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2025 Ontario Regional CASC/ACSS Gathering: Nurturing Connections


  • St. Maurice and St. Verena Coptic Church 3300 Highway 7 Markham, ON, L3R 5N9 Canada (map)

This special event will bring together spiritual care providers, psychospiritual therapists, supervisors, and students from across Ontario. Together, we will support one another, share laughter and learning, celebrate our collective journey, and nurture the dreams that shape our work.

Hannah Vanderheyden, creator of JoyFEST, will be the keynote facilitator throughout the two-day gathering!

JoyFEST: From Professional to Playful - Reclaiming Authenticity in Spiritual Care

Transform Your Professional Practice Through the Revolutionary Power of Play

Join Hannah Vanderheyden, founder of JoyFEST, for an extraordinary experiential keynote that will shatter conventional professional boundaries and reconnect you with your most essential human resources: joy, authenticity, and genuine connection. Watch for the July and August email blasts about this event for more JoyFEST information!

About Hannah:

Hannah is a Certified Strategic Intervention Coach (Robbins-Madanes Training), Advanced Certified Relationship Coach, and Somatic Experiencing Intermediate Practitioner at Patricia Berendsen & Associates Trauma Healing Centre of London. She holds additional credentials in Early Childhood Education, Special Needs Education, and Sexual Health Education, which inform her integrative and relational approach to healing and professional development.

Also Included:

  • Communities of practice times

  • Opportunities for discussions with other chaplaincy professionals

  • Creative and meditative connections

  • Large group conversations on spiritual care and psychospiritual therapy in the Ontario context.

And, one more great event:

  • Monday Nov 3: dinner and laughter with stand-up comic, Darrin Rose!

Stay tuned for more news, including registration materials in the early fall

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