BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//SDI Companions - ECPv6.18.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for SDI Companions REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20280312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20281105T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261104T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261104T113000 DTSTAMP:20260929T173136Z CREATED:20260929T173136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T173136Z UID:300065-1793786400-1793791800@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:Holding Sacred Space: Companioning Grief and Loss for Spiritual Directors and Companions DESCRIPTION:In this series\, we will explore:\n\n\n\n\nReclaiming Grief as a Natural Part of a Fully Lived Life with Robyn Hubbard\n\n\n\nBefriending Grief: Learning to LIVE With Loss with Rev. Dr. Jamie Eaddy\n\n\n\nStaying at the Threshold: Accompanying Life as Death Draws Near with Christy Marek\n\n\n\nThe Practical Matters of Grief: A Toolkit for Companioning Suicide Loss with Rev. Marshall K. Hammer\n\n\n\n\nLearn more and register: https://www.sdicompanions.org/product/holding-sacred-space-grief-and-loss/ URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/holding-sacred-space-companioning-grief-and-loss-for-spiritual-directors-and-companions/2026-11-04/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/grief_and_loss_10-2026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261109T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261109T110000 DTSTAMP:20261028T203625Z CREATED:20261008T020141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261028T203625Z UID:300464-1794216600-1794222000@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI Multi-Spiritual Community Gathering - November 2026 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/sdi-multi-spiritual-community-gathering-november-2026/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Free,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/multispiritual_Yossi-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261109T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261109T133000 DTSTAMP:20261013T180943Z CREATED:20261013T180926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T180943Z UID:300827-1794225600-1794231000@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:Accessibility and Serving Clients with Disabilities DESCRIPTION:Spiritual Companionship in Ordinary Life – Accessibility and Serving Clients with Disabilities URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/accessibility-and-serving-clients-with-disabilities/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261109T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261109T133000 DTSTAMP:20261030T184128Z CREATED:20261030T034828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261030T184128Z UID:302403-1794225600-1794231000@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:Spiritual Companionship in Ordinary Life – Accessibility and Serving Clients with Disabilities DESCRIPTION:Register\n Register\n \n There were errors with your submission. Please try again.\n \n \n\n\n Be the first! \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n First*\n \n \n \n\n\n\n Last*\n \n \n \n\n\n\n Email*\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n Address\n \n \n If you are a human\, do not fill in this field \n \n \n\n \n Submit\n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat does it mean to truly welcome someone into spiritual direction? For people living with disability\, welcome often depends on things others never notice: a ramp\, a caption\, plain language\, a community that makes room. Without these\, ableism quietly closes doors. Accessibility opens them\, and offers the dignity and joy of sharing fully in common life. \n\n\n\nIn this 90-minute session\, Mike Walker draws on his own experience of living with cerebral palsy to explore accessibility as a spiritual practice. He shows how it can be physical\, intellectual\, emotional and spiritual\, and how each kind creates the conditions for belonging and empathy. Drawing on disability theology and on Jesus’ way of listening to people who were different in body and mind\, Mike shows how deep listening becomes a form of access in its own right. \n\n\n\nYou will leave with a broader sense of hospitality and practical ways to make your practice a place where everyone can belong. \n\n\n\nWho it’s for: spiritual directors\, companions\, supervisors\, and anyone who wants to make spiritual care more accessible. No prior background in disability studies is needed. \n\n\n\nThrough teaching\, personal reflection and small-group conversation\, you will explore:\n\n\n\n\nThe four kinds of access (physical\, intellectual\, emotional and spiritual) and how each one gives people dignity\n\n\n\nWhat to listen for with directees who have disabilities: their access needs\, the toll of ableism\, and how it can affect their connection with the Divine\n\n\n\nHow welcome and recognizing a directee’s agency shape the spiritual direction relationship\n\n\n\nOne concrete accessibility support you can bring into your own practice\n\n\n\n\nListen to accessibility advocate Mike Walker as he draws on his experience of living with cerebral palsy to explore how physical\, intellectual\, emotional and spiritual access create belonging\, and how deep listening can open the door to spiritual direction. \n\n\n\nAbout Mike Walker:\n\n\n\n\nMike Walker is a Canadian theologian and advocate for people with disabilities who has worked in Toronto\, Chicago\, Whitby\, and Ottawa. He’s happy to be here. If you’d like\, you can reach him at michael.walker9@gmail.com. URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/spiritual-companionship-in-ordinary-life-accessibility-and-serving-clients-with-disabilities/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Free,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/11-Accessibility-and-Spiritual-Companionship-copy-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261111T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261111T103000 DTSTAMP:20261021T141215Z CREATED:20261008T011649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261021T141215Z UID:300462-1794387600-1794393000@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI BIPOC Gathering - November 2026 DESCRIPTION:REMEMBERING OUR SACRED RESPONSIBILITY  \n\n\n\nWE GATHER TO REMEMBER  \n\n\n\nWE GATHER TO SHARE OUR STORIES \n\n\n\nWE GATHER TO SEE AND BE SEEN \n\n\n\nWE GATHER TO DIE TO THE OLD \n\n\n\nWE GATHER TO BIRTH THE NEW \n\n\n\nWE GATHER TO BREATHE  \n\n\n\nWE GATHER TO GRIEVE  \n\n\n\nWE GATHER TO CELEBRATE LIFE \n\n\n\nWE GATHER TO HONOR OUR ANCESTORS  \n\n\n\nWE GATHER TO DREAM THOSE YET TO COME \n\n\n\nWE GATHER TO REMEMBER  \n\n\n\nWE GATHER TO RECLAIM  \n\n\n\nWE GATHER TO RENEW  \n\n\n\nWE GATHER TO RISE \n\n\n\nAND TOGETHER WE HEAL \n\n\n\nYou are invited into a sacred circle where honesty\, confidentiality\, and compassionate presence are honored. Together\, we create a space to feel\, to grieve\, to hope\, to resist and to act. \n\n\n\nThrough meditation\, mindful conversation\, and shared reflection\, we explore the experiences that shape our lives. \n\n\n\nRooted in mutual care and respect\, we gather to foster healing\, resilience\, belonging\, strength of community and deep listening. \n\n\n\nAbout our Facilitator: \n\n\n\nRev. Trudy Titilayo Richards is a Minister of Walking Prayer\, Birth and Death Doula\, Medical Reiki Master\, grandmother\, sacred storyteller\, cultural custodian and yoga instructor. \n\n\n\nGrounded in transparency\, truth\, and wisdom\, Trudy shares shamanic and ancient Indigenous teachings that invite others to remember the sacred magic of nature and reconnect with the art of soulful living. Her work inspires people to step fully onto a path of deep liberation\, self-discovery\, and remembrance of their divine essence. An alchemist of the everyday\, Trudy transforms the ordinary into the mystical. She weaves together ceremony\, energy work\, movement\, and storytelling to create transformative experiences that honor the interconnectedness of all life. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAn invitation from our presenter! \n\n\n\n\n(Please note this meeting is intended for those who identify as BIPOC) \n\n\n\nHow to Register / Instructions:\n\n\n\nPlease read through the instructions below before signing up. \n\n\n\n\nYou must be logged in to our website\, with a current SDI Membership\, to access the registration links. Otherwise the links won’t work. Please sign in first with your SDI Account\, then come back to this webpage to continue. \n\n\n\n\n(Not yet an SDI Member? Click here to join.)Once you register for a session\, you will be sent a password-free invitation with the Zoom link. If you don’t see it\, please check any Junk Mail or Spam folders.Please only sign up if you have checked your calendar and you know you can attend. Saving a spot immediately might seem like a good strategy. But the problem is many people then discover they have a conflict and the spot is not used. Thank you for your kindness in this.Please only sign yourself up. Your registration will be linked to your e-mail addressRemember that we will do more of these free sessions. If you miss out this time around\, there will be more opportunities. \n\n\n\nWhat to Expect:\n\n\n\nEach session runs about 75 minutes.Each session will be hosted by one of the SDI Staff\, and an experienced facilitator from the SDI Community.Guidance from the facilitator will include brief teachings\, contemplative readings\, and space for meditation/silence.Each session will include Breakout Groups of 3-4 participants\, where each participant will have to opportunity to share and to hold space for one-another. URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/sdi-bipoc-gathering-november-2026/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Free,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/BIPOC_nov11_2026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261112T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261112T113000 DTSTAMP:20260929T174035Z CREATED:20260929T174029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T174035Z UID:300066-1794477600-1794483000@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:None of Us Are “Normal”: Spiritual Companionship Across Neurodiversity DESCRIPTION:What if we began with the simple premise that there is no single “normal” way of being human? \n\n\n\nThis online series from SDI brings together four religiously diverse presenters with different lived experiences\, professional perspectives\, and approaches to neurodivergence. Rather than presenting a single definition or model\, this webinar will create a rich and multifaceted conversation about what spiritual companionship can look like when we make more room for difference. \n\n\n\nLearn more and register at https://www.sdicompanions.org/product/neurodiversity-and-spiritual-companionship/ URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/none-of-us-are-normal-spiritual-companionship-across-neurodiversity/2026-11-12/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/neurodiversity_11-2026_final-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261123T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261123T103000 DTSTAMP:20261030T183122Z CREATED:20261030T183116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261030T183122Z UID:302472-1795424400-1795429800@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:The Art of Being and Becoming: Rooting\, Pruning\, Branching\, and Harvesting in the Spiritual Life DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/the-art-of-being-and-becoming-rooting-pruning-branching-and-harvesting-in-the-spiritual-life/2026-11-23/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/11-The-Art-of-Being-and-Becoming.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270513T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270515T170000 DTSTAMP:20260820T211250Z CREATED:20260811T220838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T211250Z UID:297453-1810195200-1810400400@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:2027 Conference DESCRIPTION:Conference 2027 Workshops URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/2027-conference/ CATEGORIES:Conferences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/conference_2027_savethedate_half.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR