SSD – PRIMER OVERVIEW & COSTS
If you’re new to the world of spiritual direction and feel a need to first experience it and grow your understanding of the contemplative tradition, we are now offering an easy on-ramp with our SSD Primer.
This cohort will provide great preparation for our 2-year certificate program in spiritual direction. First, we link you with a qualified spiritual director so you have nine to twelve invaluable months of receiving direction before ever beginning Year 1 of the training. Second, we guide you in a small group setting through foundational aspects of the contemplative tradition via teaching, practice, debriefings, and short readings.
Each meeting lasts about 3 hours and follows the same format: the welcome, a prayer exercise, a 20-minute teaching, a guided practice, a time to debrief the practice, and time to comment and reflect on whatever readings were assigned in the prior month. (The readings are short, typically consisting of 1-2 chapters.)

THE 9 MODULES
- Presence Over Performance
- Desire Over Duty
- (Inter) Dependence Over Self-Sufficiency
- Vulnerability Over Self-Protection
- Gratitude Over Entitlement
- Embodied Over Fragmented
- Mercy Over Judgement
- Mystery Over Certainty
- Consent Over Control
COST
The cost for the SSD Primer is $900 total. There will be a $100 non-refundable deposit with 8 monthly payments of $100 over the course of 8 consecutive months. Books (minimal) and monthly spiritual direction are not included.
TEACHER-FACILITATOR / PROVISIONAL DATES
In-Person
Puerto Rico, La Viña Mayagüez (Bilingual – Spanish/English)
Clara Maranville
Mondays, 7:00–9:30 PM, Eastern Time
Mon: 03/11/24, 03/18/24, 03/25/24, 04/01/24, 04/08/24, 04/15/24, 04/22/24, 04/29/24, 05/06/24
North America Online
Randy and Clara Maranville Saturday cohort meets 2-5:30 pm Central Time
1/20/24, 2/17/24, 3/16/24, 4/20/24, 5/18/24, 6/15/24, 7/20/24, 8/17/24, 9/21/24

