IASC Symposium in Amsterdam — “Polyphonic Voices in Life-giving Harmony”
The International Association for Spiritual Care (IASC) will mark more than ten years of international and interdisciplinary collaboration with a special symposium in Amsterdam, celebrating creativity, dialogue, and emerging possibilities in spiritual care.
The symposium will highlight recent contributions, challenges, and opportunities in spiritual care theory and practice across disciplines, as reflected in a remarkable series of collaborative publications. Between 2025 and 2026 alone, five major publication projects have brought together eighty-five voices representing diverse professional disciplines, religious and worldview traditions, and social and cultural contexts. An upcoming volume addressing suffering related to war and displacement further extends this shared work.
This rich polyphony inspired the symposium’s title:
“Polyphonic Voices in Life-giving Harmony: Celebrating Creativity in Spiritual Care.”
36th International Seminar on Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling
The Society for Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling (SIPCC) will hold its 36th International Seminar from September 27 to October 2, 2026, in Lublin, Poland, in cooperation with Maria Curie-Skłodowska University and the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland.
Under the theme “Seeing – Understanding – Acting,” the seminar will explore processes of care, counselling, and interreligious communication through lectures, workshops, reflection groups, intercultural encounters, and discussions on pastoral care in contexts of war and violence.
Seminar programme – 36th International Seminar on Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling