BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//SDI Companions - ECPv6.16.3//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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Johannesburg BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:SAST DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260527T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260602T170000 DTSTAMP:20260618T003025 CREATED:20250613T203339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250613T203342Z UID:270374-1779868800-1780419600@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:Wisdom of the English Mystics: An SDI Pilgrimage DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/wisdom-of-the-english-mystics-an-sdi-pilgrimage/ CATEGORIES:Journeys ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/english_mystics_journey_2026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260610T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260610T140000 DTSTAMP:20260618T003025 CREATED:20260522T014835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260522T014840Z UID:293080-1781096400-1781100000@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI Seattle Community Gathering - June 2026 DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to invite you to our first SDI Seattle community gathering\, facilitated by Rev. Seifu and Rev. Soko Mackay. \n\n\n\nIf you are a spiritual director or spiritual companion living in or rooted in Seattle\, we warmly welcome you to join us this June. This gathering is an opportunity to come together in a spirit of presence and shared inquiry\, to connect with one another\, exchange insights\, and support the unfolding of our work in a communal space. \n\n\n\nWhether you are seeking connection\, reflection\, or simply a place to be alongside others on a similar path\, we hope you will join us. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Registration is closed for this event. URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/sdi-seattle-community-gathering-june-2026/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Free,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Seattle.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260611T180000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260611T193000 DTSTAMP:20260618T003025 CREATED:20260521T182402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260608T210747Z UID:293050-1781200800-1781206200@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI Africa Gathering - June 2026 DESCRIPTION:Date: 11 June 2026 Time: 4:00 pm GMT | 6:00 pm SAST | 7:00 pm EAT  \n\n\n\nWe warmly invite you to the SDI Africa Mixer\, a welcoming and reflective space designed for encounter\, conversation\, and shared learning. This gathering is a special opportunity to connect with fellow spiritual directors and those engaged in spiritual accompaniment who are living and working across the African continent. \n\n\n\nAs an emerging community\, our hope is to deepen relationships\, explore our shared calling\, and nurture a network that honours the beautiful diversity of cultures\, languages\, lived realities\, and spiritual traditions across Africa. Together\, we will share who we are as SDI Africa\, explore our connection to the wider Spiritual Directors International network\, and prepare the ground for our formal launch. \n\n\n\nThis mixer is more than just a meeting; it is an entry point into an ongoing community of practice\, mutual support\, and shared leadership. \n\n\n\nWho Should Attend? We are warmly inviting: \n\n\n\n\nSpiritual directors living and working on the African continent.\n\n\n\nCompanions offering the practice of spiritual direction in different contexts\, including chaplains\, retreat facilitators\, spiritual care providers\, and life coaches integrating spirituality and spiritual direction into their vocation.\n\n\n\nFaith-based\, interfaith and interspiritual spiritual directors\, accompaniers and companions.\n\n\n\n\nThis invitation is for people who live and work on the African continent\, regardless of country of origin. \n\n\n\nEvent Flow To honour our time together\, we have prepared a gentle and engaging flow for our gathering: \n\n\n\n\nWelcoming – Wanjîkū J. Kîarîe: A warm reception to gather our diverse community and intentionally set our shared space.\n\n\n\nOpening Meditation – Marilyn Naidoo: A moment to pause\, center ourselves\, and ground our gathering in contemplative presence.\n\n\n\nPresentation: Who We Are as SDI AFRICA? – Althea Banda-Hansmann: An introduction to our vision of mainstreaming spiritual companionship in Africa\, fostering cross-cultural experiences\, and building a supportive\, context-aware network.\n\n\n\nOpen Questions & Answers\, Setting Date for Next Meeting – Wanjîkū J. Kîarîe: An open floor for shared dialogue\, identifying mutual interests\, and looking toward our future gatherings.\n\n\n\nClosing Meditation – Bernard Omuse: A final reflective pause to express gratitude for our encounter and send us forth in peace.\n\n\n\n\nWe look forward to sharing this sacred space with you as we journey together. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Registration is closed for this event. URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/sdi-africa-gathering-june-2026/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Free,International,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/SDI-Africa-Mixer-June2026-012.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260617T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260617T103000 DTSTAMP:20260618T003025 CREATED:20251211T235720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260526T172817Z UID:282488-1781686800-1781692200@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI LGBTQIA+ Gathering - June 2026 DESCRIPTION:The transforming power of queer rituals \n\n\n\nWe are especially honored to welcome Rabbi Chaya Gusfield for this gathering. In our precious time together\, we will explore the role of rituals in the queer community– intentional practices of reclamation\, healing\, and joy designed to honor our milestones\, bodies\, and identities\, opening and closing rituals in our spiritual direction sessions. Also\, we will explore how rituals impact the spiritual lives of our directees. \n\n\n\nBring yourself\, a journal\, and an open mind/heart. \n\n\n\nThis one hour session is for those that identify as LGBTQIA+\, including nonbinary\, gender fluid\, genderqueer\, bi-gender\, and agender spiritual directors and spiritual companions who would like to connect with other LGBTQIA+ spiritual directors and spiritual companions. \n\n\n\nAbout Rabbi Chaya Gusfield: \n\n\n\nRabbi Chaya Gusfield is a spiritual director serving individuals\, groups\, and rabbinical students. She is also a Retired Board-Certified Chaplain\, mom\, writer\, and artist. She is passionate about creative expression as a path to deepen spirituality and cope with grief and illness. She has been on an active spiritual leadership path