The Clinical Pastoral Education & Research Center, Japan

HISTORY OF CPE CENTER [1999-2009]

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MEMBERSHIP

The membership of the Center developed as follows:

Member Status 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 A (corporate) 20 20 20 20 20 16 16 17 13 14 14 14 B (individual) 185 260 310 344 357 393 398 429 398 372 391 376 C (contributing) 13 17 17 23 28 28 31 34 19 20 20 - Total 218 297 347 387 405 437 445 480 430 406 425 390

CPE COURSES

The Clinical Pastoral Education and Research Center conducted the following CPE courses:

Length (Days) 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 one day - - - - 8 20 14 13 22 19 27 20 two days 5 1 1 - 1 - - 4 - - - - three days - 3 - - - 1 - - - 1 3 2 four days 2 - - 1 - - - - - - - - five days * 12 15 18 12 14 10 10 10 13 8 11 17 Total Days 78 86 92 64 80 73 64 71 87 62 97 111 Total Courses 19 19 19 13 23 31 24 27 35 28 41 39 Participants 166 178 183 84 106 848 521 615 597 436 591 478

*Among the 5-day courses are 10-day courses included. 10-day courses were conducted in periods of two 5-day courses with a one-day break in between. It was/is strongly suggested to attend the 10 day courses but not all participants were able to do so.   *The 3-day course (Values Clarification) was started in July 2007.

The number of Participants who completed the courses

Year A course (30 days) B course (10 days) C course (10 days) 1998 6 5 3 1999 7 14 2 2000 23 4 4 2001 11 3 1 2002       2003 11 0 0 2004 5 0 0 2005 7 2 0 2006 8 3 1 2007 7 0 0 2008 9 0 0 2009 3 0 0 Total 91 29 11

*The above numbers indicate the persons who completed the required courses only For graduation there are additionqal requirements beside the courses.

PHILOSOPHY & THEOLOGY COURSES   The St. Sulpice Regionary Seminary in Fukuoka, Kyushu, offered the following courses in philosophy & theology:

Year Date Participants 1998 - 28 1999 September 8 - 12 34 2000 January 4 - 7August 30 - September 8 37 2001 August 29 - September 7 37 2002   34 2003 August 27 - September 5 31 2004 August 26 - September 4 25 2005 August 25 - September 3 48 2006 August 24 - September 2 12 2007 July 19 - July 28 19 2008 July 24 - August 2 42 2009 July 30 - August 8 30

Graduates   The number of Graduates were as follows:

Year A course B course C course 1999 - 1 1 2000 1 2 - 2001 10 - - 2002 12 3 - 2003 11 - - 2004 4 - - 2005 7 - - 2006 4 3 1 2007 8 1 - 2008 9 - - 2009 3 - -

STUDY TOUR TO EUROPEAN CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION CENTERS, HOSPITALS & HOSPICES

The Clinical Pastoral Education and Research Center conducted pastoral care study tours annually to Europe.

# Date Participants 5th tour September 11 - 23, 1998 18 6th tour September 10 - 22, 1999 10 7th tour September 15 - 27, 2000 15 8th tour September 14 - 26, 2001 10 9th tour September 13 - 25, 2002 7 10th tour September 12 - 24, 2003 17 11th tour September 10 - 22, 2004 23 12th tour September  9 - 21, 2005 19 13th tour September  8 - 21, 2006 16 14th tour September 15 - 27, 2007 24 15th tour September  3 - 15, 2010 22

ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE

The Clinical Pastoral Education and Research Center conducted its "Annual National Conference" as follows:

