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VIDEOThe challenges of providing pastoral care in a virtual worldRick Hughes reflects on some of our virtual experiences, considers losses and gains, explores the future landscape and closes with a call for greater self-compassion and improved work-life balance.
Video on YouTube NEWSNotification of CEUC General Assembly 2021Notice is hereby given that the General Assembly of the Conference of European University Chaplains will take place online on Tuesday 8 June at 4.30pm CET. A Zoom link will be sent out to all members from the Secretary, Janning Hoenen.
Please let uns know if you have not received this notice per email and are interested in attending. We will then put you on the mailing list. The Agenda of the General Assembly will be as follows (as of 4 June 2021), allowing for small changes : 1. Welcome 2. Election of Chair of the General Assembly 3. Election of Minute Secretary 4. Election of Ballot Counters 5. Approval of the Agenda of the GA 6. Approval of the Minute of the previous General Assembly 7. Approval of the Report by the Chair of the Board 8. Approval of the Financial Report by the Treasurer of the Board 9. Approval of the Budget for the next Financial Year 10. Amendments of the Constitution: CEUC Faith Identity (2nd reading) 11. Membership Dues for the next Financial Year 12. Elections by the General Assembly of Board Members 13. Election of the Chair & Vice-Chair 14. Election of Auditors 15. Sheffield 2022 & future CEUC Conferences 16. CEUC 20th Anniversary Book update 17. Miscellaneous Members are reminded that only those who have paid their Membership Fee of €30 will be able to vote on any of the above matters. Please remember to transfer your fee to the CEUC bank account: Name: KIRKON OPPILAITOSTYÖNTEKIJÄT RY CEUC Account No: FI76 5741 4020 1232 82 (for the UK i.e. Finland Sort Code 574140, Account No: 2012328) BIC code: OKOYFIHH Reference: Your Name & CEUC Membership 2021: €30. Our Treasurer, Risto Korhonen can be contacted at risto.korhonen (at) tuni.fi. Thank you. One of our current Board members, Günther Sturms will be retiring this year while another member, Janning Hoenen, Secretary, will be standing for re-election. Should any of our members wish to consider standing for election for either of these posts, please let Janning Hoenen (secretary (at) ceuc.org) know as early as possible. He will let you what we need from you and by what time. Please join us for our Webinar which will be held at 3.30pm prior to the General Assembly. Our speaker is Rick Hughes who is the new Editor of the University & College Counselling journal (https://www.bacp.co.uk/bacp-journals/university-and-college-counselling/) and the Head of the University of Aberdeen’s Counselling Centre. Rick will speak on the pros and cons of online pastoral care during lockdown, and will answer questions following his address. Please join us! As before, Janning Hoenen will send out the Zoom link to all CEUC members. And finally, we are thrilled to host our first Virtual European Market in the evening of that day. We will send out more information about this unique event soon. Safe the date! David S. Hutchison, Chair See also: Agenda Minutes GA 2020 Annual Report Financial Statement 2020-21 Financial Statistics Budget 2021 Suggestion for Amendment of the Constitution Regulations for the Election of Board Members Candidates for the CEUC Board IACHE 2020: Liberty, Legacy, Leadership
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Ireland's heritage and history provides us with a deep well of spiritual insight and wisdom. From the prayer of St. Patrick to the life of Brendan the Navigator to the idea of the Anam Cara (Soul-Friend), there is so much that we can learn from those who have gone before us. The theme for this year's conference is Our Ancient Future and we'll be exploring what these ancient traditions, wisdom and practice can mean for our ministry and service in Europe's universities.
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Rock & Oil - Aberdeen, Scotland 5-9 June 2017
- the Hard and the Smooth of Chaplaincy Work Today
Join us to explore, mine and grapple with both the problems and the answers, here at the Conference of European University Chaplains, University of Aberdeen, 5-9 June, 2017.
Read more in the leaflet file below and check out the conference website.
The conference in Aberdeen also has it own event page on Facebook. Go join!
Join us to explore, mine and grapple with both the problems and the answers, here at the Conference of European University Chaplains, University of Aberdeen, 5-9 June, 2017.
