You are welcome to make contact directly with any of them to find out more about them and their practice. My background includes management training, coaching and bereavement support. e also offer a service where our Referrals Co-ordinator, who is also the Warden of the Community, will help you think through what you are hoping for, and will offer suggestions about an appropriate director from our Community. It gives you a regular time and place of complete confidentiality to explore the movements of the spirit in the everyday experience of your life. This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages. Encounter is a formation programme in spiritual accompaniment. London Centre for Spiritual Direction Grants and Expenses At and through the Centre, we celebrate and encourage this tradition by offering resources to anyone looking for a Spiritual Director, or exploring their faith formation; we also have comfortable and affordable rooms for confidential meetings. Members of the initiating group, (Julie Dunstan,Alison McTear, ChrisChapman, John-Francis Friendship and Nick Helm) shared something of their journey and interest in working to this initiative. It has information on not only spiritual direction, but also how to get a director or how to train to be a director. I am a WAP guide and supervisor, and can lead open door retreats. People come to Spiritual Direction for many reasons, but the focus of this ministry concerns the way God is working with an individual. This could be every four weeks, six weeks or two months depending on the circumstances of the director and directee. Skip Main Navigation. He is Director of Ministry for the Diocese of London. Spiritual Conversation is suitable for a wide range of people including those who work in pastoral settings and anyone who is simply interested in having deep life-giving conversations with others. Encounter is a formation programme in spiritual accompaniment. He is also a psychosynthesis-trained supervisor. She is Warden of the Community of Spiritual Directors and Director of Professional Development at the London Centre for Spiritual Direction, and a tutor on the Ignatian Spirituality Course, based at LJC. London Centre for Spiritual Direction More Accompanied journey: deepening prayer: growing faith Find out more about us. Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. She served her curacy in north Birmingham, she and her husband now live in London, where they lead one of the Stepney churches. There is also more information about organisations we are pleased to have as valued partners in the section below called Valued Partners. I am happy to work with all denominations. The London Centre for Spiritual Direction holds information about a large number of such directors in London and the south east. We offer formation training, opportunities for ongoing professional development, and supervision groups for spiritual directors. Trigger search event experience. This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Today, many people prefer 'spiritual accompanier' and 'spiritual accompaniment' to the traditional terms 'spiritual direction' and 'director', as these convey more about the nature of this ongoing relationship. We only offer a referral service to people who live within the London area. My particular interests as a Spiritual Director are in our Celtic Christian roots, noticing God in the everyday of life and creation, and I enjoy working with creativity and images and pictures in prayer and reflection. I trained in Carmelite Spirituality at the Boars Hill Priory, Oxford, and have a diploma in Spiritual Direction from the Vatican Teresianum. She is also here to help support the Community of Spiritual Directors and is always happy to hear from members or anyone wanting to know more. Resources and support for all those interested in Christian spiritual direction. I have experience of being a prayer guide on Weeks of Accompanied Prayer. 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Forum Launch Saturday 14 May 2022 saw the Forum move from being an exploratory, consultative, discerning process, to a launched entity 'Forum for Spiritual Direction UK' You can read about what happened and watch Julie and Nick reflect on the Vision of the Forum, also the prayers of commitment and blessing here. Everyone is welcome to join us on Wednesday morning from 9:15 9:45am for morning prayer followed by coffee and conversation with the staff based here at St. Edmunds. (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)/*