WELCOME
Sustainable Faith is a collective of spiritual directors and pastors working to create a spiritually healthy culture among leaders and their communities.
For over a decade we’ve helped pastors, leaders and churches cultivate spiritual sustainability. We host retreats, nurture conversations of consequence, educate leaders, train spiritual directors, and help faith communities pour themselves out from a deeper well.
The School of Spiritual Direction
SSD is a 2-year formation / certificate program toward serving as a spiritual director. In addition to online opportunities, we have cohorts (training groups) in over two dozen American cities, Canada, the UK, and Europe. Our goal is make spiritual direction a normal and widely available form of pastoral care within the Church and beyond.
The School of Ecclesial Life
SEL is a 21-month discernment journey for smaller, newer, under-supported parish-style church leaders & their key members to clarify their vision & values, explore and deepen their communal practices, and engage their neighborhoods in wise & impactful ways. Thanks to a generous grant from the Lilly Endowment, this rich opportunity is completely free of cost to all participants .
The School of Mercy and Justice
SMJ is designed specifically for those who work directly with the “the least of these” (e.g., the poor, sick, addicted, homeless) and those who work in intense justice ministries. This 9-month journey will equip you in powerful ways to better discern your work, exercise greater self-care, and sustainably offer yourself to others from a place of true compassion and joy.
The School of Ignatian Spirituality
SIS our portal for: 1) experiencing for yourself the time-tested and powerful “Spiritual Exercises” (designed by the Catholic priest Ignatius of Loyola, a contemporary of Martin Luther) or 2) training to lead others through the Spiritual Exercises. This latter track is especially appropriate for seasoned spiritual directors wanting to broaden their capacity to accompany others.
