July 2008 Membership Moments for Spiritual Directors International
1.
Register now for October 30 Leadership Institute
2. Saying goodbye and
saying hello
3. Machu
Picchu, Peru pilgrimage filling fast
4. Save the dates for Spiritual Directors International in Europe 2009
5. Houston,
Texas proposal selection update
6.
Healthcare and spiritual direction in Houston, Texas
7. Seeking
spiritual direction dissertations
8. Do you know? …
9. Reaching out; raising
awareness.
10. How does Presence journal
look?
11. Web tip
12. July reflection by poet William Seaton
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1. Register
now for October Leadership Institute
Now is the time to make your plans to join Spiritual Directors International
members
Carol A. Fournier, NCC and Rabbi Shawn Israel Zevit who will facilitate the
October 30, 2008 one day Leadership Institute:
The Many and The One: Multi-faith and Interfaith Sensitivities in Spiritual
Direction and Formation. Whether you have been a leader for two years, ten
years, or twenty years, the global ministry and service of spiritual direction
needs leaders who are sensitive to multi-faith and interfaith developments in
the field of spiritual formation. Please treat yourself and your colleagues to a
learning opportunity, and receive the added benefit of nature’s beauty at Wisdom
House in
Litchfield, Connecticut, USA on Thursday, October 30, 2008.
Members of Spiritual Directors International who
register online before July 15, 2008 will receive a US$10.00 discount! The
early-registration discounted cost is US$75.00 and includes tuition, lunch and
program materials. Non-members and all registrations beginning July 16, 2008
will be US$85.00 per person. This year the Leadership Institute will be limited
to forty participants, so plan now for you and your team to attend!
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2. Saying goodbye and
saying hello
Mike Weber, Membership Services Coordinator, is moving on after giving great
service to our members, making us laugh in the office, and entertaining us with
Elvis impersonations. In Mike’s words, “I started at Spiritual Directors
International in January 2005. I have enjoyed serving you as Membership Services
Coordinator over the years, and I have found Spiritual Directors International
members to be some of the warmest people I have had the fortune to meet. I have
enjoyed e-mailing you, speaking with you on the phone and meeting some of you at
Spiritual Directors International events. Thank you for the memories, and I will
still be with you in spirit.” Thank you, Mike! Our prayers and spirits will
follow you into your next ventures.
Please welcome Jason Martinson as the new Membership Services Coordinator.
Jason loves to write, has experience in using technology to help people connect,
and is deeply spiritual. He has lived in Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt;
California, USA; and hales from Washington, USA. He wants to commit the next leg
of his journey to spirituality and service. We are blessed to have him on the
team.
To welcome Jason and say goodbye to Mike, send a note to
office@sdiworld.org.
Please also welcome Jinks Hoffmann and Sally Taylor to the Coordinating
Council. They begin their three-year terms of volunteer service on July 1. A
special thank you to Jinks Hoffmann as she relinquishes her Poetry Editor role
with Presence journal to assume the Coordinating Council position. Jinks was
born in South Africa and now lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her Jewish
spirituality, passion for poetry, and experience with charitable organizations
will be very helpful. Sally began her life in Washington, USA and now lives in
Northern Ireland. Her Buddhist spirituality, interest in global social justice,
and experience with non-profit management will benefit Spiritual Directors
International. Thanks to Jinks and Sally as they offer their governing wisdom to
the global learning community.
Follow this link to learn more about the governing body of Spiritual Directors
International, called the Coordinating Council.
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3.
Pilgrimage to Machu Picchu, Peru filling fast
Peru contains 20 of the earth’s 34 life zones—more than any other country.
Within the borders of Peru are part of the largest jungle on the planet, the
driest desert, and a substantial section of the world’s second highest mountain
range, the Andes. Only 14 spaces remain for Spiritual Directors International in
South America: Machu Picchu, Peru Pilgrimage. Registration closes on August 15.
Complete information and registration forms are available at
http://sdiworld.org/events/pilgrimage-to-machu-picchu.html.
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4. Save the dates for Spiritual Directors International in Europe 2009
October 16-18, 2009 Spiritual Directors International Conference in Europe:
Dublin, Ireland will be held at the Regency Hotel Conference Centre. Complete
information and registration will be available at
www.sdiworld.org in January 2009.
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5. Houston,
Texas proposal selection update
Spiritual Directors International received 104 wonderful workshop proposals
for the April 15 – 22, 2009 Events in North America: Houston, Texas. Many thanks
to the workshop selection committee who balanced presenter ages, spiritual
affiliations, gender, global geographies, and topics. Forty-two proposals were
selected for presentation leaving 62 unselected. Please support with your
prayers all the members in their joy and their disappointment. Join us in giving
thanks for their outpouring of gifts to the community.
Registration for the Spiritual Directors International events in North
America: Houston, Texas will begin in September. Every member will receive a
hard copy brochure about the events. If you would like to send colleagues a hard
copy of the events brochure, use the form to sign up for Listen,
http://www.sdiworld.org/publications/listen.html to include their
addresses. Addresses for sending the snail mail brochure need to be submitted
by July 31.
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6.
Healthcare and spiritual direction in Houston, Texas
Spiritual Directors International 2009 Events in North America: Houston,
Texas, will be held April 15-22 at the Hyatt Regency Downtown. The Texas Medical
Center, based in Houston, is the largest medical district in the world. So when
spiritual directors come to town what would be more natural than a collaboration
between these two ministries. Beginning with a pre conference retreat and
professional development day for anyone interested in the relationship between
spiritual direction and healthcare, this topic will continue to be explored in
several of the conference workshops. Complete information and registration will
be available at
http://sdiworld.org/2009-international-event-houston-tx.html in September.
