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Here at Catholic Spiritual Directors we are seeking opportunities to provide ministry resources to support directors; and due to many requests,now provide listings of programs, organizations, and individual spiritual directors.

What is Spiritual Direction in the Catholic Tradition? Spiritual direction, as a particular ministry, is a form of pastoral care that is individualized for the person offered in a one-on-one encounter. In this setting, a trained mentor, guided by the Holy Spirit, helps direct the individual within the context of their everyday life, supporting one's growth in holiness through teaching, co-discernment, and ongoing contemplative accompaniment for one’s deeper discovery through

A Catholic spiritual director helps the directee/retreatant to notice the presence and call of God in the circumstances of their everyday life and to help find the words for talking about those encounters, which helps to deepen the experience of being in a relationship with one’s Creator.  The director also guides one in sorting out the various interior ‘voices’ within and around them to discern God’s will. This process called discernment is deciding with prayerful attention

Who Goes to Spiritual Direction? People experiencing a faith transition or loss, changes in self-perception, challenges within the normal flow of life, life transitions, changes in careers, or a yearning for God to deepen their prayer life, to understand more of their interior life, to discover more profoundly their unique relationship with Christ, and or finding God’s will and desire for their life, to grow in holiness. Who is Spiritual Direction for? For those who desire to

Those called to this ministry should have a foundational core in the Four Pillars of Formation, as do all ministers who co-labor in the vineyard of the Church. In addition, they are to have a specific formation related to the spiritual life. Whether affiliated directly as employees within an institution or organization, or working independently. ​ Many directors today have formal education (a Master's or Doctorate) with advanced postgraduate credits (certificates) in spirit

Spiritual Direction focuses on one's relationship with the Trinity and on one's growth in holiness through prayer, service, and the sacramental life within the Mystical Body of Christ.  What areas in my life does Spiritual Direction address?   " addresses what is in one’s daily life as one prays their way through life’s complex decisions and interpretations of their spiritual experiences in those everyday life circumstances ." (Joseph Tetlow, SJ) ​​​​​​​ Is Spiritual Directio