for more than 20 years and continues to learn more every day. For more information: Rabbichayagusfield.com. \n\n\n\n(Please note this meeting is intended for those who identify as LGBTQIA+) \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. \n\n\n\nWe will not record these sessions to preserve the confidentiality of all participants in the group spiritual companionship. URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/sdi-lgbtqia-gathering-june-2026/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Free,Group Spiritual Companionship ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/SDI-LGBTQ-Gathering-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260618T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260618T113000 DTSTAMP:20260618T003025 CREATED:20260430T211747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260615T181407Z UID:291864-1781776800-1781782200@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI Canada Gathering – June 2026 DESCRIPTION:Join Joan Alexander for an Introduction to the Labyrinth: \n\n\n\nAn ancient path that offers a powerful welcome to all those who find it. With music\, movement\, and blessings\, you will be guided on a virtual walk with invitations to pause along the path for quiet contemplation. \n\n\n\nAlso\, you will have the choice of meeting in small groups to discuss your walk OR you may stay in the main room with Joan to virtually walk the Ghost Ranch labyrinth in New Mexico\, USA. And\, you will come away with tools to bring the labyrinth into your practice of spiritual companionship with others. \n\n\n\nEvent is open to all spiritual directors and companions in Canada. \n\n\n\nFacilitated By\n\n\n\n\nJoan Alexander (she/her) currently lives in Ottawa\, ON\, Canada and has a robust practice of seekers\, supervisees and students. She also serves on the faculty of several formation programs in North America and offers independent SD Supervision webinars\, based on the teachings of her mentor\, Lucy Abbott Tucker.  \n\n\n\nJoan studied spiritual direction at The Haden Institute in their Canadian program. At that time The Rev.  Lauren Artress was on the Haden faculty and offered in-depth and in-person labyrinth teachings at intensives at The Mount Carmel Spiritual Center in Niagara Falls\, Ontario\,  \n\n\n\nwww.joanalexanderspiritualdirector.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Register\n Register\n \n There were errors with your submission. Please try again.\n \n \n\n\n Join 19 others! \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 Canada confirmation*\n \n \n I confirm that I reside in Canada.*\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 URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/sdi-canada-gathering-june-2026/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Free,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Canada_Gathering_June-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260701T071500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260701T081500 DTSTAMP:20260618T003025 CREATED:20260616T181248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260616T181252Z UID:294343-1782890100-1782893700@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:Fr. Jim Martin – Grace Remembered: Stories of Youth\, Awakening\, and the Spiritual Path DESCRIPTION:This special 60 minute Zoom session with Fr. Jim Martin will focus on how our memories and stories reveal our spiritual awakenings. Facilitated by Cynthia Bailey Manns. \n\n\n\nClick here to register: https://www.sdicompanions.org/product/fr-jim-martin-grace-remembered-stories-of-youth-awakening-and-the-spiritual-path/ URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/fr-jim-martin-grace-remembered-stories-of-youth-awakening-and-the-spiritual-path/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Grace-Remembered-Fr-James-Martin-copy-scaled.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260701T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260701T153000 DTSTAMP:20260618T003025 CREATED:20260612T214610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260615T224808Z UID:294008-1782914400-1782919800@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI Europe Gathering – July 2026 DESCRIPTION:Listening Beyond – A Presentation for SDI European Gathering with Andrew Rudd \n\n\n\nAs spiritual companions in Europe\, we are keenly aware of the barriers of difference\, the need for healing life to flow through us into the wider community. In this session we will explore together the horizons of spiritual accompaniment\, the listening beyond. \n\n\n\nBeyond the horizons each of us have\, of cognitive understanding\, faith tradition\, social or cultural differences\, habitual practice. Beyond words\, beyond ideas\, beyond self-interest.  We realize now that everything that matters is beyond us. \n\n\n\nWe will use some texts from Andrew’s new book\, The Listening Path: living attentively. In reflective silence and small group interactions\, we will seek to recognise our own edges\, personal horizons\, unhelpful boundaries – and then begin to listen for what calls us beyond. In this silence we might look out from our small corners and join the wider conversation. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAndrew Rudd is a poet\, teacher and leader of retreats and quiet days\, who loves to listen to people in spiritual accompaniment. He currently is the convener of SALT (Spiritual Accompaniment Learning Together) a small but innovative course for the formation of spiritual companions. Andrew has a PhD in spirituality and poetry\, and his poetry is widely published. He was poet in residence at Manchester Cathedral from 2017-2022 and is a Lay Minister in the Church of England. He is the author of The Quiet Path (2024) and The Listening Path (2026)\, both from Canterbury Press. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Register\n Register\n \n There were errors with your submission. Please try again.\n \n \n\n\n Join 6 others! \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 Europe\n \n \n I confirm that I reside or am rooted in Europe.\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 URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/sdi-europe-gathering-july-2026/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Free,International,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Europe_July226.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T113000 DTSTAMP:20260618T003025 CREATED:20260612T161939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260612T162058Z UID:294064-1784800800-1784806200@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:The Tao and the Art of Spiritual Companionship: Seven Pathways to Engaged Presence DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/the-tao-and-the-art-of-spiritual-companionship-seven-pathways-to-engaged-presence/2026-07-23/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/tao_scott_mcrae_07-2026.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR