Spiritual Direction

What is spiritual direction?

Spiritual Direction fosters a person’s personal, intimate relationship with God. It is practiced through a companionship aimed at enabling a person (the directee) to pay attention to God’s presence and activity in their life.

What happens in spiritual direction?

Someone seeking direction shares stories and impressions of their encounters of the Divine or how they are cultivating a life attuned to spiritual things. Longings, observations, challenges, and questions come from daily life, interactions with others, and the created world. We learn to observe our beliefs, expectations, sensations, and images of God. We practice listening by way of an attentive companion who models for us.

What may I expect?

~ contemplative practice

~ monthly meetings
~ confidential

~ one-on-one

~ or in a small group
~ in-person or on Zoom

~ trained Franciscan directors

~ sliding scale ($60-100 for one-on-one)

~ student rate ($40)

~ small group ($40)

FAQs

The group experience.

Group Spiritual Direction is done with a committed small group of people and a director who establishes the safe space and models open-hearted listening. Members of the group learn to cultivate contemplative listening for themselves and for one another.

Franciscan Spiritual Center

Spiritual Direction

What is spiritual direction?

What happens in spiritual direction?

What may I expect?

The group experience.