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Our Program
Our program consists of three courses providing comprehensive training in spiritual direction while inviting you into a transformative growth experience in your faith journey.
Our Program: Take a Closer Look
We offer a unique two-year, part-time spiritual direction training program, blending in-person residencies and online learning modules. With a cohort model, you'll be part of a supportive group that stays together throughout the program. Upon completion of the program, graduates earn a certificate of completion in spiritual direction.
The three courses of our program run simultaneously :
Knowing God and Self
Designed for your own growth as a Christian. One of the program's distinctive features is 12-14 days of silent retreat time based on the themes of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises.
During the retreats, you will:
Knowing the Tradition
Covers a comprehensive range of topics related to spiritual direction. We design all of our teaching for adult learning styles.
Classroom teaching covers:
Knowing the Practice
Ensures students have plenty of opportunities to practice spiritual direction.
Students can expect:
During The Two Years Participants Will:
Apart from the on-line components (indicated below), all modules are live-in residencies held at Star of the North Retreat Centre in St. Albert, AB.
We start at 7:00 PM on Sundays and end at 4:30 PM on Tuesdays or noon on Fridays.
Cohort 5 Dates
Personalized Support and Supervision
We believe that one-to-one support is essential to your training as a spiritual director. That's why we provide personalized supervision to all our students. You'll have the opportunity to work with experienced supervisors who will meet with you throughout your practicum and provide encouragement and feedback and guidance.
Before entering The Studion I had no experience or understanding of the work of spiritual direction. But as I immersed myself in this whole new world, not only did I learn to develop a love and life of contemplation, but I was awakened to the wonderful gifts of deep-listening, curious questioning, prayerful presence, and silence. In opening myself to this kind of journey, and in learning to trust the process of this way of life, my inner world was led toward a path of freedom and transformation...
— Cindy G., Cohort Three
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