BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//SDI Companions - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:SDI Companions 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:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD 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:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver 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:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260617T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260617T103000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 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=Africa/Johannesburg:20260611T180000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260611T193000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 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:20260610T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260610T140000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 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=America/Los_Angeles:20260527T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260602T170000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 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:20260519T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260519T163000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20260505T163338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T222215Z UID:292251-1779202800-1779208200@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI Global Outreach - May 2026 DESCRIPTION:Registration is closed for this event. \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\nPresence Under Pressure: How Benedictine spirituality shapes chaplaincy\, presence\, and resilience in policing and ambulance work. \n\n\n\nWhat does it mean for spiritual directors and companions to offer grounded\, compassionate presence in high-pressure environments? This session explores how the wisdom of Benedictine spirituality—stability\, listening\, and attentiveness—can shape the way we accompany those serving on the frontlines of policing and ambulance work. \n\n\n\nThrough a reflective and engaging Q&A-style conversation\, we will explore how Benedictine spirituality can shape presence in these settings\, and what this may offer to the practice of spiritual direction more broadly. Together\, we will consider how spiritual directors and companions can cultivate resilience\, remain rooted amid crisis\, and hold space for others with clarity\, compassion\, and care. \n\n\n\nThis session invites spiritual directors and companions into a deeper understanding of their role—not as problem-solvers\, but as steady\, prayerful presences who embody calm\, compassion\, and grounded awareness when it is needed most. \n\n\n\nResource: Presence Under Pressure — Audience Handout \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/sdi-global-outreach-may-2026/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Free,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Global-Outreach-Jane.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260507T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260509T163000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20260123T225520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T225558Z UID:285344-1778139000-1778344200@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI 2026 Online Conference - The Light of Spiritual Direction and Companionship DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/sdi-2026-online-conference/ CATEGORIES:Conferences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-Presenters.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T153000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20260402T020521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260406T201910Z UID:289885-1776952800-1776958200@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI Europe Gathering - April 2026 DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to invite you to our second SDI Europe community gathering\, facilitated by Kate Keefe\, Rev. Seifu and Rev. Soko Mackay. \n\n\n\nIf you are a spiritual director or spiritual companion living in or rooted in Europe\, we warmly welcome you to join us this April. 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-europe-gathering-april-2026/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Europe02.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260423T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260423T110000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20260311T024842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T021235Z UID:288675-1776938400-1776942000@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI Canada Gathering – April 2026 DESCRIPTION:The Enneagram as a Listening Lens: A framework for noticing patterns without typing others \n\n\n\nAndrea Calvert guides us through using the Enneagram to detect the patterns we miss in our busy day to day lives. \n\n\n\nEvent is open to all spiritual directors and companions in Canada. \n\n\n\nFacilitated By\n\n\n\n\nAndrea Calvert hales from Ontario. She is a spiritual director and Doctor of Ministry student whose research explores adverse church experiences and how spiritual formation practices may help. She offers a compassionate presence for those navigating faith\, doubt\, and the lingering effects of spiritual harm\, creating space for honest conversation and sacred discovery. Andrea shares reflections through her Substack publication Gracious Tension\, and a quarterly mailing list\, where readers can connect and follow her work. Her website offers information on her practice\, and different workshops she provides (acspiritualdirection.com). \n\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-canada-gathering-april-2026/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Free,International,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Canada_Gathering_April_26.