Deepening the Call of Spiritual Direction: Self-Awareness in the Supervisory Process
Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids
- Date(s):
- Saturday 05/04/2024
- Time(s):
- 9:15am - 4:00pm EST
- Price:
- $60.00
Self-Awareness in the Supervisory Process
Spiritual directors not only listen to the Spirit and directees, but also to themselves. It is in this place of awareness that we are invited to be converted towards God. As we notice our ways of listening, our patterns of interaction, our discomforts and ease, and how we carry these into our environments we can tend our inner dynamics with God and others in supervision.
This in-person retreat day is a place for active spiritual directors to hone our skills at self-awareness, develop healthy practices for peer supervision, and nourish our sacred call to listening. Sister Janice Bachman, OP, will lay a foundation of noticing the movements in the conversion process toward God within directors and their directees, then guide us through teaching and roleplays as to how these dynamics can play out in peer supervision.
There will be time allotted for contemplation and discussion within the day. Lunch and snacks will be provided. We will open with prayer at 9:15am as we join to deepen our vocations of sacred listening. Arrival between 8:45 and 9:15 will create space to develop friendships and community.
Psalm 139
“O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me…
You know my thoughts even when I’m far away…You know what I’m going to say even before I say it, Lord.
You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.”
Experience the nurturing energy of our supportive community as we pray, study, gain insight and new understanding of the value of supervision as ongoing formation for your own spiritual practice.
Lunch and Refreshments provided.