Date Place Participants November 7 - 8, 1998 Kyoto, Social Welfare Institute 114 November 6 -7, 1999 Osaka, New Corona Hotel 132 November 11 - 12, 2000 Osaka, Washington Hotel Shinosaka 159 November 10 - 11, 2001 Tokyo Shinagawa Prince Hotel 240 November 9 - 10, 2002 Osaka Chisan Hotel 156 November 8 - 9, 2003 Tokyo Gakushi Kaikan 144 November 13 - 14, 2004 Tokyo Gakushi Kaikan 192 November 12 - 13, 2005 Nagoya Crown Hotel 195 November 11 - 12, 2006 Fukuoka Denki Building 175 November 10 - 11, 2007 Tokyo Kousai Kaikan 153 November  1 -  2, 2008 Tokyo Gakushi Kaikan 123 September 5 - 6, 2009 Sapporo FUJI Women's College 118 June 12 - 13, 2010 Kobe Shimabun Building  BB Plaza 105

The main themes and speakers were:

Year Theme Speaker 1998 Pastoral Care for Suffering persons Rev. Otto Lutz, Catholic priest, retired Hospital Chaplain, Germany 1999 Spiritual Care and Psychiatry Dr. med. Shoichi Ihara, Psychiatrist and Catholic Priest, Japan 2000 Spiritual Pain Prof. Dr. Waldemar Kippes, Director of The Clinical Pastoral Care and Research Center and Catholic Priest, Japan 2001 The bio-psychosocial model - mankind with it's spritual capabilities and necessity for transcendence -With a contribution to the early integration of cancer patients Prof. Dr. med. K.-D. Huellemann, University of Munich, Germany and Dr. med. Brigitte Huellemann, Germany 2002 Listening to the pains of heart and soul Prof. Hisayuki Murata, Tokai University, Japan 2003 Spiritual Care towards patients, their families and friends, and the medical staff - Prof. Dr. med. Shigeki Hitomi, Director of Takazaki Red Cross Hospital, Japan Life through new life - Prof. Yuushi Nomura, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo 2004 - Meaning of life from the perspective of psychiatry and psychotherapy Dr. med. Werner Huth, psychiatrist, Munich Germany The relationship between medicine and spirituality   2005 Today's Japanese Spirituality Prof. Dr. Susumu Shimazono, Tokyo University Japanese Spirituality seen from the viewpoint of Philosophy and Medicine Prof. Dr. Hisayuki Murata, Notre Dame University, Kyoto Ethics of Psychiatry and Spirituality Dr. med. Waichiro Omata, psychiatrist Spiritual Suffering and Spiritual Power Dr. Waldemar Kippes, Director of CPE center Clinical Treatment of Chronic Liver Disease Patients and Spiritual Care Prof. Dr. med. Shinzo Kato, Keio University Tokyo 2006 Japanese Spirituality Prof. Dr. Susumu Shimazono, Tokyo University Inner Voice and Spirituality Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Oda, Sapporo University Love towards Life Rev. Ikuzo Suzuki, Deacon Reason for getting interested in Hospicecare Prof. Dr. med. Masaru Ogiwara Own Spiritual Care during Hospitalization Dr. Waldemar Kippes, Director of CPE Center 2007 Searching for the Roots of one's Existence Prof. Yuushi Nomura, Aoyama Gakuin?University Conquer of Spiritual Suffering Mr. Tsuyoshi Higuchi, comic storyteller, who himself conquered cancer 2008 Spiritual Suffering and its Care Prof. Toshiyuki Kubodera, Seigakuin University Spiritual Suffering Searching for the roots of existence Rev. Takeshi Saito, Kindergarten Director Spiritual Suffering of Medical Personnel Prof. Dr. med. Shinzo Kato, Keio University Tokyo 2009 Medicine and Spiritual Pain Prof. Dr. Katsutaro Nagata, Nihon Pharmaceutical university Spiritual Care Geared towards the Roots of Respect for Human Beings Fr. Kenichi Akabae, Paulist Living together with Aids Patients Mr. Thile Kerkovius, Present Director of Germany's first Aids Hospice 2010 Spirituality and Reality of Spiritual Care Prof. Takaaki Ito, St. Andrew's University Spiritual Life The Power and inward Peace through Silence Expert from India