St. Joseph of Orange CPE Center Internships

St. Joseph Hospital CPE Program offers three CPE internship units annually that are designed for seminary students, clergy, and laity of all faiths. We offer two extended part-time CPE units each year. One is held in the fall/winter and the other in winter/spring. Both are 18-weeks long and ask for approximately 25 hours per week commitment. We also offer a full-time summer CPE unit each year. This is 11-weeks long and asks for a 40-hour per week commitment. CPE interns are not salaried or benefited St. Joseph Health employees. The fall/winter CPE internship unit begins in September and ends in January.

The winter/spring CPE internship unit begins January and ends in May. Summer units begin in June and end in August. Chaplain interns who graduate from one unit may complete additional, consecutive, CPE units but must obtain both the Educator and Preceptor's recommendation each time. Admission to each subsequent unit is not guaranteed. Units of ACPE certified CPE are recognized as graduate theological education by member seminaries of ACPE.

The part-time nature of the CPE extended unit provides an opportunity for persons who are otherwise unable to enroll in a full-time program. Some applicants are hoping to take one unit of CPE to gain basic spiritual caregiving skills. Others want to enroll in CPE for vocational discernment, or to complete part of an ordination requirement for the religious community. Still others are hoping to complete four units of CPE as a prerequisite for board certification.

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Accredited to provide Level 1a through 2b CPE, and Certified Educator CPE by ACPE: The Standard For Spiritual Care & Education, 1 Concourse Pkwy, Suite 800, Atlanta, GA 30328, Phone: 404/320-1472, Fax: 404/320-0849, Email: acpe@acpe.edu, Website: http://www.acpe.edu