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7. Seeking
spiritual direction dissertations
Member, Ruqaiyah Nabe, is a Doctor of Ministry seminarian at the New York
Theological Seminary, and she is looking for information about dissertations.
She writes, “It is a DMin program with a Multifaith Context. I am seeking
information on doctoral dissertations in spiritual counseling or spiritual
direction.”
If you wrote a dissertation about spiritual counseling or spiritual
direction, or if you know about dissertations on spiritual direction, please
send the following information to
Liz@sdiworld.org, and we will not only make the information available to
Rugaiyah Nabe, but also post the dissertation titles and authors on the Web site
in the Resources section.
Please send the following information:
Title of Dissertation
Author
Brief executive summary of topic
Date of dissertation
Name of institution
Contact telephone number for accessing a copy of dissertation
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8. Do you know? …
Do your spiritual directees want to learn more about spiritual direction?
Are friends, colleagues or students asking you questions about spiritual
guidance?
If you offer spiritual care to people, you can give them a FREE publication
from Spiritual Directors International. All you need is the contact information
for the person, and two minutes of time!
It’s Easy:
Give anyone in the world a FREE subscription to Listen: A Seeker's Resource
for Spiritual Direction.
Go to:
http://www.sdiworld.org/publications/listen.html
OR, go to
http://www.sdiworld.org. Click on the “Listen” graphic on the left side of
the Homepage.
Click on the link: To subscribe to Listen,
click here.
Complete the online form, and a FREE subscription of Listen will be delivered
to your friend or colleague’s door!
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9. Reaching out; raising
awareness
Join Spiritual Directors International at a variety of conferences, symposia,
workshops, congresses, and online teleconferences where you can learn, network,
and share the value of spiritual direction with others. You or someone you know
might be interested in these upcoming events. Go to
http://www.sdiworld.org/eventsoutreach.html for additional details. The
Spiritual Directors International starburst logo signifies the event as
organized and sponsored by Spiritual Directors International.
July 2008
National Ignatian Spirituality Conference IV
St. Louis, Missouri, USA: July 24-27, 2008
Sponsored by the Missouri Province of the Society of Jesus, Saint Louis
University, and the St. Louis Center for Ignatian Spirituality
August 2008
FREE Teleconference: “Program Directors Connect, Contemplate, Create”
August 21, 2008 12:00 EDT
Spiritual Directors International Member Event
September 2008
Second Global Gathering of Guardians for Gratefulness with Br. David
Steindl-Rast and Chungliang Al Huang
Morschach, Switzerland at Mattli Retreat Center: September 12-15, 2008
October 2008
Machu Picchu—A Pilgrimage for Spiritual Directors
Peru, South America: October 21-November 4, 2008
October 2008
The Many and The One: Multi-faith and Interfaith Sensitivities in Spiritual
Direction and Formation
Litchfield, Connecuticut, USA: October 30, 2008
Spiritual Directors International Leadership Institute
November 2008
Inner and Outer Landscapes—2008 Jubilee Associates Continuing Education Event
Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA: November 7-9, 2008
Sponsor: Pacific Jubilee Program
Please participate in the Spiritual Directors International
outreach efforts by e-mailing Pegge Bernecker,
Listen@sdiworld.org about conferences and events that communicate the value
of spiritual direction and spiritual care, and offer educational and networking
opportunities. This is part of the outreach effort to raise awareness about the
ministry and service of spiritual direction. Thank you!
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10. How does
Presence journal look?
It never fails. Every time Presence mails, three or four
people get a copy with some of the pages out of order. We’ve talked to the
printer about it, and they try to catch the bad copies before they go out the
door. But a few manage to slip through. If you are ever the unlucky recipient of
a mangled Presence, call or e-mail the office, and a new one will be whisked
right out to you.
office@sdiworld.org, 425-455-1565.
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11. Web Tip
Have you visited the Tributes page lately? Many people have
made significant contributions to the global ministry of spiritual direction. On
the tributes page, the Spiritual Directors International community remembers
those who have died. These spiritual companions have left us a rich heritage to
cherish and to tend for future generations.
http://www.sdiworld.org/tributes-in-memoriam.html
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12. The July reflection is by poet William Seaton. This poem won an honorable
mention in the 2007-2008 Presence poetry contest. (The results of the
2008-2009 contest will be announced in the September issue of Presence.)
Boca de Tomatlan
From this cove the hills
swell up like old tumors,
straining with luxuriance,
tense with heat and damp
and pain of constant overreaching.
An iguana with a bad conscience
dashes down a tree and vanishes.
A bright orange flower offers
to sell herself to tourists.
A pelican bobs like a buoy.
Its ancient eyes assure
all who happen here,
“Have no fear. I, too,
am your heart’s likeness.”
July is the dead of winter for members in the Southern
Hemisphere and the center of summer for members in the Northern Hemisphere.
Pelicans bob in both hemispheres, inviting us to pay attention. Or perhaps no
pelicans live near you or the people with whom you companion. What in your
immediate environment reminds you to “Have no fear. I, too, am your heart’s
likeness?” Spend some time contemplating nature’s beauty in July, and the way
nature teaches us to trust.
Peace be with you,
Liz
Liz Budd Ellmann, MDiv
Executive Director
Spiritual Directors International: Tending the holy around the world and
across traditions
PO Box 3584
Bellevue, WA 98009-3584 USA
Phone/Fax Direct: 425-455-5606/7
Main Office phone/fax: 425-455-1565/6
www.sdiworld.org
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