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260422T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260422T123000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20251211T234126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T172009Z UID:282475-1776855600-1776861000@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI Educators Gathering - April 2026 DESCRIPTION:Join us on April 22nd\, 2026\, from 11 am to 12:30 p.m. PST for the Spiritual Director Educators Gathering. This SDI Educators Gathering will explore contemporary transformational processes and themes that have not always been fully integrated into past spiritual direction training programs. The Center for Engaged Compassion (CEC) has identified three processes of transformational psycho-spiritual caregiving\, and their contextualization in two embodied realties\, that are augmenting previous spiritual direction training. These three processes are: \n\n\n\n1) Contemplative Spiritual Direction \n\n\n\n            2) The Compassion Practice’s PULSE of Spiritual Restoration \n\n\n\n            3) Internal Family Systems (IFS) \n\n\n\nWith their contextualization in: \n\n\n\n            4) Our Somatic Embodiment \n\n\n\n            5) Our Culturally Located Social Identities \n\n\n\nThis Educators Gathering conversation will introduce these processes and themes and invite conversation about ways of integrating them and other complementary processes into current spiritual direction training. \n\n\n\nBio \n\n\n\nFrank Rogers Jr. is a spiritual director\, supervisor\, certified IFS practitioner\, retreat leader\, writer\, and professor of spiritual formation at the ecumenical and inter-faith Claremont School of Theology. He has taught spirituality\, contemplative practice\, and compassionate social engagement for over 30 years\, and has written numerous articles and books including Cradled in the Arms of Compassion: A Spiritual journey from Trauma to Recovery; and Practicing Compassion. As the Co-Director for the Center for Engaged Compassion\, he offers and teaches compassion-based approaches to spiritual direction and supervision.  \n\n\n\nHis new book\, Cradled in the Arms of Compassion (Awarded one of the Best Spiritual Books of 2023 by Spirituality & Practice; Awarded Best Religion Book for 2024 by American Book Fest) \n\n\n\nFrank’s Substack:  frankrogersjr.substack.com  \n\n\n\nFrank is also the author of:  \n\n\n\nPracticing Compassion (Top 5 spirituality books 2016) \n\n\n\nCompassion in Practice: The Way of Jesus \n\n\n\nFinding God in the Graffiti: Empowering Teenagers through Stories \n\n\n\nThe God of Shattered Glass: A Novel \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Registration is closed for this event. \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\nIf you are part of a spiritual direction formation program or a guide or mentor to spiritual companions\, we invite you to join us. URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/sdi-educators-gathering-april-2026/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Educators Formation Gathering,Free,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/SDI-Educators-Gathering-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260422T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260422T103000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20260406T200134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260406T202359Z UID:290177-1776848400-1776853800@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:The Poet as Spiritual Companion 2: Rainer Maria Rilke as soul-companion with three luminous women: Lou Andreas-Salomé\, Etty Hillesum\, and Marina Tsvetaeva DESCRIPTION:https://www.sdicompanions.org/product/rilke-andreas-salome-etty-hillesum-marina-tsvetaeva/ URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/290167/2026-04-22/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/04-The-Poet-as-Spiritual-Companion-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260413T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260413T113000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20251212T234357Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T154450Z UID:288110-1776074400-1776079800@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:Spiritual Companioning On The Margins – A Six-Part Series DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/spiritual-companioning-on-the-margins-an-eight-part-series/2026-04-13/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/On-the-Margins-Six-Part-FINAL-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260326T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260326T111500 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20260317T223224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T185114Z UID:289075-1774519200-1774523700@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:Group Spiritual Companionship - March 2026 DESCRIPTION:Words of Encouragement: Blessing One Another As Spiritual Directors and CompanionsTimes are difficult — so let’s take care of one another as spiritual companions.SDI is offering this free Zoom session for all Members: an informal hour to come together in community for blessing and encouragement.However you understand the concept of blessing\, our words have power. We’ll gather to offer one another listening\, compassion\, and encouragement. SDI Staff Amrutham Babu and Matt Whitney will tend to this gathering\, offer a couple of short reflections on Blessing\, and share their own words of encouragement along the way.We’ll have time for check-in around your service in the world — a space to name anything you’re seeking help with\, searching for wisdom about\, or simply want a blessing for. And we’ll have the opportunity to offer blessings to one another based on what is shared\, uplifting each other as spiritual companions in community.Gatherings like this are made possible by the support of SDI Members. If you’d like to join us — or support our work in the world — please become an SDI Member (or renew) today. Thank you.Wednesday\, March 26\, 2026 | 10:00 AM Free and open to all SDI Members \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Registration is closed for this event. \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAN INVITATION TO JOIN IN A SACRED LISTENING CIRCLE URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/group-spiritual-companionship-march-2026/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Educators Formation Gathering,Free,Group Spiritual Companionship,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GSC-Graphic-_1_032626.