Read more in the leaflet file below and check out the conference website.
The conference in Aberdeen also has it own event page on Facebook. Go join!
| CEUC, Aberdeen, Scotland 2017 |
Notice of the CEUC General Assembly 2016
(June 14th 2016)
The General Assembly will be held at the location of the IACHE conference in Bendigo, Australia Tuesday 12th of July. This is a regular part of the conference each year, and is how together we run the organisation that oversees the conferences. All full members, who have paid their membership before the General Assembly, and who are present, have the right to participate and vote. The membership is not included in the conference fee this year, and will be collected at the actual venue for the GA on arrival, if not paid before. More information about how to pay to follow.
Suggestions for topics to be discussed at the GA must be sent to the board at least 2 weeks before the GA.
The financial report, the annual report by the chair and previous year’s GA minutes will be given to the participants on arrival in Bendigo, and published at the CEUC website.
The agenda of the General Assembly will be as follows, allowing for small changes:
Agenda
1. Approval of the minutes of the previous general assembly
2. Election of secretary of the general assembly
3. Election of ballot-counters
4. Election of chair of the general assembly
5. Approval of the report by the chair of the board
6. Approval of the financial report by the treasurer of the board
7. Budget for the next financial year
8. Proposals received
9. Membership dues for the next financial year
10. Election by the gen. ass. of the chair of the board from among the members
of the board ( § 5)
11.Election by the gen. ass. of the vice-chair of the board from among the
members of the board (§ 5)
12. Election of auditors
13. Miscellaneous
Uppsala, Sweden 2th June 2016 on behalf of the CEUC board
Anette Brandt, Chair
The General Assembly will be held at the location of the IACHE conference in Bendigo, Australia Tuesday 12th of July. This is a regular part of the conference each year, and is how together we run the organisation that oversees the conferences. All full members, who have paid their membership before the General Assembly, and who are present, have the right to participate and vote. The membership is not included in the conference fee this year, and will be collected at the actual venue for the GA on arrival, if not paid before. More information about how to pay to follow.
Suggestions for topics to be discussed at the GA must be sent to the board at least 2 weeks before the GA.
The financial report, the annual report by the chair and previous year’s GA minutes will be given to the participants on arrival in Bendigo, and published at the CEUC website.
The agenda of the General Assembly will be as follows, allowing for small changes:
Agenda
1. Approval of the minutes of the previous general assembly
2. Election of secretary of the general assembly
3. Election of ballot-counters
4. Election of chair of the general assembly
5. Approval of the report by the chair of the board
6. Approval of the financial report by the treasurer of the board
7. Budget for the next financial year
8. Proposals received
9. Membership dues for the next financial year
10. Election by the gen. ass. of the chair of the board from among the members
of the board ( § 5)
11.Election by the gen. ass. of the vice-chair of the board from among the
members of the board (§ 5)
12. Election of auditors
13. Miscellaneous
Uppsala, Sweden 2th June 2016 on behalf of the CEUC board
Anette Brandt, Chair
| Notice of the CEUC General Assembly 2016 |
CEUC supports Dutch protestant University Chaplains
(June 10th, 2015)
Press release (Translated from Dutch by Google Translate)
European university chaplains express their dissatisfaction in Protestant Dienstencentrum
Wednesday morning, a group of 85 university chaplains from various European countries in the hall of the Service Centre protested at the current staffing of the PKN, in which a vision of the future is missing. Hence his solidarity with their Dutch colleagues. Especially the young university chaplains employed by PKN suffer from the recently adopted policy to no longer convert temporary contracts into permanent contracts. It means that developed in two or three years of chaplaincy in a city academy or institution of higher education, in fact, disappears quickly again as the chaplain must stop. Experience shows that a vacant time and then fill with a new employee usually means that the ministry should be built up again from scratch.
