Events & Resources for Spiritual Directors
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Below you will find: (click on headings to jump to the section) – most recent additions/updates in Bold
Organisations supporting Spiritual Direction
- The Retreat Association
- St Beuno’s
- Association for Promoting Retreats
- London Jesuit Centre
- London Centre for Spiritual Direction
- Sarum College
- Sacred Encounter Ministry (Carmelite)
Events for Spiritual Directors
- SpiDir Berks Bucks Oxon – Watering the Garden
- A River Runs Through It – self-guided summer retreat package
- Streams in the Desert
- February Movement – Conference for Spiritual Directors 2027
Courses
- Lysfasi Spirituality Workshop 8-25 August 2026
- Ignatian Spirituality Course
- Vesseling the Sacred: a Courage & Renewal learning retreat for Soul Workers Oct-Dec 2026
- St Antony’s Priory – Exploring Spiritual Accompaniment Course
- Encounter Course – London Centre for Spiritual Direction
- Holy Ground Spiritual Direction Course Oct 2026 – May 2027
- Centre for Applied Carmelite Spirituality – Spiritual Direction Formation Programme
- St Beuno’s 10-week Course in Retreat Giving and Spiritual Guidance Oct-Dec 2027
Other resources and Information
Spirituality and Practice
Jesuit Institute
Gestures
Organisations supporting Spiritual Direction
Resources for Spiritual Directors and Trainers, including the Spiritual Direction Guidelines, can be found here:
http://www.retreats.org.uk/spiritual-direction
The Association for Promoting Retreats offers helps in finding retreats and events
What’s on for Spiritual Directors at the London Jesuit Centre https://www.londonjesuitcentre.org/whats-on/for-spiritual-directors
Developing Direction
A programme of events and groups designed to foster the ongoing development and support of spiritual directors
Sarum College www.sarum.ac.uk
- Course in Spiritual Direction
- Christian Spirituality Courses
- Individual Retreats / Supervision / and more
Sacred Encounter Ministry
- Carmelite tradition
- Retreats and Retreat Pilgrimages
- Christian Spirituality Courses
- Directory of spiritual directors trained in the Carmelite tradition (scroll to bottom of the webpage): https://www.carmelite.uk.net/online-talks-retreats/sacred-encounter-ministry/
Other resources and Information
Spirituality and Practice: https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/ This multifaith and interspiritual website, founded by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, is devoted to resources for spiritual journeys.
The Way: https://www.theway.org.uk/ The Way is an international journal of contemporary Christian spirituality, published by the British Jesuits. Extensive back catalogue of articles available.
The Jesuit Institute: https://www.jesuitinstitute.org/ The Jesuit Institute’s focus is on empowering people, groups and organisations to deepen their relationship with God and help discern Christ’s call in today’s world.
Gestures: Interesting article https://psyche.co/ideas/expert-tips-on-using-gestures-to-think-and-talk-more-effectively
Job Opportunities
Events & Resources for Spiritual Directors
WATERING THE GARDENOngoing Training for Spiritual Directors
Information these events and other aspects of the SpiDir Network can be found on the website: www.spidirnetwork.org.uk
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
(SELF-GUIDED RETREAT) )
Insights from the river for the journey of faith
New retreat for summer 2026 to do in your own time, at home or away. £30 (£35 with printed booklet)
Rivers flow through Scripture, turning the desert into fertile ground, welling up in springs of living water. Rivers map our lives, sometimes gently meandering, at other times tossed over rapids. This retreat draws on Scripture and other writing, images, poetry and the natural world to deepen our understanding of ourselves, our journey, and our relationship to the Source of all life.
This is a complete retreat package to use in whatever way is helpful to you, during a dedicated time away on retreat, or at home during regular quiet times. There is an audio reflection for each of the themes, and a collection of other reflective material.
Book now at:
https://heartinpilgrimage.org.uk/a-river-runs-through-it/ or email: [email protected]
STREAMS IN THE DESERT
FEBRUARY MOVEMENT – CONFERENCE FOR SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS 2027
Saturday February 27th, 2027 in Newcastle Cathedral
To explore:
What spiritual disciplines are required of the modern Christian household aspiring to live an authentic life within and from their home?
Courses
Ignatian Spirituality Course
A three year (one day a week) formation programme that can be taken online or in person at the London Jesuit Centre. The course supports you as you seek to grow in intimacy with God, discern where God is leading you and equips you to accompany others as they do the same. It is experiential, combining teaching-input with personal reflection and group discussion. Course participants learn how to offer Ignatian spiritual direction, with its distinctive emphasis on discernment, and how to give Ignatius’s Spiritual Exercises to others.
In recent years, we have added the popular one-year Zoom course, Ignatian Enrichment, which introduces experienced spiritual directors to the theory behind the Spiritual Exercises.
More information: https://www.artsd.org.uk/
Vesseling the Sacred: a Courage & Renewal learning retreat for Soul Workers
An invitation to explore, in a supportive learning community, how the practices of Courage & Renewal® create safe spaces for the shy soul to show up.
Dates: Five Saturdays 16.00-19.00 UK time: 10th & 24th October, 7th & 21st November and 5th December 2026
Cost: £250
Venue: Online on Zoom
Registration Deadline: Oct 2, 2026
Registration link: https://forms.gle/JfP1syGS8BCur5Pj7
Facilitator: Michèle le Roux
More info: https://couragerenewal.org/programs/vesseling-the-sacred-a-courage-renewal-learning-retreat-for-soul-workers/
Exploring Spiritual Accompaniment Course
A two-year ecumenical programme of formation providing practical and experiential training in the skills applicable to accompanying others on their faith journey.
St Antony’s Priory | Training (ssm.org.uk)
74 Claypath, Durham, DH1 1QT
Encounter Course
Encounter is a three year formation programme with a blended-learning format, meeting both online and on-site from London Centre for Spiritual Direction.
It draws its inspiration from ancient and contemporary wisdom in Christian spiritual direction, modern psychological insights and the gifts and challenges of social diversity.
More information https://www.lcsd.org.uk/encounter
Holy Ground Spiritual Direction Course
An online evening course with 3 in-person days – October 2026 to May 2027
Spiritual Direction Formation Programme
A 2-year programme comprising four 5-day residentials and 12 online sessions.
It builds on an interpretation of the experience of journeying towards intimacy with God as expressed in the life of the Carmelite saints and deriving principles from this for the growth and flourishing of the spiritual life. At the heart of this spirituality is a prayerful listening and response to the God who befriends us and an expression of this experience through a life of contemplative awareness and friendship with one another. One does not need to be a Carmelite or even know much of Carmelite spirituality to be part of the Programme.
More information https://www.carmelite.uk.net/courses/spiritual-direction-formation-programme-2025-2027/
Course In Retreat Giving And Spiritual Guidance
1 October 2027 – 8 December 2027 – 68 Days
Ten week residential course at St Beuno’s Jesuit Spirituality Centre
This course aims to help participants to gain competence and experience in giving individually guided retreats based on the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola through both experiential and theoretical learning. Participants need to have made the full spiritual exercises in some form.
