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SUMMARY:2025 Conference Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Join SDI conference keynoter Pat McCabe at our post-conference retreat at Center of Renewal Retreat and Conference Center\, for an opportunity to gather with other spiritual directors and companions\, to reflect and discern on the conference’s rich offerings\, and to recommit to our calling and to our ever continuing growth. \n\n\n\nParticipants can expect to arrive on Saturday\, May 31\, between 4:00 and 5:00 PM and depart on Tuesday\, June 3 after lunch. \n\n\n\nCenter of Renewal (COR) Retreat & Conference Center at Stella Niagara is a sponsored ministry of Sisters of Saint Francis of Penance and Christian Charity\, Holy Name Province. Stella Niagara was founded in 1908.  Center of Renewal at Stella Niagara began as a retreat center in 1974\, and in 2024 this ministry will be celebrating its 50th year of continuous retreat center hospitality and spiritual development.
URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/2025-conference-retreat/
LOCATION:Center of Renewal Retreat & Conference Center\, 4421 Lower River Road\, Stella Niagara\, NY\, 14144\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Retreats
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SUMMARY:SDI Global Outreach Session
DESCRIPTION:SDI Global Outreach – June 2025\nJune 17\, 2025 @ 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST \nAustralia (AWST): 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM (June 18) \nNew Zealand (NZDT): 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM (June 18) \nUS & Canada: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM ET / 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PT (June 17) \nLondon (BST): 12:00 AM – 1:30 AM (June 18) \nKenya (EAT): 2:00 AM – 3:30 AM (June 18) \nFind your local time zone. \nCategories:\nCommunities\, Educators Formation Gathering\, Free\, Online Gathering \nOur initial outreach session was a spectacular gathering of over 60 SDI members from around the world. Register now to continue the inspired conversations around immigration and displacement\, regional community building\, “currency equity\,” and ensuring SDI remains a safe and sacred place for our entire global community. \n\n	\n	\n	\n	\n    \n\n	    \n    \n        Log in to register \n				Username or Email Address\n				\n			 \n				Password\n				\n			  Remember Me \n				\n				\n			 \n        \n        	\n\n		 \nSpiritual Accompaniment in a Digital Environment\nIn this session\, you’ll be invited to explore how the sacred art of spiritual direction can be faithfully extended into the digital space. Drawing on over a decade of online practice\, Stephen Truscott SM\, PhD\, will offer both reflective insight and practical guidance to help you offer spiritual accompaniment with presence\, reverence\, and attentiveness—even through a screen. Whether you’re new to virtual direction or seeking to deepen your confidence\, you’ll gain tools for creating a hospitable and ethically sound online environment—from lighting and camera setup to confidentiality and screen presence. Together\, we’ll reflect on how this evolving mode of practice might complement your ministry and expand your capacity to meet directees wherever they are. \n																										 \nStephen Truscott \nStephen Truscott SM PhD is a Marist priest and the Director of the Fullness of Life Centre in Perth\, Western Australia. With over four decades of experience in spiritual direction\, counselling\, and professional supervision\, he has been at the forefront of integrating digital technology into spiritual accompaniment. Since 2015\, Stephen has offered secure\, encrypted video conferencing sessions\, making spiritual direction accessible to individuals regardless of location. His academic contributions include a PhD from Murdoch University\, focusing on the developmental influences shaping contemporary spiritual directors\, and publications addressing spiritual accompaniment in the digital age. Stephen’s gentle and non-judgmental approach fosters a contemplative space for individuals to explore their spiritual journeys\, whether in-person or online.
URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/sdi-global-outreach-session-2025-02-20-2025-06-19-2/
CATEGORIES:Communities,Educators Formation Gathering,Free,Online Gathering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250625T090000
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SUMMARY:June 2025 LGBTQIA+ Gathering
DESCRIPTION:In these times\, LGBTQIA+ individuals are encouraged to deepen our spiritualities\, both individually and collectively. To take a loving look at all that is in front of us—the injustices and disparities. From this deep connection\, to boldly face and act with freedom. In this session\, we will go through some guided practices\, and linger with them\, sharing what works and what more we still need. \n\nThis one hour session is for those that identify as This 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(Please note this meeting is intended for those who identify as LGBTQIA+) \n\nHow to Register / Instructions:\n\nPlease read through the instructions below before signing up. \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(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\nWhat to Expect:\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\nWe will not record these sessions to preserve the confidentiality of all participants in the group spiritual companionship. \n		\n			Your Host		\n																										\n		Ravi Verma is a spiritual director and has worked professionally with churches and lay leaders for over twenty-five years. Ravi’s passion is to work with individuals and groups to build bridges between parts of ourselves\, with others and the cosmos based on our connection to the Divine. Ravi\, born in India\, now teaches at Stillpoint\, and works with corporations\, retreat centers\, and non-profits on issues of spiritual development.  Ravi is a past Chair of the Coordinating Council of Spiritual Directors International.
URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/june-2025-lgbtqia-gathering/
CATEGORIES:Communities,Free,Online Gathering
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