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SUMMARY:Online Enrichment for Spiritual Directors: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Ignatian Spiritual Direction with Nicholas Collura
DESCRIPTION:A Trauma-Informed Approach to Ignatian Spiritual Direction \nTrauma-informed care has become an important standard in many of the helping professions. Despite our best intentions\, it is easy for us to retraumatize survivors of violence if we do not adequately reflect on the risks inherent in our practice. For instance\, many spiritual practitioners encourage closed eyes and deep breathing during meditation -- a posture of vulnerability that can feel unsafe for some who have experienced significant powerlessness or harm. The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius encourage vivid visual reflection on a bloody and agonizing crucifixion\, which can induce a feeling of helplessness for those who carry the weight of moral injury. Drawing on his experience as a former trauma chaplain at Einstein Medical Center\, Nicholas will lead a discussion on the impact of trauma upon spiritual experience and will explore trauma-informed adaptations of the Spiritual Exercises and of Ignatian spirituality and spiritual direction more broadly. \nREGISTER
URL:https://www.straphaelacenter.org/event/online-enrichment-for-spiritual-directors-a-trauma-informed-approach-to-ignatian-spiritual-direction-with-nicholas-collura/
CATEGORIES:Online,Spiritual Director Formation
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SUMMARY:Online Enrichment for Spiritual Directors: Reimagining Sin with Paul Burgmayer
DESCRIPTION:Reimagining Sin: An Exploration Towards Freedom \nConsider the following questions: \n\nIs the word “sin” a comfortable part of your faith vocabulary? Does the word hold significant weight and meaning for you? Or\, conversely\, is it such a burden that you sidestep it in prayer and spiritual direction\, maybe by substituting other words like “addiction” or “brokenness”?\nHow do you understand sin? Is it an action\, a state of consciousness\, an inevitable part of our humanity\, or - as for the Jesuit Jean Danielou - “the measure of our soul's awareness of God"?\nIf a directee raises the topic of sin\, are you at ease exploring it with them?\nFor you\, is sin purely a personal matter\, or do we sin collectively in our faith community\, culture\, or even looking back historically? If you recognize collective sin\, do you try to connect these different levels in your own spiritual life? With your directees?\nIf you are guiding someone through the First Week of the Spiritual Exercises\, do you ever wish for alternative approaches to addressing the concept of sin so that the process feels more liberating for the exertant (and you)?\n\nIf these questions stir something in you\, we invite you to join us as we explore the topic of sin with an goal of helping make “sin” a comfortable part of your faith vocabulary. Together\, we will delve into sin’s changing meanings through history\, consider what constitutes sin in today’s culture\, and how an understanding of sin varies across faith communities. Our journey will lead us to examine the profound and inseparable link between sin and our relationship with God\, discovering how this connection can enhance our spiritual direction practice. \nRegister Here\n  \n \nApril 7\, 2024: Nicholas Collura \nA Trauma-Informed Approach to Ignatian Spiritual Direction \nTrauma-informed care has become an important standard in many of the helping professions. Despite our best intentions\, it is easy for us to retraumatize survivors of violence if we do not adequately reflect on the risks inherent in our practice. For instance\, many spiritual practitioners encourage closed eyes and deep breathing during meditation -- a posture of vulnerability that can feel unsafe for some who have experienced significant powerlessness or harm. The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius encourage vivid visual reflection on a bloody and agonizing crucifixion\, which can induce a feeling of helplessness for those who carry the weight of moral injury. In the enrichment session\, we will discuss the impact of trauma upon spiritual experience and will explore trauma-informed adaptations of the Spiritual Exercises and of Ignatian spirituality and spiritual direction more broadly \nRegister Here
URL:https://www.straphaelacenter.org/event/enrichment-for-spiritual-directors-with-paul-burgmayer/
CATEGORIES:Spiritual Director Formation
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SUMMARY:Application for Spiritual Directors: Practicum in Giving the 19th Annotation 2026-27
