The Emmaus Center for Spirituality is pleased to sponsor the following programs:
Early Winter 2020
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Ongoing Formation for Spiritual Directors Series:
The Annotations (Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola) as a Way to Deepen A Spiritual Director's Empathic Listening Skills. CLOSED - Stay Tuned for our Next Offering! In his Spiritual Exercises (#1-22), St. Ignatius of Loyola includes twenty two Introductory Observations or Annotations as a help to both the director and directee. In this workshop, our presenter, Fr. Jim, will explore these as foundational listening guidelines for the ministry of spiritual direction. In addition, current listening theories will be introduced to enhance one's ability to utilize Ignatius’s guidelines in one’s practice. |
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Course Materials:
Handouts and materials will be provided by Presenter. Participants will need to bring a notebook or PC for use in taking notes.
Handouts and materials will be provided by Presenter. Participants will need to bring a notebook or PC for use in taking notes.
Eligibility/Requirements:
To be eligible to participate, individuals must:
To be eligible to participate, individuals must:
- Be graduates of or students in a spiritual direction formation program
- Be in spiritual direction on a monthly basis
- If sitting with directees, be working with a trained, experienced supervisor on a monthly basis
When
This series will be held on Saturday mornings as noted below:
This series will be held on Saturday mornings as noted below:
- January 18, 2020, 10:00AM to 12:00PM, New Life Center, Room 203
- February 29, 2020, 10:00M to 12:00PM, New Life Center, Room 239 (Please note room change)
- March 21, 2020, 10:00AM to 12:00PM, New Life Center, Room 203 (This course has been rescheduled as follows):
- May 16, 2020, 10:00AM to 12:00PM, Via Zoom, All participants have been emailed Zoom link.
Where
St. Matthew Catholic Church, New Life Center, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Parkway, Charlotte, NC 28277
St. Matthew Catholic Church, New Life Center, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Parkway, Charlotte, NC 28277
Presenter: Rev. James M. Bowler, SJ
Fr. Jim currently serves as pastoral minister at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Charlotte, NC, focusing on spiritual direction, supervision of spiritual directors, offering the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and his role in promulgating Ignatian spirituality in the parish. Fr. Jim served for more than 20 years in the area of spiritual direction as director of Campion Renewal Center, executive director of the National Jesuit Retreat and Renewal Ministries and as a staff member at the Guelph Center of Spirituality in Ontario, where he was responsible for training and supervising spiritual directors in the Ignatian tradition.
Fr. Jim currently serves as pastoral minister at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Charlotte, NC, focusing on spiritual direction, supervision of spiritual directors, offering the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and his role in promulgating Ignatian spirituality in the parish. Fr. Jim served for more than 20 years in the area of spiritual direction as director of Campion Renewal Center, executive director of the National Jesuit Retreat and Renewal Ministries and as a staff member at the Guelph Center of Spirituality in Ontario, where he was responsible for training and supervising spiritual directors in the Ignatian tradition.
Registration
To register please email, registration@emmauscenterforspirituality.com no later than January 6, 2019.
To register please email, registration@emmauscenterforspirituality.com no later than January 6, 2019.
Fee
$65 for all three [3] sessions.
$65 for all three [3] sessions.
Payment
Please make your check payable to Emmaus Center for Spirituality and mail it to
Emmaus Center for Spirituality, 10800 Sikes Place, Suite 300, Charlotte, NC 28277
Please make your check payable to Emmaus Center for Spirituality and mail it to
Emmaus Center for Spirituality, 10800 Sikes Place, Suite 300, Charlotte, NC 28277
Late Winter, 2020 & Spring 2020
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Information will be posted soon...
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Summer, 2019 & Summer, 2020
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Ongoing Formation for Spiritual Directors
Associated with Fairfield University's Spiritual Direction Formation Program We are pleased to announce the following offerings via livestream of our annual ongoing formation opportunity for spiritual directors. Due to the pandemic, our in person programs have been converted to livestream offerings via Zoom. |
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Option A: Participate in both opportunities listed below. Cost: $200.00
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Option B: Participate in one of the opportunities listed below. Cost: $150.00
Presenter: Fr. Gerry Blaszczak, SJ, Ph.D.
