Serving Those in the Ministry of Spiritual Direction
Mission of CatholicSD.org
A Ministry Mission
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As a Registry for the Ministry
· To serve the public on FAQ and resources for Spiritual Direction in the Catholic Tradition
· To serve those looking for training as spiritual directors, supervisors, and formators
· To serve organizations to list their services and programs
As a Resource to the Ministry
· To serve individual companions, directors, supervisors, and formators with listings, esources and shared materials on best practices
As a Ministry to the Ministry
· To serve those who desire and require ongoing formation -in theology, psychology, and spirituality of the different traditions with listings of programs
· To serve those who are ‘grandfathered in’ as spiritual director to update their foundational knowledge base with listings of programs
· To serve as a place to collaborate in creating a standardized (minimum) foundational curriculum, in bringing the best together
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*Companions are Catholics who have no formal training but have been ministering with others as spiritual directors.
Why a Registry?
The Story
This site grew out of my own need need and desire to locate Catholic based professional ministry training and ongoing formation for skills building, supervision, and tools and other resources for ministry.
As a lay person in the ministry of spiritual direction for the past 20+ years, I found it difficult after graduating (from a university-based certificate program) to locate resources to sustain my formational growth since I was not in a religious community. Moreover networking with the other students of the program was difficult since most were international students, clergy and religious that here as temporary visitors, immediately returning back to the communities.
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And today, though there seems to be a majority of spiritual directors are lay, and with many new uncertified programs popping up, along with new layers of services and terms used now in the ministry of accompaniment, I still find it difficult to locate reliable information for ongoing training, or available Catholic directors who are offering supervision or mentoring. ​
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May you and all you love be blessed today.
Yours in Christ through Mary,
Dr. Karen Shields Wright, MS, DC, DM
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the Invitation
I welcome you in joining in to chart a new course to support each other and for the next generation
as the Holy Spirit is leads the way!
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Scholarships are available
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What to Help, We Looking for Sponsors
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This site has been developed by and initially financed by
Karen Shields Wright and Gregory Vigliotta members of Our Lady of the Way, Retreat Center
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