BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//SDI Companions - ECPv6.18.0//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: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:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20250405T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20251004T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20260404T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20261003T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20270403T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20271002T160000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261014T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261014T113000 DTSTAMP:20260929T173142Z CREATED:20260929T173136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T173142Z UID:300060-1791972000-1791977400@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/2026-10-14/ 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:20261014T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261014T173000 DTSTAMP:20260929T212909Z CREATED:20260929T212904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T212909Z UID:300089-1791993600-1791999000@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI SoCal Gathering – October 2026 DESCRIPTION:Register\n Register\n \n There were errors with your submission. Please try again.\n \n \n\n\n Join 21 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\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\nJoin us for the inaugural Southern California SDI Community Gathering! \n\n\n\nwe are thrilled to officially launch a dedicated SDI Community for Spiritual Companions across Southern California. Our group will gather quarterly on Zoom\, with plans for an annual in-person retreat. \n\n\n\nOur first online meeting is an opportunity to connect with local peers\, share in contemplative practice\, and engage in small-group listening. In response to community interest\, this session will also feature a special presentation on the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)—an assessment tool that provides a snapshot of how individuals and groups navigate cultural differences and commonalities. \n\n\n\nWhat to expect: \n\n\n\n\nConnection & Contemplation: Time to meet fellow SoCal companions\, ground ourselves in shared practice\, and connect in small groups.\n\n\n\nFeatured Topic: Certified IDI administrator Rev. Dr. Jonipher Kūpono Kwong will introduce the assessment and answer questions on how intercultural awareness enriches companioning.\n\n\n\nFuture Vision: A brief look at what lies ahead for our quarterly gatherings and annual in-person retreat.\n\n\n\n\nWhether you are looking for local peer support\, professional development\, or fresh insights for your practice\, we warmly invite you to be part of this new circle! \n\n\n\nFacilitated By\n\n\n\n\nThe Rev. Dr. Jonipher Kūpono Kwong (he/they) is a minister\, community leader\, and spiritual seeker whose life and work span diverse cultures\, faith traditions\, and creative disciplines. Born and raised in the Philippines within a Chinese family\, Jonipher spent much of his adult life in California and Hawai‘i\, and earned both a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from Claremont School of Theology. \n\n\n\nJonipher currently serves as Interim Lead Minister of First Parish in Arlington\, Massachusetts\, following leadership roles across the Unitarian Universalist Association\, the Counseling & Spiritual Care Center of Hawai‘i\, and API Equality-LA. Across every chapter of his journey—from film studios to congregations and national nonprofit leadership—his focus remains constant: creating spaces where people can bring their whole selves\, encounter one another with curiosity and compassion\, and discover deeper meaning together. URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/sdi-socal-gathering-october-2026/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Free,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/LA_Gathering-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261015T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261015T103000 DTSTAMP:20261013T011748Z CREATED:20260911T175609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T011748Z UID:299331-1792054800-1792060200@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI LGBTQIA+ Gathering - October 2026 DESCRIPTION:Compassionately Queer; Queerly Compassionate \n\n\n\nThe world is on the wobble and as queer spiritual companions\, we each bear witness to\, and just feel\, all the things\, hey? Join us for a little “Holy Boop” and a right-now check in (How are you doing…really?). Together we can compassionately turn inward to help find our silly-serious way in a wobbling world.  \n\n\n\nThis will be a carefully facilitated time of inward softening\, allowing us to spiritually connect as a beautiful\, diverse\, queer community. Together\, let’s create a nurturing circle where we can notice and name what feels alive in each one gathered\, moving toward our individual inner landscapes with tenderness and compassion. \n\n\n\nAbout Michelle and Sandra: \n\n\n\nMichelle and Sandra are queer\, spiritual directors with Still Lake Listening. They practice in person\, and virtually\, from Alberta\, Canada. Partners in life and in offering spiritual care\, their shared love is facilitating contemplative\, compassionate listening spaces where you can slow down and give voice to what feels tender\, tangled\, or unfinished; where Courage\, Nurture\, and Holy Mischief can emerge and thrive.  \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. \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\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 one other person \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 Already registered?