Souljourners
Ecumenical Programs for Spiritual Formation

Are You...

• Seeking access to the nourishment of the deep wells of spiritual treasure in your tradition?
• Do you feel called to perform the service of "holy listening" for people on the spiritual journey?
• Are you a spiritual director / spiritual companion who would value a relationship with a support and accountability group directed by certified spiritual directors?
• Would you like to find all of these resources available in the area of northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri at a reasonable cost?

We Offer . . .

1. Professional Supervisory Program
This program is for those who are already doing spiritual direction or companionship on a formal basis and need to be under professional supervision.
Experienced professional supervisors will meet every other month with directors to offer supervision. The program will be offered on both a weekday and a weeknight to meet different scheduling needs.
Title: The Practicum in Spiritual Direction/Companionship
Date: Monthly 2-hour Meetings
Time: To be arranged with Supervisor
Location: To be arranged with Supervisor

2. The Program for Spiritual Directors or Companions
This three-year ecumenical program offers certification of study in the art of spiritual direction/companionship. Course work during one year focuses on the Knowledge of God and the Christian Spiritual Tradition. Course work in the other year focuses on Knowledge of Self and Graced Human Development.

Besides attendance and active participation at all sessions, requirements for Souljourners' students are as follows: assigned readings, reaction papers, and book reactions.

During the third year practicum course, participants make a three day directed retreat in the summer, meet monthly with two directees, and once a month with a supervisor. They also meet as a group once each semester at Sophia Center.

Souljourners Formation Program
for Spiritual Directors/Companions

ACADEMIC YEAR - 2008-2009
SD 502 - Knowledge of God and Judeo-Christian Spiritual Traditions
Arrival at 2 pm on Fridays, leaving 4:30 pm on Saturdays
(Dates below for topics to be covered throughout the course)

2009
June 21-27: Residency - Rev. Margaret Guenther, et al.


2009-2010
Preferably students begin the program at the time of the
June Residency - June 21-27, 2009
or at the fall September weekend, September 18 - 19, 2009

DATES
June 21-27, 2009: SD 503 Residency: Knowledge of Self and Graced Human Development
Arrival at 1:00 pm, Sunday, June 21st
Ends Saturday noon, June 27th

After completing 2 years of course work:

July 27-30, 2009: PRE-PRACTICUM DIRECTED RETREAT
Arrival on Monday, July 27th, 7:00 pm
Ends at 4 pm, Thursday, July 30th

July 30 – 31, 2009: PRE-PRACTICUM WORKSHOP
Begins at 7 pm, Thursday, July 30th
Ends 4 pm, Friday, July 31st

After completing 1 year of course work:

July 30 – 31, 2009: DISCERNMENT OF CALL WEEKEND
Arrival at 7 pm, Thursday, July 30th
Ends 4 pm, Friday, July 31st

ACADEMIC YEAR – 2009 – 2010
SD 504 - Knowledge of Self and Graced Human Development
(Dates below for topics to be covered throughout the course) ent
Arrival at 2 pm on Fridays, leaving 4:30 pm on Saturdays

2009
September 18-19, 2009
October 16-17, 2009
November 20-21, 2009

2010
January 15-16, 2010
February 19-20, 2010
March 19-20, 2010
April 23-24, 2010
Residency - June 27-July 3, 2010

Attendance

Interested persons will be required to participate in a screening process. Throughout the program, the participants will engage in an on-going discernment process with the staff to determine if there is a real call to this ministry of spiritual direction.

This program is a three year program and is designed to be compact as well as locally accessible. It is required that certificate-seeking students attend both week-long residencies and the required 16 weekend sessions [8 sessions each of the first two years], and complete the practicum requirements. Persons who must leave sessions for pastoral or family emergencies will be expected to make up the weekend or do extra assignments by arrangement with the faculty.

Benedictine College of Atchison, Kansas, is granting through its graduate program a total of 12 graduate credits at $70.00 per credit hour for those who desire to earn graduate credits through the Souljourners Program.

Dr. Margaret Guenther, Former Director of the Center for Christian Spirituality at General Theological Seminary in New York, author of Holy Listening, Toward Holy Ground, and others, is our consultant, mentor and good friend. She directs and is an instructor in the intensive summer residency programs.


Click here to request more information about programs and costs or contact:
Sister Micaela Randolph, OSB
email: micaela@mountosb.org
or
call 913-360-6160
or
write:
Sister Micaela Randolph, OSB
Director of Souljourners
Sophia Center
751 South 8th Street
Atchison, Kansas 66002