Pastoral Council of the State Penitentiary
Service of Ukraine
in partnership with
the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine
and the Institute of Penal Service
invites you to participate
in the International Scientific Conference
"Present and perspectives of prison
pastoral care"
Topics for discussion:
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Legal perspective of prison pastoral care
- Issues
of pastoral practice applicable to prison regime
-
Principles of prison chaplaincy in a multi-confessional environment
- Spiritual
needs of prison staff, the Christian approaches to formation of personnel of
prison service.
List
of issues is open for additional topics and thoughts.
Conference languages:
Ukrainian, Russian, English and Polish.
·
The conference will be held on April 13, 2016 at the Institute of Penal
Service, Kyiv, Collectorna Str. 4.
Registration of participants starts
at 9.00.
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On April 14, members of Pastoral Council will discuss the fruits of the Conference
with the administration of the State Penitentiary
Service of Ukraine and representatives of the Committee of Supreme Council of
Ukraine on Legislative Support of Law Enforcement.
To participate in the conference authors are
requested to submit electronically:
1) the abstracts;
2) the application;
E-mail: ikvs.2015@ukr.net
+38 (096) 953-44- 24 Yulia Matveeva O.
+38 (097) 277-19-24 Konopatska Olga
In October 4, 2016, in the framework of international sharing program, colloquium "Cooperation for pastors and psychologists in prevention of suicides in prisons" has been held. The event was initiated by Prison Pastoral Care of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. It was attended by chaplains Ainars Vanags, Gaitis Dubults from Latvia and members of the master's program of the Institute of Penal Service of the Department of Applied Psychology. The moderators were Tamara Kushnirova, candidate of psychological sciences, associate professor and Fr. Constantine Panteley, Head of The UGCC Office for Pastoral Care in Penitentiary System of Ukraine.
