School of Spiritual Direction

PRIMER OVERVIEW & COSTS

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

Online

Michelle Bauer Sunday cohort meets  3 – 6 pm Eastern Time
4/21/24, 5/26/24, 6/23/24, 7/21/24, 8/25/24, 9/29/24, 10/27/24, 11/17/24, 12/15/24

Lainie Elander Thursday cohort meets 4 pm Pacific Time
9/12/24, 10/10/24, 11/14/24, 12/12/24, 1/9/25, 2/13/25, 3/13/25, 4/10/25, 5/8/25

Lainie Elander Saturday cohort meets 9 am Pacific Time
9/14/24, 10/12/24, 11/16/24, 12/14/24, 1/11/25, 2/15/25, 3/15/25, 4/12/25, 5/10/25

Marina Carter, Mariana Dannelley and Clara Maranville (Spanish) cohort meets Sundays, 2 – 5:30 PM, Central Time
9/8/24, 10/6/24, 11/10/24, 12/15/24, 1/12/25, 2/9/25, 3/9/25, 4/6/25, 5/4/25

Principios de la Dirección Espiritual y la Vida Contemplativa Carter, Dannelley, Maranville Domingos, 2 a 5:30 p. m., hora central
8/9/24, 6/10/24, 10/11/24, 15/12/24, 12/1/25, 9/2/25, 9/3/25, 6/4/25, 4/5/25