Information About The Ottawa Pastoral Care Training Program
	Our Mission Statement To Encourage, Enable and Educate all who have a calling to a Ministry of Care nurtured by the love of God, to share their gifts of compassion, understanding, and presence as they journey with those whom they serve.
	Who We Are An Advisory Committee of 11 clergy and lay-people representing participating faith communities oversees the planning, administration and evaluation of the Program. Over the past 30+ years, the OPCTP has put on courses, Information Sessions, Co-ordinators' Events, Continuing Education Events, Worshops, etc. We began keeping attendance statistics in 1990. Since that time, we estimate that approximately 3600 people in Ottawa and the surrounding area have taken the 10-week Basic Course in Pastoral Care. The 10-week Basic Course runs every spring and fall, Continuing Education Events are twice yearly, Co-ordinators' Events are once every year and other Workshops, Events and Information Sessions are provided as requests come in.
	Our History The Ottawa Pastoral Care Training Program (OPCTP) had its origin in 1975 when All Saints Anglican Church Westboro engaged Reverend Doctor John Swift, Chaplain at Queensway Carleton Hospital, to train a team of clergy and lay members for hospital and parish visiting. A lay pastoral care team training program was established within the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa in 1977 and was made available to other denominations in 1978. The Christian Council of the Capital Area has recognized the Program as an inter-denominational entity under its general sponsorship since 1979.

 

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