Spiritual Direction Training
2024 COHORT OPEN!
Training Designed for Those Led to Care for the Soul
Spiritual Direction Training
2024 COHORT
STARTING MARCH 17TH, 2024
MARCH 17TH, 2024 - Cohort One / Spiritual Direction 101
MAY 26TH, 2024 - Cohort Two / “Face-To-Face”
JUNE 23TH, 2024 - Cohort Three - The Invitation To Listen
SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2024 - Cohort Four - Spiritual Practices
OCTOBER 13TH, 2024 - Cohort Five - Persona & Ego
DECEMBER 15TH, 2024 - Cohort Six - Nothing to Prove, Nothing To Lose
TIMES:
10:00am - 2:00pm EST / 7:00am - 11:00pm PST
COST:
$150.00 per session or $800.00 for entire course load
RESERVE YOUR SPOT BELOW
OR CALL / TEXT J.R. 619.964.0337
Workshops run throughout the year with an accompanying reading list. You may join workshops at any time.
Workshop Details:
ONE - Spiritual Direction / 101
Reading - Soul Friend - Kenneth Leech / Holy Listening - Margaret Guenther
Training Agenda:
Lectio Divina
Where are you? / Assessment
What is spiritual direction / History
The “Call” to spiritual direction
The movement of spiritual direction
Directees
Group / one-on-one sessions / exercises
Centering Prayer
TWO - Spiritual Direction / Face-to-Face
Reading - Holy Invitations - Jeannette A. Bake / Walk With Me: Transformation through the Pathway of Spiritual Direction - Cathy Aj Hardy
Training Agenda:
Lectio Divina
Who is in front of you?
Directee boundaries
Tools for the Journey / Enneagram
Group / one-on-one session exercises
Centering Prayer
THREE - Spiritual Direction / The Invitation to Listen
Reading - Christ of the Celts - John Philip Newell & Into The Silent Land - Martin Laird
Training Agenda:
Lectio Divina
What is listening
Hearing Spirit - the voice inside
Listening results
Listening not fixing
Group / one-on-one sessions / exercises
Silence
FOUR - Spiritual Direction / Spiritual Practices
Reading - The Naked Now - Richard Rohr & The Universal Christ - Richard Rohr
Training Agenda:
Lectio Divina
Introduction to practices
Guiding people in practice
Group / one-on-one sessions / exercises
Silence
FIVE - Spiritual Direction / Persona & Ego
Reading - Wisdom Jesus - Cynthia Bourgeault
Training Agenda:
Lectio Divina
Persona awareness
The structure of the ego
Becoming aware
Group / one-on-one sessions / exercises
Silence
SIX - Spiritual Direction / Nothing to Prove, Nothing to Lose
Reading - The Way To Love - Anthony de Mello
Training Agenda:
Lectio Divina
Being open / Being all in
Nothing to prove, nothing to lose
Group / one-on-one sessions / exercises
Silence
Workshop Reading Requisites:
Workshop #1 - Soul Friend - Kenneth Leech / Holy Listening - Margaret Guenther
Workshop #2 - Holy Invitations - Jeannette A. Bake / Walk With Me: Transformation through the Pathway of Spiritual Direction - Cathy Aj Hardy
Workshop #3 - Christ of the Celts - John Philip Newell & Into The Silent Land - Martin Laird
Workshop #4 - The Naked Now - Richard Rohr & The Universal Christ - Richard Rohr
Workshop #5 - Wisdom Jesus - Cynthia Bourgeault
Workshop #6 - The Way To Love - Anthony de Mello
*Reading not required but highly suggested:
A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle
True Spiritual Community - Larry Crabb
Writings on Spiritual Direction - Edited by Jerome M. Neufelder and Mary C. Coelho
The Essential Enneagram - Daniels, David & Virginia Price
Awareness - Anthony de Mello
Alcoholics Anonymous “The Big Book”
Narcotics Anonymous - “The Basic Text”
Sexaholics Anonymous - “White Book” or “The Manual”