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October 2018
2018 Autumn Refresher Day
Speaker The day will be led by Antonia Lynn who will speak on ‘A LIGHT TO MY PATH – Using and Valuing Supervision’ The decision to invite Antonia to lead us in this day leads on from our discussions at the last two Annual General Meetings about the need for all Spiritual Directors to be engaged in either group or individual supervision for their work. Antonia Lynn is a supervisor, spiritual director, trainer and workshop facilitator at the London centre…
Find out more »March 2019
2019 Spring Refresher Day
2019 SPRING REFRESHER DAY for trained and practicing spiritual directors Speaker The day will be led by Rev Ruth Adams Ruth Adams was born and brought up in Belfast N. Ireland Although a Christian since 8 years old and ordained at 24 year old - many spiritual practices seemed to be what other people did. Several years ago after taking part in spiritual direction training she realised that this was in some part due to the introverted nature of much that…
Find out more »June 2019
2019 AGM & Annual SPIDIR Conference
This year’s Annual Conference will be addressed by Chris Chapman, known to many of us from his years as Spirituality Adviser for the Diocese of Southwark, and a member of SPIDIR’S Committee. He now works on an independent basis as spiritual director, retreat leader, teacher and writer. The AGM will start promptly at 10.30am, with the Annual Address following at 11.30am. Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Unconscious bias and the task of spiritual direction There were many who…
Find out more »September 2019
Refresher Course for Active Spiritual Directors
As announced in the Newsletter and at the AGM in June 2019, there will be a three-day Refresher course for Spiritual Directors currently on the SPIDIR directory. Speakers Chris Chapman, Nim Njuguna, John Woodhouse Cost £20 per session or £50 for the full 3 day course (i.e. you can go to one, two or three of them). Pay on the day (cash or cheque) Book To book your place contact: John Woodhouse woodhousesopten@btinternet.com or 0790 8888 586 by text Lunch…
Find out more »October 2019
2019 Autumn Refresher Day on Safeguarding
Autumn Refresher Day For trained and practising spiritual directors. The day will be led by Kate Singleton who will speak on: “SAFEGUARDING FOR SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS” We all need to be more aware of Safeguarding issues in our ministry of Spiritual Direction. It is vitally important for all Spidir Spiritual Directors to attend a Safeguarding Refresher Day at least every five years. If you haven’t been to one recently please sign up for this day. Kate Singleton is the Safeguarding Adviser…
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Refresher Days
For those trained in the ministry of spiritual direction
Each year we have a Spring Refresher Day in March/April, 10.00am - 3.30pm
For 2018 & 2019 we have added an Autumn Refresher Day in October - these will continue if popular.
SPIDIR Annual Conference
Open to All
Each year in June we have an AGM followed by an Annual Address, 10.00am -3.30pm
The Annual Address is open to all who are interested in the work of spiritual direction. It is usually composed of a lecture followed by interactive discussion. No previous knowledge of the subject is required to participate and enjoy the day. There is currently a fee of £15, with a discount of £5 for SPIDIR members.