DESCRIPTION:This online practicum will explore the content\, graces and dynamics of the 19th Annotation: Retreat in Everyday Life.  It will provide assistance and support to spiritual directors as they give the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.  This Practicum will deepen one’s experiential understanding of the weeks of the Spiritual Exercises as they unfold in the everyday life of a retreatant.  Growth in the  knowledge and understanding of Ignatian Rules for Discernment will unfold the appreciation of the art and skill of spiritual discernment. \nRequirements for admission: \n\nCompleted a Formation Program for Spiritual Direction\nReceives monthly Spiritual Direction\n\nMeeting with at least two persons for monthly ongoing spiritual direction and receiving monthly supervision\n\nMade the complete Spiritual Exercises either in the Thirty-Day Directed Retreat or the 19th Annotation Retreat\nWill direct at least one retreatant who will make the retreat from September to May and who can meet with you on a weekly basis\n\nDates / Times: 3rd Sunday of the month (12pm to 4pm ET) from September 2026 to May 2027 \nCost: $900 \nRequirements for the practicum: \n\nA person who feels called to make the 19th Annotation Retreat and requests you as his/her director.  Retreatant and director meet weekly.\nA book report on the life of St. Ignatius.\nMonthly attendance at and participation in class.\nProcess notes for Disposition Days and for each Week of the Exercises\nAn in-class presentation.\nMonthly readings for class.\n\nIf you are interested\, please register and send a letter of intent including your desire to participate in this Practicum to Linda Robinson (sd@straphaelacenter.org).  A Zoom interview with Linda will complete your application process. \nWe will accept a minimum of 6 participants and a maximum of 12. \nPlease make application on or before July 1\, 2026. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://www.straphaelacenter.org/event/a-practicum-in-giving-the-19th-annotation-2026-27/
CATEGORIES:Ignatian Program,Online,Spiritual Director Formation
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SUMMARY:Online Enrichment Series for Spiritual Directors
DESCRIPTION:Online Enrichment Sessions for Spiritual Directors  \nSundays\, 1:00-4:00pm \nCost: $30 per session \n***Attend all 4 sessions for $100*** \n \nOctober 1\, 2023: Nicholas Collura \nHead\, Heart\, Gut: Enneagram Wisdom on the Limits and Possibilities of Directees' Personality Structures  \n"Pursuing spiritual work without working on our personality typically results in a lack of resolution of deep-seated issues and a lack of true integration of our spirituality\," writes Sandra Maitri in her book The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram. "This perspective can profoundly shift our understanding." In this enrichment session\, we will discuss how our approach as spiritual companions might differ according to whether our directees lead with their head\, heart\, or gut centers of intelligence. While some knowledge of the Enneagram may be helpful\, and those who know the Enneagram will find ways to use it to deepen their direction practice\, our conversation will also be quite accessible to those without Enneagram experience\, as we will be focusing on easily understood centers of intelligence rather than on the nuances of each of the nine Enneagram "types." Likewise\, because this session will consider broad dynamics of the human personality\, one need not know the Enneagram "types" of one's directees to benefit from the wisdom the system can offer us as spiritual companions.  \nRegister Here (use this registration link to also register for all 4 sessions at the discounted rate)\n  \n \nNovember 12\, 2023: Leigh Murray \nHow the Use of Active Imagination and Spiritual Senses Invites Deeper Transformation in the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises \nSaint Ignatius believed that the imagination is a “faculty of the soul” and a way for God to communicate with us. Thus\, in the Spiritual Exercises\, he guides us to use these aspects of ourselves\, telling us: “By the imagination\, the soul can render an object present and\, as it were\, see it\, hear it\, taste it and so on. So that to apply this faculty of the soul and the five senses to a truth of religion (according as it is susceptible of it)\, or to a mystery of our Lord Jesus Christ\, is what is called application of the senses” (Salai\, 119). \nIt is through this encouragement to use our active imagination and “spiritual senses” that Saint Ignatius invites us to a deeper understanding of who and what we are. We are invited to see in new ways and to take off the blinders that we may have been wearing\, allowing us to find healing and restoration\, thus becoming integrated\, wholesome human beings. \nIn this enrichment session we will explore the importance of the imagination and spiritual senses in healing and transformation as Spiritual Directors. We will learn how St. Ignatius’ use of imagination inspired Carl Jung to study The Exercises and create a deep body of work around Active Imagination and how it is useful in personal transformation. We will have a look at how to invite our retreatants into using their active imagination and spiritual senses with a deeper sense for what we are doing\, and why. \nWe will also check in with our own experiences with our imagination and spiritual senses through practices and small group discussion. We will take some time to gather the experiences of the group and generate some best practices around how to best invite and encourage our retreatants into their own imaginations and spiritual senses\, in ways that are accessible and allow for deeper spiritual transformation on their individual journeys. \nContent for this enrichment session will be curated from Leigh’s article\, published in the December\, 2022 issue of Presence. If you would like to read the article before participating in the session\, please email director@straphaelacenter.org for a copy of the article. \nRegister Here\n  \n \nFebruary 4\, 2024: Paul Burgmayer \nReimagining Sin: An Exploration Towards Freedom \nConsider the following questions: \n\nIs the word “sin” a comfortable part of your faith vocabulary? Does the word hold significant weight and meaning for you? Or\, conversely\, is it such a burden that you sidestep it in prayer and spiritual direction\, maybe by substituting other words like “addiction” or “brokenness”?