Topic: Contemporary Christology and the Following of Jesus in the Spiritual Pedagogy of Ignatius Loyola
Topic: Discernment Workshop
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Option B: Participate in one of the opportunities listed below. Cost: $150.00
Presenter: Fr. Gerry Blaszczak, SJ, Ph.D.
Topic: Contemporary Christology and the Following of Jesus in the Spiritual Pedagogy of Ignatius Loyola
- Monday, June 15
- Part 1: 1:00PM to 2:00PM
- Part 2: 2:30PM to 3:30PM
Topic: Discernment Workshop
- Wednesday, June 17
- 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Eligibility/Requirements:
To be eligible to participate, individuals must:
To be eligible to participate, individuals must:
- Be graduates of or students in a spiritual direction formation program
- Be in spiritual direction on a monthly basis
- If sitting with directees, be working with a trained, experienced supervisor on a monthly basis
Registration
Space is limited; registrations are received on a first come, first serve basis; email holyground@carolina.rr.com no later than May 25, 2020 and indicate your choice of Option A or Option B.
Space is limited; registrations are received on a first come, first serve basis; email holyground@carolina.rr.com no later than May 25, 2020 and indicate your choice of Option A or Option B.
Payment
Please make your check payable to Fairfield University mail and to: Holy Ground of the Carolinas, 10800 Sikes Place, Suite 300, Charlotte, NC 28277
Please make your check payable to Fairfield University mail and to: Holy Ground of the Carolinas, 10800 Sikes Place, Suite 300, Charlotte, NC 28277
Participating Via Zoom
You will need a desktop or laptop computer with a camera or tablet and a free Zoom account [basic account is free online]. Please visit zoom.us to check it out.
You will need a desktop or laptop computer with a camera or tablet and a free Zoom account [basic account is free online]. Please visit zoom.us to check it out.
Presenters
Fr. Gerry Blaszczak, SJ, Ph.D.
Fr. Gerry holds a Ph.D. in New Testament and Early Church History with a secondary field of Islamic Studies from Harvard University. He earned a B.Phil. from Philosophische Hochschule Berchmanskolleg in Pullach, Germany and a B.A., summa cum laude, in classics from Fordham University. Fr. Gerry has been on the faculty of Le Moyne College, Fordham University and Hekima College, Nairobi, Kenya. He served as Director of the Center for Ignatian Spirituality at Fairfield University and is currently the Vice President for Mission and Identity at Fairfield
University in Fairfield, CT.
Sister Elizabeth Liebert, Ph.D., SNJM
Dr. Elizabeth Liebert is committed to offering resources to future leaders of the church to help them understand and deepen their own spiritual grounding and to extend their ministries of spiritual nurturing and care of their congregations and other ministries. Her current research centers on aspects of the academic discipline of Christian Spirituality, and, in particular, on the practice of discernment, both personally and in institutional settings. She is the author of Way of Discernment: Spiritual Practices for Decision Making (Westminster John Knox 2008) and Soul of Discernment: A Spiritual Practice for Communities and Institutions (Westminster John Knox, 2015). She is a co-author of The Spiritual Exercises Reclaimed: Uncovering Liberating Possibilities for Women. She is a member of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, an educationally oriented Roman Catholic women's religious congregation.
Fr. Gerry Blaszczak, SJ, Ph.D.
Fr. Gerry holds a Ph.D. in New Testament and Early Church History with a secondary field of Islamic Studies from Harvard University. He earned a B.Phil. from Philosophische Hochschule Berchmanskolleg in Pullach, Germany and a B.A., summa cum laude, in classics from Fordham University. Fr. Gerry has been on the faculty of Le Moyne College, Fordham University and Hekima College, Nairobi, Kenya. He served as Director of the Center for Ignatian Spirituality at Fairfield University and is currently the Vice President for Mission and Identity at Fairfield
University in Fairfield, CT.