The university chaplains from Europe this week with their Dutch colleagues present at the Annual Conference of Students Pastores, held this year in the Netherlands. Together with their Dutch colleagues they are very concerned about the continuity of the chaplaincy, which after all seriously under pressure by the new personnel of PKN. The local church in a college town that is happy that there is student chaplaincy is duped by this policy. And higher education institutions to be this way time and time again unpleasantly surprised by constantly changing university chaplains. It takes a lot of effort and creativity to reach students with questions and themes that allows chaplaincy discussed. The rapid changes of university chaplains are good contacts with students serious in the way.
The secretary of the PKN, the Rev.. Arjen Plaisier, the statement of dissatisfaction with the university chaplains took delivery. He said to take the statement seriously and reported to be delighted so many pastors from Europe to meet for a moment.
Appendix: Explanation of the university chaplains
Contact: Ds. Tiemo Meijlink, Chairman National Council of Students Pastores
Tel: 0627284671
Email: t.meijlink@gmail.com
Press release (Translated from Dutch by Google Translate)
European university chaplains express their dissatisfaction in Protestant Dienstencentrum
Wednesday morning, a group of 85 university chaplains from various European countries in the hall of the Service Centre protested at the current staffing of the PKN, in which a vision of the future is missing. Hence his solidarity with their Dutch colleagues. Especially the young university chaplains employed by PKN suffer from the recently adopted policy to no longer convert temporary contracts into permanent contracts. It means that developed in two or three years of chaplaincy in a city academy or institution of higher education, in fact, disappears quickly again as the chaplain must stop. Experience shows that a vacant time and then fill with a new employee usually means that the ministry should be built up again from scratch.
The university chaplains from Europe this week with their Dutch colleagues present at the Annual Conference of Students Pastores, held this year in the Netherlands. Together with their Dutch colleagues they are very concerned about the continuity of the chaplaincy, which after all seriously under pressure by the new personnel of PKN. The local church in a college town that is happy that there is student chaplaincy is duped by this policy. And higher education institutions to be this way time and time again unpleasantly surprised by constantly changing university chaplains. It takes a lot of effort and creativity to reach students with questions and themes that allows chaplaincy discussed. The rapid changes of university chaplains are good contacts with students serious in the way.
The secretary of the PKN, the Rev.. Arjen Plaisier, the statement of dissatisfaction with the university chaplains took delivery. He said to take the statement seriously and reported to be delighted so many pastors from Europe to meet for a moment.
Appendix: Explanation of the university chaplains
Contact: Ds. Tiemo Meijlink, Chairman National Council of Students Pastores
Tel: 0627284671
Email: t.meijlink@gmail.com
Petition from CEUC in Dutch and English:
| Petition. CEUC. |
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Notice of the CEUC General Assembly 2015
The General Assembly will be held at the location of the conference in Soesterberg Tuesday 9th of June at 16.15. This is a regular part of the conference each year, and is how together we run the organisation that oversees the conferences. Please, read more in the document below.
(May 12th 2015)
(May 12th 2015)
| 2015 CEUC General Assembly |
Scholarships 2015
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This June the annual Conference of European University Chaplains will be held in Soesterberg, the Netherlands from 8-12 June. Every year CEUC is offering scholarships for colleagues who might have difficulty raising the conference fee. Especially colleagues from Eastern and Central European countries are invited to qualify for this scholarships. Availability is limited. In most cases a scholarship will cover half or sometimes the full conference fee.
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Please contact us before March 15, 2015. For more information please contact the board of CEUC (secretary@ceuc.org).
(February 4th 2015) |
2015 CEUC conference in Soesterberg, Netherlands
The 2015 CEUC conference will take place on june 8th-12th in Soesterberg, Netherlands.
The conference website is up and running!
The conference website is up and running!
Oct. 22nd 2014
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The Conference of European University Chaplains - CEUC - is a Christian Ecumenical organisation, whose aims are :
Members are chaplains and other religious professionals working in higher education in Europe.
- to promote communication between university chaplains in Europe and exchange of professional experience and good practice
- to engage with issues in Christian spirituality, youth and culture in the context of tertiary education
- to represent concerns and interests of university chaplains to educational institutions and church bodies.
Members are chaplains and other religious professionals working in higher education in Europe.