\nHow do you understand sin? Is it an action\, a state of consciousness\, an inevitable part of our humanity\, or - as for the Jesuit Jean Danielou - “the measure of our soul's awareness of God"?\nIf a directee raises the topic of sin\, are you at ease exploring it with them?\nFor you\, is sin purely a personal matter\, or do we sin collectively in our faith community\, culture\, or even looking back historically? If you recognize collective sin\, do you try to connect these different levels in your own spiritual life? With your directees?\nIf you are guiding someone through the First Week of the Spiritual Exercises\, do you ever wish for alternative approaches to addressing the concept of sin so that the process feels more liberating for the exertant (and you)?\n\nIf these questions stir something in you\, we invite you to join us as we explore the topic of sin with an goal of helping make “sin” a comfortable part of your faith vocabulary. Together\, we will delve into sin’s changing meanings through history\, consider what constitutes sin in today’s culture\, and how an understanding of sin varies across faith communities. Our journey will lead us to examine the profound and inseparable link between sin and our relationship with God\, discovering how this connection can enhance our spiritual direction practice. \nRegister Here\n  \n \nApril 7\, 2024: Nicholas Collura \nA Trauma-Informed Approach to Ignatian Spiritual Direction \nTrauma-informed care has become an important standard in many of the helping professions. Despite our best intentions\, it is easy for us to retraumatize survivors of violence if we do not adequately reflect on the risks inherent in our practice. For instance\, many spiritual practitioners encourage closed eyes and deep breathing during meditation -- a posture of vulnerability that can feel unsafe for some who have experienced significant powerlessness or harm. The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius encourage vivid visual reflection on a bloody and agonizing crucifixion\, which can induce a feeling of helplessness for those who carry the weight of moral injury. In the enrichment session\, we will discuss the impact of trauma upon spiritual experience and will explore trauma-informed adaptations of the Spiritual Exercises and of Ignatian spirituality and spiritual direction more broadly \nRegister Here
URL:https://www.straphaelacenter.org/event/spiritual-director-enrichment-series-online/
LOCATION:St. Raphaela Center\, 616 Coopertown Road\, Haverford\, PA\, 19041\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online,Spiritual Director Formation
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SUMMARY:Spiritual Directors Circle: Teilhard and the Five Mystical Circles
DESCRIPTION:The Spiritual Directors Circle of the Philadelphia Region presents\, \nTeilhard and the Five Mystical Circles \nProgram Description: \nMystic scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin\, SJ envisioned how\, through evolution\, creation is moving closer to God. In his essay entitled The Mystical Milieu\, Teilhard writes about his ascent through five mystical circles\, moving more intimately into the heart of the universe and the Heart of God. As a scientist and mystic\, Teilhard's descriptions of the Divine in each circle speak to a different perspective through which one might experience and connect with God. In this workshop\, we will journey through Teilhard's five mystical circles while exploring how the same evolutionary fire at the heart of the cosmos is burning within the human person\, drawing us to greater wholeness. \nThe event will start with lunch\, then Dr. Del Rossi will speak and there will be ample time for Q & A. We will then break into small groups for the opportunity to reflect on the key teachings from Dr. Del Rossi’s presentation and how these pertain to the ministry of spiritual direction.  The small groups will focus on contemplative discussion\, journaling\, and artwork. This program is intended for spiritual directors and those that are in spiritual director formation. \nEvent details: \nMay 15th at St. Raphaela Center in Haverford\, PA \n9:00 am - St. Raphaela Center welcomes all for optional contemplative time \n11:30 – 12:30 pm - “Catch up" time followed by lunch at 12. \n12:30 – 3:00 pm - Presentation\, Q & A\, Small Groups and Closing \nCost: \n$45 - includes lunch \n$35 - bring your own lunch \nRegistration is appreciated prior to May 9.  For additional details and to register\, click HERE.
