The Division of Pastoral Care regularly schedules courses. If you are interested in them, please call (716) 845-8051 for more information. As brochures are complete, they will be added to this page.

Journeying with the Dying and Bereaved – An Eight-Week Course on Ministry to the Dying and Bereaved

The objectives of this course will be to help participants understand their personal responses to dying and bereavement and to develop skills to help others confront these issues. For a complete course overview and registration information, please click here (this is a PDF file and requires Adobe Acrobat).

Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Monday Evenings, 6:00 to 7:30 pm
April 28 to June 23, 2008

OR

St. Bonaventure University
Wednesday Evenings,  6:00 to 7:30 pm
April 30 to June 18, 2008

Sponsored by
Psychosocial Oncology Department and the Division of Pastoral Care at Roswell Park.

For more information, please call 716-845-8051.

Previous courses included "The Many Faces of Grief" which was an eight-week course in May and June; "Understanding Palliative and End-of-Life Care" which was a four-week course in March; "Living With Loss" which was an eight-week course in May and June.

Pastoral Care Visitors' Training Program

The Pastoral Care Visitors’ Training Program at Roswell Park Cancer Institute is designed to provide men and women, ordained and non-ordained of various faith traditions with theoretical, theological and practical approaches to Pastoral Care.

This program is designed to provide men and women of various faiths with professional training in practical approaches to pastoral care.

Program runs September to March.
Registration for the next session is due by August 15.

Please click here for a registration form and overview of this program.

Pastoral Care Lecture Series

The Pastoral Care Lecture Series at Roswell Park Cancer Institute is open to all interested persons who would like to update themselves on health care issues and pastoral care.

Program runs September to March.
Registration for the next session is due by August 15.