June 30 - July 25, 2008

Spiritual Direction involves a dialogue between God, the directee and the director. God is to met in all circumstances of life. Spiritual direction deals with a person's relationship with God, the ramifications in life of this relationship and the conversion process. The director helps the directee to capture and interpret the significant movements, countermovements, and changes in his or her inner daily experiences. The director also helps the directee to move with and act upon the experiences of consolation and to endure with patience the unavoidable experiences of desolation. The Summer Institute is an opportunity to learn, develop and renew skills necessary to practice the art of spiritual direction. The Institute is designed to examine various methodologies such as Myers-Briggs, Enneagram, Dreams and Mandala and to integrate them as tools for spiritual direction. The experiential session combine lecture, peer supervision and role/real play.

Topics Include and not limited too:

• Compassion Carrying the Oils of Gladness & Joy
• Spiritual Direction Inventory, Group Spiritual Direction, Guided Retreats, Disclosure Statement
• Bonding and Building Trust, Movement and Countermovement within the Spiritual Direction Relationship
• Personal Growing Edge and Professional Boundaries
• Peer Supervision: Real Play and Role Play
• Spiritual Development & Models of Formation
• Discernment and Choicemaking
• Code of Ethics: Do's and Don't's for Spiritual Directors
• Listening Heart with Tender Mercy: Storytelling
• Purpose and Goals of Spiritual Direction
• History of Spiritual Direction: Personal and Historical Encounters
• Silence, Solitude and Contemplative Way
• Guided Retreats: Tools and Techniques
• Spiritual Blocks and Stumbling Stones
• Consolation and Desolation
• Termination & Referrals

Spiritual Direction Training Program - Residential Program held in Colorado Springs, Colorado USA

Spiritual Directors Training Program

April - December 2008

Monthly - nonresidential program. Application and information

Our program is held at the Marie Joseph Spiritual Center. http://www.mariejosephspiritual.org Nestled along Maine's southern coast, Marie Joseph Spiritual Center, owned and operated by the Congregation of the Presentation of Mary, offers a spiritual harbor for many. Refreshment for spirit, mind and body is available for persons seeking a sacred space, silence, healing and deeper relationship with their God. The Center's sustaining inspiration and zeal find their roots in that of the Congregation's foundress, Blessed Marie Rivier, whose desire was "to make Jesus Christ known, loved and to light the fire of God's love everywhere".

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