Three seminarians of the Lorenzo Mission Institute namely: (from right to left) Seminarian John Paul Tacorda, Seminarian Charles Steven Josue, and Eric Anthony Mate, undergo the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) which is part of the Psycho-emotional and spiritual assist form of personality development for the candidates for the priesthood. The CPE started on April 8, 2026 and will be concluded on July 4, 2026 at Yanga's Doctors Hospital in Bocaue, Bulacan. The hospital is managed by the Southern Baptists. The entire CPE program helps the seminarian to develop a spiritual and pastoral care for people. It is an intensive training for priests in order for them to be competent in hospital apostolate serving as chaplains, and developing a shepherd's heart for the vulnerable. The Ratio Fundamentalis no. 163 reinforces this path of development among seminarians. It says: "Due attention should be given to the human sciences, such as sociology, pedagogy, and psychology, in the aspects most relevant to formation for priestly ministry. This will expand within seminarians the capacity to know the human soul, in all its richness and frailty, in order to facilitate the formulation of calm and balanced judgements regarding people and situations." The CPE is also a practical ministry that equips an individual towards compassion and shepherding. It addresses personal issues to shape the individual towards pastoral competence and healthy intersubjectivity.

The Second Plenary Council (PCP II) also encourages and promotes the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) for those priests who intend to do their apostolate in hospitals and similar locus of pastoral care for the sick. The CPE equips them for competency and the necessary preparation for their ministry among the sick. The PCP II no. 617 says: "Encouragement and on-going formation, such as Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), should be given to priests who show an aptitude and desire to minister to the sick in hospitals. Suitable material support should be given to those who volunteer or are assigned to this difficult ministry."