What is Spiritual Direction?

Spiritual direction is an interpersonal relationship in which one person assists others to reflect on their own experience in the light of who they are called to be…
(K. M. Dyckman and L. P. Carroll, Inviting the Mystic: Supporting the Prophet, 1981, page 20)

Spiritual direction concerns the movement of our entire life in and towards God.
(Kathleen Fischer, Woman at the Well, 1988, page 3).

To Listen another’s soul into a condition of disclosure may be almost the greatest service that any human being ever performs for another.
(Douglas Steere, 1986, 3)

Is Spiritual Direction Formation for you?

Do you have:

• An emerging sense of call to the ministry of Spiritual Direction and a desire to direct your giftedness in this ministry

• The capacity to listen empathetically and sensitively

• The life experience to respond with wisdom to a wide range of people

• An openness to reflect on, and learn from lived experience

• A commitment to prayer and reflection, and readiness to engage with the discipline of study, written and group work

• A mature and committed Christian faith, openness to struggle, preparedness to embrace paradox and mystery, willingness to change in response to the call of God, an openness to the community of faith.

• A commitment to contemplative way of life and ongoing Spiritual Direction.