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Letter from the Program Director

The CPE program at The Jewish Hospital – Mercy Health would like to extend a warm welcome to you as a potential CPE student and member of our spiritual care team. Thank you for your interest in CPE and in our training program.

Students who complete the program:

  • Deepen their self-awareness, relational abilities, and compassionate presence
  • Learn to accompany people during times of anxiety, grief and loss
  • Gain self- understanding about the formative experiences, core values and personal identities influencing their care
  • Learn skills for relational attunement and group leadership
  • Gain experience offering person-centered spiritual care for use in fields such as religious leadership, medicine, nonprofit work, organizational management and counseling
  • Pursue work as a chaplain in hospital, hospice, prison, military or educational contexts
  • Pursue board certification as a professional chaplain (requires four CPE units)

What makes our program stand out?

  • Hospital mission to serve the poor, dying and underserved
  • Spiritually recognized by hospital ministry as an integral component of whole-person health
  • Chaplains valued as hospitals interdisciplinary team
  • Function as part of larger Spiritual Care department
  • Staff chaplains and spiritual care leaders act as learning partners during CPE experience
  • Opportunities to learn about and support advance care planning
  • The possibility of clinical placements at other Mercy Health hospitals

If you would like to learn more about our CPE program, or if you are discerning whether CPE might be a good fit for you at this point in your life, please reach out for more information. We look forward to hearing from you.

Rabbi Julie Schwartz, program director of Clinical Pastoral Education Program at The Jewish Hospital — Mercy Health

Rabbi Julie Schwartz | Program Director

In 1986, Schwartz became the first woman to serve as a Jewish chaplain in the U.S. Navy, shortly after being ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Her military service, which included working at the Naval Hospital in Oakland, Calif., ignited her lifelong passion for pastoral care. After her military service, she returned to Cincinnati and took on various roles at HUC-JIR, including founding and leading its pastoral care program.

In 1999, Schwartz became the first rabbi of B'nai Israel, a new Jewish congregation in Fayette County, Ga. She later served as an associate rabbi at Temple Emanu-El in Atlanta, where she focused on the spiritual needs of her community, especially during times of illness and crisis. Schwartz has also been a key figure in the field of Jewish pastoral care, recognized for her work supporting people through challenging life moments.

Contact Us

Program Director: Rabbi Julie Schwartz
Email address: jschwartz1@mercy.com
Phone: 513-981-1032