URL:https://www.straphaelacenter.org/event/spiritual-directors-circle-teilhard-and-the-five-mystical-circles/
CATEGORIES:Spiritual Director Formation
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SUMMARY:Enrichment Days for Spiritual Directors and Other Ministers: Contemplative Atmosphere / Evocative Approach to Spiritual Direction
DESCRIPTION:The spiritual director strives to create an environment making it possible for one’s directee to notice more clearly God’s self-communication and one’s reaction and response to it.  The spiritual director does this in two ways: \n…contemplative atmosphere \n                        …evocative approach \nThis Professional Development afternoon will take an experiential approach to fostering valuable skills in a spiritual director.  Through input\, reflection and small group sharing\, we will engage in conversation around such topics as: \n\nExploring various dimensions of experiencing God’s love\nAssisting others in noticing\, savoring\, responding to their experiences of God\nDiscerning religious experience\nReflecting on various dimensions which constitute an experience of God\nExploring essential principles and dynamics of the contemplative / evocative approach to spiritual direction\n\nThis is an online program. \nRegister
URL:https://www.straphaelacenter.org/event/enrichment-days-for-spiritual-directors-and-other-ministers-contemplative-atmosphere-evocative-approach-to-spiritual-direction/
CATEGORIES:Online,Spiritual Director Formation
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SUMMARY:Enrichment Days for Spiritual Directors and Other Ministers: Spiritual Consolation / Desolation
DESCRIPTION:Spiritual Consolation / Spiritual Desolation: Paths to Spiritual Awakening for Ourselves and Our Directees \nThrough personal prayer\, reflection\, input\, small group sharing\, case studies\, and large group sharing\, participants of this Professional afternoon will explore spiritual awakening through: \n\nAttending to interior movements of life with God\nExploring the inner dispositions necessary for spiritual discernment\nDiscovering a personal God who embraces both our darkness and our light\nGrowing awareness of spiritual discernment at the heart of apostolic spirituality\n\nThis is an online program. \nRegister
URL:https://www.straphaelacenter.org/event/enrichment-days-for-spiritual-directors-and-other-ministers-spiritual-consolation-desolation/
CATEGORIES:Online,Spiritual Director Formation
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SUMMARY:Enrichment Days for Spiritual Directors and Other Ministers: The Ministry of Spiritual Direction within the Spirit of the Guidelines for Ethical Conduct
DESCRIPTION:The Ministry of Spiritual Direction within the Spirit of the Guidelines for Ethical Conduct \nIt is my hope that together through reading\, your input\, small group sharing\, large group sharing and prayer we will explore how we might each live and practice our ministry of spiritual direction within the spirit of the Guidelines for Ethical Conduct. This will include exploring together complex concrete issues which arise in spiritual direction while in all cases maintaining the reverence and confidentiality of specific matters and directees.  \nWe will spend our time together with a certainty that God’s grace working on and with our good will and desire to serve God’s people will bring us insights and areas for continued growth and prayer.  \nThis is an online program. \nRegister
URL:https://www.straphaelacenter.org/event/enrichment-days-for-spiritual-directors-and-other-ministers-the-ministry-of-spiritual-direction-within-the-spirit-of-the-guidelines-for-ethical-conduct/
CATEGORIES:Online,Spiritual Director Formation
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