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260325T103000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20221027T204346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T221810Z UID:178624-1774429200-1774434600@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI BIPOC Gathering - March 2026 DESCRIPTION:Registration is closed for this event. \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis one and a half hour session is for those that identify as Black\, Indigenous or a person of color who would like to connect with other BIPOC spiritual directors and spiritual companions.BELONGING: AN EMBODIED APPROACH \n\n\n\nBelonging is a felt sense. As BIPOC spiritual directors\, we navigate complex spaces\, holding sacred space for others while seeking our own places of authentic belonging. This BIPOC Community Gathering will offer a few gentle individual and (optional) group practices designed to help us map belonging in our bodies\, tracking the cues of ease\, safety\, and connection that guide our spiritual leadership. \n\n\n\nThrough breath\, imagery\, simple movement\, and shared reflection\, we’ll explore what belonging feels like when we bring our full selves — our cultural wisdom\, our ancestral knowing\, our embodied experience– into the work of spiritual direction. No somatic experience required. Come as you are. \n\n\n\nHAILEY MITSUIHailey Mitsui (she/her) is a Spiritual Director and Somatic Coach working at the intersection of spirituality\, identity\, justice\, and healing. Based on Duwamish land (Seattle\, WA)\, Hailey works with individuals\, groups\, and communities\, offering a space for questioning\, anger\, grief\, joy\, and exploration. \n\n\n\nDrawing from Christian contemplative practices\, somatic therapy\, and ancestral healing\, Hailey’s approach is rooted in inclusivity and compassion. She centers queer\, trans\, and BIPOC individuals\, supporting personal healing as a pathway to collective liberation. With a nuanced understanding of trauma\, identity\, and spirituality\, Hailey helps her clients reconnect with their inner wisdom and navigate the complexities of spiritual and embodied life. \n\n\n\nYou can learn more about her and her practice at haileymitsui.com or on Instagram @haileymitsui and stream her podcast Embodied Spirituality wherever you listen to your podcasts. \n\n\n\n(Please note this meeting is intended for those who identify as Black\, Indigenous\, or as a Person of Color\, with the intention of having broader meetings with allies eventually.) \n\n\n \nHow to Register / Instructions:\nPlease read through the instructions below before signing up. \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(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. \nWhat to Expect:\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. \nWe will not record these sessions to preserve the confidentiality of all participants in the group spiritual companionship. URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/march-2026-bipoc-gathering/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Free,Group Spiritual Companionship,Live Events,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/BIPOC-Gatherings-3-25.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260324T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260324T143000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20251114T182813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251114T182813Z UID:285250-1774357200-1774362600@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:Dreams and Awakenings for Spiritual Companions DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/dreams-and-awakenings-for-spiritual-companions/2026-03-24/ CATEGORIES:Course END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260316T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260326T235959 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20250904T223346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250904T223436Z UID:276125-1773619200-1774569599@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:Camino Pilgrimage to Spain DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/camino-pilgrimage-to-spain/ CATEGORIES:Journeys ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Spain-Graphic-2026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260312T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260312T120000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20260302T221822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260304T173729Z UID:288309-1773313200-1773316800@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:New Contemplatives Gathering - March 2026 DESCRIPTION:Join us for a meet and greet with fellow members and other contemplatives in the 40-ish or under age range. We’ll talk about the upcoming New Contemplatives cohort for the 2026 SDI Conference\, and how to apply. And offer some time for sharing and community. \n\n\n\nThe New Contemplatives Initiative has historically sought to illuminate the web of connections with and among emerging spiritual companions in hopes of creating more opportunities for spiritual guidance and contemplative formation\, particularly for those in the first half of life. We have opened applications for the 2026 Cohort\, who receive scholarships to our conference and additional opportunities to connect.  \n\n\n\nIf you identify with any of the following below\, we invite you to join us for this informal\, informational online gathering! \n\n\n\n\nAre you new to the field of spiritual direction and companioning?\n\n\n\nAre you on the younger side of the profession?\n\n\n\nAre you doing innovative and non-traditional work in the field?\n\n\n\nDo you want community\, support\, and mentoring?\n\n\n\nAre you a former New Contemplative?\n\n\n\n\nJoin us! March 12\, 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern \n\n\n\nConversation facilitated by Rabbi Menachem Cohen and Matt Whitney \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/new-contemplatives-gathering-march-2026/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/New-Contemplatives-031226.