\n Already registered? \n\n \n Use this tool to manage your registration. \n \n\n \n \n Enter your registered email address* URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/sdi-lgbtqia-gathering-september-2026/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Free,Group Spiritual Companionship,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SDI-LGBTQ-Gathering.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261021T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261021T103000 DTSTAMP:20261013T011305Z CREATED:20261008T011649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T011305Z UID:300462-1792573200-1792578600@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI BIPOC Gathering - October 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(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. \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 one other person \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 Already registered?\n Already registered? \n\n \n Use this tool to manage your registration. \n \n\n \n \n Enter your registered email address* URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/sdi-bipoc-gathering-october-2026/ CATEGORIES:Communities,Free,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BIPOC_oct21_2026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261027T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261027T203000 DTSTAMP:20261013T045812Z CREATED:20261013T042630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T045812Z UID:300777-1793127600-1793133000@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI Australia Gathering DESCRIPTION:SDI Members from Australia are invited to join this free offering\, hosted by SDI Australia Convener Jane Mahon. \n\n\n\nA Long Loving Look at the Real: The Work of Silence \n\n\n\nIn this talk\, Sarah Bachelard will share how a practice of silent contemplative prayer deepens our listening and availability\, enabling us to move beyond the impulse to control or fix and attend more truthfully to what is. There will be an opportunity to share in a brief time of meditation and reflect on the connection between contemplative practice and spiritual growth. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSarah Bachelard is a theologian\, retreat leader and founder of Benedictus Contemplative Church\, based in Canberra\, Australia. She is a teacher with the World Community for Christian Meditation\, and her books include Experiencing God in a Time of Crisis\, Poetica Divina: Poems to Redeem a Prose World\, and Pools of Grace: The Gift and Call of Contemplative Worship. Sarah loves to discern connections between the wisdom of tradition\, contemplative practice and lived experience. \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 one other person \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\nAustralians! Have you taken our survey yet? Please do so\, we’d really appreciate your feedback: https://www.sdicompanions.org/sdi-australia-community-survey-august-2026/ URL:https://www.sdicompanions.org/event/sdi-australia-gathering-2/2026-10-27/ CATEGORIES:Australia,Communities,Free,Online Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sdicompanions.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/sdi_australia_oct_2026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261109T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261109T130000 DTSTAMP:20261008T020148Z CREATED:20261008T020141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T020148Z UID:300464-1794223800-1794229200@www.sdicompanions.org SUMMARY:SDI Multi-Spiritual Community Gathering - November 2026 DESCRIPTION:Log in to register \n Username or Email Address\n \n \n Password\n \n Remember Me \n \n \n \n \n\n\n Join one other person \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\nFrom the Desire to Receive to the Desire to Give \n\n\n\nKabbalistic Wisdom as a Map of Spiritual Transformation \n\n\n\nWhat might ancient Kabbalistic wisdom offer to our understanding of psychological and spiritualtransformation? \n\n\n\nThis lecture explores the movement from a consciousness organized around the self – its needs\,fears\, wounds\, memories\, and desire to receive – toward a more spacious way of being\, capableof awareness\, relationship\, empathy\, and giving. Drawing on Kabbalistic ideas such as tzimtzum(contraction)\, ratzo v’shov (running and returning)\, and the transformation of the desire toreceive into the desire to bestow\, we will consider spiritual development not as an escape fromthe self\, but as a transformation of our relationship to it. \n\n\n\nBringing Kabbalah into dialogue with clinical psychology and transpersonal thought\, we willexplore a simple but radical possibility: that the self need not disappear in order forconsciousness to expand. Perhaps the spiritual journey is the gradual discovery that we caninhabit our individual form without being imprisoned by it – and that love begins when the realityand desire of the other become as meaningful to us as our own \n\n\n\nAbout our Facilitator: \n\n\n\nDr. Yossi Meidan is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist whose work brings togetherdepth psychology\, psychotherapy\, and the study of Kabbalistic and spiritual traditions. Hisparticular interest is in the meeting point between the personal and the transpersonal: howpsychological suffering can constrict consciousness around the self\, and how relationship\,awareness\, and spiritual practice can reopen the possibility of movement and transformation. \n\n\n\nDrawing on decades of clinical experience\, Dr. Meidan explores Kabbalistic ideas not only asmystical concepts\, but as a living language for understanding human desire\, love\, suffering\, andthe movement from a self-centered toward a more relational and expansive consciousness 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-1.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: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