Sister Elizabeth Liebert, Ph.D., SNJM
Dr. Elizabeth Liebert is committed to offering resources to future leaders of the church to help them understand and deepen their own spiritual grounding and to extend their ministries of spiritual nurturing and care of their congregations and other ministries. Her current research centers on aspects of the academic discipline of Christian Spirituality, and, in particular, on the practice of discernment, both personally and in institutional settings. She is the author of Way of Discernment: Spiritual Practices for Decision Making (Westminster John Knox 2008) and Soul of Discernment: A Spiritual Practice for Communities and Institutions (Westminster John Knox, 2015). She is a co-author of The Spiritual Exercises Reclaimed: Uncovering Liberating Possibilities for Women. She is a member of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, an educationally oriented Roman Catholic women's religious congregation.
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Supervisory Training For Spiritual Directors
Offered by Together in the Mystery The Emmaus Center for Spirituality is pleased to sponsor an important program being offered on the East coast for spiritual directors. If you are an experienced spiritual director serving in the ministry of direction and sense a call to serve as a supervisor of spiritual directors, we would encourage you to explore the Together in the Mystery Program. This is a well-established supervisory training program in partnership with San Francisco Theological Seminary. |
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Program Specifics
This program is conducted in a contemplative atmosphere, one that emphasizes not simply information but personal and professional transformation. Rather than expecting students to be away from their life responsibilities and commitments for weeks at a time, Together in the Mystery schedules instruction in three parts:
This program is conducted in a contemplative atmosphere, one that emphasizes not simply information but personal and professional transformation. Rather than expecting students to be away from their life responsibilities and commitments for weeks at a time, Together in the Mystery schedules instruction in three parts:
- A beginning 3-day practicum held over a long weekend at a seminary or retreat center.
- A year of mentoring over the telephone or via audio/video conferencing. Mentoring is divided into 8 sessions over the course of 12 months.
- A closing 3-day practicum, also held over long a weekend at the same location as year one.
Eligibility/Requirements
Minimum eligibility requirements for the program are:
Minimum eligibility requirements for the program are:
- Three to five years’ experience as a spiritual director.
- Three to five years’ working with a supervisor.
- Be in spiritual direction for a minimum of five years.
- Have reference letters from your current spiritual director and supervisor.
- Ability to commit to the requirements of the program in their entirety.
When
This program will be offered as follows:
Friday, June 21, 2019 - Sunday, June 23, 2019
This program will be offered as follows:
Friday, June 21, 2019 - Sunday, June 23, 2019
- Program begins at 8:45am on June 21 and concludes on June 23 @ 3:00PM
- Program begins at 8:45am on June 26 and concludes on June 28 @ 3:00PM
Where
This program will be offered at St. Francis Springs Prayer Center is located at 477 Grogan Road, Stoneville, NC 27048. For more information about St. Francis Springs, please visit their website by clicking here.
This program will be offered at St. Francis Springs Prayer Center is located at 477 Grogan Road, Stoneville, NC 27048. For more information about St. Francis Springs, please visit their website by clicking here.
Application/Registration ~ Application deadline, March 1, 2019
We encourage early application as space is limited. For information on costs, detailed requirements for acceptance, please visit the program website at: www.togetherinthemystery.org or email at info@togetherinthemystery.org or call at 415-686-7889.
We encourage early application as space is limited. For information on costs, detailed requirements for acceptance, please visit the program website at: www.togetherinthemystery.org or email at info@togetherinthemystery.org or call at 415-686-7889.
Costs
Fees for application and tuition can be found at www.togetherinthemystery.org and are payable directly to Together in the Mystery.
Fees for application and tuition can be found at www.togetherinthemystery.org and are payable directly to Together in the Mystery.
Lodging/Meals
To arrange lodging, contact Ann Bauer directly at St. Francis Springs at 336-573-3751. Costs for lodging/meals are payable directly to St. Francis Springs.
To arrange lodging, contact Ann Bauer directly at St. Francis Springs at 336-573-3751. Costs for lodging/meals are payable directly to St. Francis Springs.
If you have any questions or need additional information about Emmaus Center for Spirituality programs/events listed above, please email us info@emmauscenterforspirituality.com or call us at 980-505-5342.