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260227T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260227T103000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20260217T203734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T220338Z UID:287154-1772182800-1772188200@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI Board Tea - Learn About Serving on the SDI Board of Directors DESCRIPTION:To our SDI Members: \n\n\n\nTo our SDI Members: \n\n\n\nWe will soon be accepting applications from those of you who may be interested in becoming members of the SDI Board of Directors starting on July 1\, 2026.  \n\n\n\nWe invite anyone interested or curious about what it means to serve as a Member of the Board of Directors to join several select current Board Members for an informal teatime gathering\, Friday\, February 27th at from 9-10am PT. Come with your questions\, and to discuss any potential interest. No worries if you can’t make it live\, as the session will be recorded and made available afterwards to all SDI Members who want to apply. \n\n\n\nThe Board of Directors is the governing body of Spiritual Directors International. With the role comes fiduciary\, visionary\, strategic planning\, and Executive Director oversight responsibilities. Board members serve three-year terms\, and new members are appointed as members of the Board complete their terms of office. For the full “Responsibilities of Members of the SDI Board of Directors”\, please read this PDF. \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-board-tea-learn-about-serving-on-the-sdi-board-of-directors/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2026-Board-Tea-Meeting-v2copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260225T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260225T103000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20251210T190632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T203754Z UID:282154-1772010000-1772015400@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI LGBTQIA+ Gathering - February 2026 DESCRIPTION:Queer Allyship and Community Connection in Spiritual Companionship \n\n\n\nWe are living through a sustained and coordinated attack on queer and trans people in many parts of the world. There are policies\, laws\, media campaigns focused on rolling back our rights—especially those of trans youth\, their families and medical care. \n\n\n\nWhat is our role as spiritual companions to the queer community? \n\n\n\nThe question before us is not whether we respond\, but how: how we pray\, how we listen\, how we stand with. We must go beyond neutrality. Rather\, we’re called to move into prayerful allyship\, standing firmly with our queer clients and colleagues as we listen deeply\, hold space with compassion\, speak up for and act from a place of spiritual integrity and love. In this gathering we will explore\, self-allyship as active love\, the power of language\, moving beyond binaries and different generational perspectives. In small and large groups we will explore queer allyship as spiritual companions. \n\n\n\nAbout our Facilitator: \n\n\n\n Kate Bednarski is a queer\, spiritually eclectic\, former corporate executive turned Interfaith Spiritual Companion and Shamanic Practitioner in private practice for over 15 years. Kate walks the liminal\, bridging ancient wisdom\, shamanic initiations\, years of plant medicine work\, insight meditation and business pedigree to presence and guide others in discovering their True Selves and calling. \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-february-2026/ CATEGORIES:Free,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/lgbtqia-feb-25-2026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260219T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260219T110000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20260126T225035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260126T230027Z UID:285530-1771495200-1771498800@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI Canada Gathering - February 2026 DESCRIPTION:Registration is closed for this event. \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\nExploring the Inner Landscape in Spiritual Direction \n\n\n\nIn spiritual direction\, the Inner Landscape is a boundless territory located beyond the intellect. Join Celia McBride for an online retreat involving meditation\, movement\, writing and shared conversation about the world within us where wisdom dwells. \n\n\n\nEvent is open to all spiritual directors and companions in Canada. \n\n\n\nFacilitated By\n\n\n\n\nCelia McBride is a writer and spiritual director originally from Whitehorse\,Yukon\, now living in Port Hope\, Ontario. After 20 years as a theatre and film artist\, Celia spent two years discerning a call to monastic life\, which she wrote about in her memoir\, “O My God: An Un-Becoming Journey\,” published in 2022. Celia has been working as a spiritual director since completing the Pacific Jubilee SoulGuiding program in 2013. She provides one-to-one accompaniment\, develops and leads healing retreats\, and provides spiritual care to residents in long-term care. She is currently writing her first novel\, “The Yum-Yum Verse” about Chinese food and the Multiverse. \n\n\n\n\n\nSarah Lyon holds a Master of Education in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapeutic Counselling. She is a writer\, spiritual director\, Veriditas trained labyrinth facilitator and creator of the Contemplative Kitchen Experience. She helps to facilitate Wild Church Calgary from where she lives in the Foothills of Alberta\, Canada. Sarah is SDI’s Community Coordinator for Canada. URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/sdi-canada-gathering-february-2026/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Free,International,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/sdi_canada_feb_2026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260218T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260218T100000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20260202T223721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260205T174723Z UID:286059-1771405200-1771408800@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:The Wisdom of the English Mystics - Julian of Norwich\, Evelyn Underhill\, and more DESCRIPTION:A Free Online Conversation with Carl McColman \n\n\n\nThe spiritual landscape of England has given rise to some of the most enduring voices within the world’s mystical traditions—figures such as Julian of Norwich\, Evelyn Underhill\, C.S. Lewis\, William Blake\, and others whose wisdom continues