Clinical Pastoral Education Students’ Comments

“The CPE program at Norton Healthcare is exceptional. The diversity of the hospitals and patient populations allowed for the practice of various types of ministry.” 

Tara Nicholas
 Hospice Chaplain, 2003-04 Chaplain Resident

“My CPE experience at Norton Healthcare has been deep and rich.   Ann and Mary are gifted and wise supervisors, my chaplain colleagues and the Norton Healthcare staff have a clear understanding of the role of chaplain and invite me as a student to walk in that role.  My fellow students have offered me invaluable insights into myself as a minister.” 

Shannon Queenan
2004-05 Chaplain Resident, Roman Catholic minister

“The CPE program at Norton Healthcare allowed me to discover and learn in the areas of my ministry that I wanted to strengthen.  I have been able to take what I have learned in CPE and adapt it to my own ministry in teaching pastoral care/counseling and in working with university students.”  

 Anne Windus
 Baptist Missionary, Manila, Philippines

“As a minister who is in transition, the CPE program at Norton Healthcare has been an excellent place to be.   The group and individual supervision is the best quality available anywhere.  The clinical assignments provide the laboratory where helping skills that are being learned can be put into practice.  The pastoral care staff here is more than willing to help reinforce the learning.  The following descriptor words would best describe my experience here: challenging, comforting, buttressing, self-revealing, confronting, caring, life-changing, learning, growing, helping, equipping, soul-stirring.” 

Joe Bradley
2004-05 Chaplain Resident, Church of Christ minister

"At Norton Healthcare I was not treated as a student but, rather, as a full-fledged chaplain!   The program instills in students a sense of self-worth, value, and authority in the role.  In addition to a variety of cases, people, and circumstances Norton offers a supervisory team with excellent talents--I was listened to, valued, challenged, and supported! This program was invaluable to me!"  

Angela Madden
2004 CPE student, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

“I was sorry I was only able to take one unit of CPE.   I loved the environment and the people.” 

Ken Evans
2003 CPE student, Methodist minister, Spiritual Retreat Director