduate education: Qualifying master's degree from a CHEA accredited institution
❖ Faith group endorsement or recognition
❖ Clinical Pastoral Education: 4 units for Board Certified Chaplain (BCC)
❖ Work experience: 2,000 hours of work or volunteer chaplain experience after CPE
❖ Professional competence (demonstrated through written materials and chaplain certification interview)
Your CPE experience is vital to your achieving board certification, your success as a chaplain, and it will continue to influence your ability to best serve those in your care.
❖ Undergraduate education: bachelor's degree from a CHEA accredited institution
❖ Graduate Education: CHEA accredited Master of Divinity (or equivalent education as defined by the applicant's community) completed or in progress
❖ 2-page ACPE application form and all required essays
❖ Copies of educator's final CPE evaluations and final self-evaluations for all CPE units completed in the past (if applicable)
❖ Copy of a clinical case study (for those applicants who completed one or more CPE units in the past)
❖ Non-refundable $50.00 application fee
❖ CPE admissions interview
❖ Undergraduate education: bachelor's degree from a CHEA accredited institution
❖ Graduate education: Qualifying master's degree from a CHEA accredited institution
❖ Faith group endorsement or recognition
❖ Clinical Pastoral Education: 4 units for Board Certified Chaplain (BCC)
❖ Work experience: 2,000 hours of work or volunteer chaplain experience after CPE
❖ Professional competence (demonstrated through written materials and chaplain certification interview)
Your CPE experience is vital to your achieving board certification, your success as a chaplain, and it will continue to influence your ability to best serve those in your care.
Why Choose the CPE Program at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center?
While a relatively new program, initiated in 2016 and fully accredited in 2020, our CPE program has developed a great reputation in the Pastoral Care community and has delivered pretty impressive results.Here are some of our relevant highlights to consider when considering your choices:
❖ Fully accredited by ACPE - the standard for providing quality CPE programs for spiritual care professionals
❖ Access to over 25 experienced chaplain mentors for clinical and practical support and board certification preparation
❖ CommonSpirit and Dignity Health network creates significant scope of opportunity in the Phoenix metro and across the country
❖ St. Joseph’s is a Catholic teaching hospital, but our education is fully ecumenical and serving all faiths and beliefs
❖ Your clinical work will be done in the hospital, but your education will prepare you for chaplaincy in numerous other settings:
➢ Other healthcare environments
➢ Corrections
➢ Military
➢ Education
➢ Social Work
➢ Churches/religious organizations and other like ministries
❖ In-house/on staff category experts across numerous disciplines deliver engaging, relevant didactics as core component of practical curriculum
❖ Live, remote, and hybrid attendance can be accommodated for all students
❖ XX students completing for units of CPE
❖ XX students receiving board certification
❖ XX of students with full time chaplaincy jobs
Osvaldo Tanon Maysonet, M. DIV., ACPE-CE
Osvaldo is the Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) and the PRN Chaplain Manager in the Spiritual Care Department at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center. Osvaldo is dedicated to expanding St. Joseph’s newly fully accredited ACPE program and fostering a training environment that empowers and inspires individuals seeking to grow their ministries, and those who want to pursue careers as healthcare chaplains. Upcoming developments include adding a twelve month residency program and Certified Educator Candidate (CEC) component for those who wish to become CPE Educators. The ultimate goal is to become the leading ACPE program not just in the CommonSpirit network, but nationwide. Osvaldo came to CommonSpirit with more than 18 years of experience managing CPE programs and providing leadership to chaplain teams in various locations. His approach to CPE is based upon existential and relational theories. Additionally, as a native of Puerto Rico, Osvaldo brings a rich, multi-cultural perspective to his professional practice through a collaborative leadership style. Osvaldo’s 20+ years as a chaplain (Lieutenant Colonel) in the U.S. Army Reserves informs his organizational, managerial, and team building skills and approach. Osvaldo earned his Bachelor of Arts in Religion and Theology from Antillean University and his Master of Divinity from Andrews University. He continued his training and education by completing his CPE internship at Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon, Georgia, and two CPE residencies at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He later completed the certification process at the HealthCare Chaplaincy, Inc. in New York City to become a Certified Educator through the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE).
Osvaldo Tanon Maysonet, M. DIV., ACPE-CE
Osvaldo is the Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) and the PRN Chaplain Manager in the Spiritual Care Department at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center. Osvaldo is dedicated to expanding St. Joseph’s newly fully accredited ACPE program and fostering a training environment that empowers and inspires individuals seeking to grow their ministries, and those who want to pursue careers as healthcare chaplains. Upcoming developments include adding a twelve month residency program and Certified Educator Candidate (CEC) component for those who wish to become CPE Educators. The ultimate goal is to become the leading ACPE program not just in the CommonSpirit network, but nationwide. Osvaldo came to CommonSpirit with more than 18 years of experience managing CPE programs and providing leadership to chaplain teams in various locations. His approach to CPE is based upon existential and relational theories. Additionally, as a native of Puerto Rico, Osvaldo brings a rich, multi-cultural perspective to his professional practice through a collaborative leadership style. Osvaldo’s 20+ years as a chaplain (Lieutenant Colonel) in the U.S. Army Reserves informs his organizational, managerial, and team building skills and approach. Osvaldo earned his Bachelor of Arts in Religion and Theology from Antillean University and his Master of Divinity from Andrews University. He continued his training and education by completing his CPE internship at Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon, Georgia, and two CPE residencies at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He later completed the certification process at the HealthCare Chaplaincy, Inc. in New York City to become a Certified Educator through the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE).
What are you going to do now?
That’s a pretty impressive list of credentials for the CPE program at St. Joseph’s. Your next move should be kind of simple.
Pick up the phone and call our program Registrar, Camille Oleson, at 602.406.3275 or email her at [email protected], and ask her any questions and set up an appointment to meet with the team and review the enrollment process. Pursue your calling and start your ministry of spiritual care with the CPE program at St. Joseph’s. Student Testimonial:
❖ Why I chose the CPE program at St. Joseph’s
❖ My educational and clinical experience
❖ How prepared I was for Board Certification
❖ What I’m doing now.