to speak with surprising clarity today. \n\n\n\nIn this free\, one-hour online gathering\, spiritual director and Mystics scholar Carl McColman will guide us in exploring the heart of this tradition through the lens of spiritual direction and companionship. Together\, we’ll reflect on how these mystics understood prayer\, imagination\, suffering\, joy\, and the attentive listening that lies at the center of the spiritual life. \n\n\n\nCome for an hour of reflection\, conversation\, and shared listening—rooted in an ancient tradition that continues to offer guidance for our lives today. \n\n\n\nHosted by Carl McColman\n\n\n\n\nCarl McColman a spiritual director\, retreat leader\, and internationally known speaker and teacher on mystical spirituality and contemplative living. He is the author of many books\, including The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism\, Eternal Heart: The Mystical Path to a Joyful Life\, and Unteachable Lessons: Why Wisdom Can’t Be Taught and Why That’s Okay. He is one of the co-hosts of the Encountering Silence podcast\, and blogs regularly at Patheos\, Medium\, and his own website\, www.anamchara.com. Carl’s approach to contemplation and mysticism is inclusive and expansive; he is dedicated to exploring the common ground between faith traditions\, with a particular interest in the connecting points between Christian\, Buddhist and Pagan wisdom. Carl lives with his wife\, artist Fran McColman\, in Clarkston\, Georgia\, near Atlanta. \n\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/the-wisdom-of-the-english-mystics/ CATEGORIES:Free,Journeys ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wisdom_of_english_mystics_preview.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260212T130000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20251212T233828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T233828Z UID:282686-1770894000-1770901200@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:The Pain and Power of Stories: Guiding our Companions to Re-Author Their Lives DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/the-pain-and-power-of-stories-guiding-our-companions-to-re-author-their-lives/2026-02-12/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Scott-McRae.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260128T103000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20251210T184431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T222205Z UID:282133-1769590800-1769596200@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI Educators Gathering - January 2026 DESCRIPTION:Join us on January 28th\, 2026\, from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. PST for the SDI Educators gathering Gathering. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Registration is closed for this event. \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\nIf you are part of a spiritual direction formation program or a guide or mentor to spiritual companions\, we invite you to join us. URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/sdi-educators-gathering-3/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Educators Formation Gathering,Free,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/SDI-Educators-Jan-28-2026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260128T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260128T073000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20251125T224832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T222131Z UID:281104-1769580000-1769585400@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI Europe - January 2026 DESCRIPTION:As part of our growing commitment to international outreach\, we are proud to share the creation of an important new community group: SDI Europe.  SDI Europe members will be meeting in January for our first engagement.  We look forward to it\, and then to sharing the results with the broader SDI community. \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-europe-january-2025/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Educators Formation Gathering,Free,Group Spiritual Companionship,International,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cdab65be-6c68-6e58-8e8d-9e657d087393.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260121T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260121T113000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20251212T232940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T233308Z UID:282679-1768989600-1768995000@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:Cinema Divina: Guided Film Screenings to Calm and Nourish Hearts and Minds DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/cinema-divina-guided-film-screenings-to-calm-and-nourish-hearts-and-minds/2026-01-21/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FINAL02_cinema_divina_2026-scaled-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260119T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260119T101500 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20251209T050534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T050939Z UID:281902-1768813200-1768817700@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI Global Outreach - January 2026 DESCRIPTION:Registration is closed for this event. \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\nTopic: Disorientation as Sacred Process \n\n\n\nJoin us for a gently guided\, contemplative experience exploring the profound spiritual wisdom found in seasons of unknowing. This session invites spiritual directors and companions to deepen their capacity to hold disorientation—not as something to fix\, but as a holy threshold into transformation. \n\n\n\nWhat to Expect \n\n\n\n9:00–9:05 — Welcome & OpeningWe begin by grounding ourselves in presence\, setting the tone for a spacious and reflective hour together. \n\n\n\n9:05–9:30 — Exploring Disorientation as a Sacred ProcessWe’ll reflect on the rich spiritual invitations that arise when life feels unmoored:• The Gift of Darkness• Surrender as Expansion• Grace as Surprise• Disorientation as a Doorway into Transformation \n\n\n\n9:30 — Entering Stillness & ListeningThrough a simple mandala practice and gentle journaling prompts\, we’ll attune to the quiet movements of Spirit within our own inner landscapes. \n\n\n\n9:45 — Small GroupsA time for intimate sharing and deep listening in community. \n\n\n\n10:00 — Large Group ReflectionWe close by gathering our collective wisdom and honoring the sacred insights that have emerged. \n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter: \n\n\n\nCathy AJ Hardy is a spiritual director\, retreat facilitator\, and founder of Soul Care®\, offering courses in spiritual formation and direction. A facilitator of soul work for the past two decades\, Cathy is also the author of the books Love Breathes With Me\, Walk With Me\, Love Breathes With Me II\, and Pause: A Year of Soulful Reflection. \n\n\n\nIn addition to her passion for guiding others in their spiritual growth\, Cathy is also a poet and award-winning singer-songwriter. She lives in Mission\, B.C. among the mountains\, rivers\, and forests. URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/sdi-multi-spiritual-community-gathering-january-2026-2/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Free,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Global-Outreach-Cathy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260114T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260114T143000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20251029T165949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T181723Z UID:279562-1768395600-1768401000@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI Multi-Spiritual Community Gathering - January 2026 DESCRIPTION:Registration is closed for this event. \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\nNew Multi-Spiritual Community Gatherings \n\n\n\nWe are thrilled to announce the launch of SDI’s new online community on interspiritual and interfaith spiritual direction and companionship. It is designed to facilitate deeper engagement with individuals from diverse faith traditions and spiritual orientations—or those with none—by exploring how we\, as directors and companions\, can communicate and discern effectively with people whose spiritual beliefs differ from our own. Together\, we’ll cultivate a collaborative space for ongoing conversations\, community-led presentations\, and vibrant interactive dialogues. \n\n\n\nOur gatherings will unfold online\,  with sessions lasting 60 to 90 minutes every two or three months—a cadence we’ll refine through community input. Each one will blend a concise presentation (around 15 minutes)\, open Q&A with speakers\, extended breakout discussions (at least 30 minutes)\, and a collective harvesting of insights to weave our shared wisdom. \n\n\n\nOur aim is to address the ongoing\, and growing\, epidemic of spiritual loneliness\, alienation\, disconnection\, frustration\, depression\, and anxiety. In these challenging times\, our calling as spiritual directors and companions feels more essential than ever. These gatherings will be free to all SDI members. URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/sdi-multi-spiritual-community-gathering-january-2026/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Free,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/multispiritual02.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251222T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251222T140000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20251216T195926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T221739Z UID:282872-1766408400-1766412000@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:Handcrafted: A Virtual Crafting Circle with Olivia Millet DESCRIPTION:Registration is closed for this event. \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\nIf you haven’t met Olivia yet – she is our newest staffperson at SDI as Membership Services Assistant. Olivia is many things\, and also enjoys craftmaking with others! And\, she’d love for you to join her for an hour over zoom on Monday\, December 22nd for a free\, informal\, creative space. Olivia says\, “Consider crafting as spiritual practice. For me\, I see collage as both mediative and as an expression of the divine. Join us with your craft of choice. We can chat\, listen\, or sit in silence\, but most importantly\, work on the crafts that make us come alive.” \n\n\n\nThere won’t be any instruction or guided projects here. Bring your own craft – be it knitting\, journaling\, doodling\, or whatever stirs your creative heart – and join other spiritual companions for this sweet\, contemplative community gathering. URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/handcrafted-a-virtual-crafting-circle/ CATEGORIES:Free,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Handcrafted-01-2026-final.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251210T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251210T113000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20251030T165734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251030T165734Z UID:279628-1765360800-1765366200@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:Spiritual Journaling: A Practice of Connection and Communion DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/spiritual-journaling-a-practice-of-connection-and-communion/2025-12-10/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/spiritualjournaling_graphic02-scaled.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251124T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251124T143000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20251020T171906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T171806Z UID:278426-1763989200-1763994600@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:The Ritual Toolkit DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/the-ritual-toolkit-2025-11-20/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/10-the-ritual_toolkit.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251124T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251124T120000 DTSTAMP:20260617T123916 CREATED:20251020T170623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251020T172025Z UID:278421-1763978400-1763985600@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:Spiritual Companionship on the Margins DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/spiritual-companionship-on-the-margins/2025-11-24/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/margins_graphic02.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR