Spiritual Direction (also called Spiritual Companioning)
We don't know all the reasons that propel us to go on a spiritual journey, but somehow our life compels us to go. Something in us knows that we are not just here to toil at our work. There is a mysterious pull to remember... (Jack Kornfield)
Explore your life journey one-on-one with a caring listener. All spiritual directors are trained professionals with a minimum of two years of certified course work. This is an opportunity for adults seeking a safe place to share hopes, joys, struggles and losses. Discover how God is present in your life when faced with transitions and difficulty. God is in everything!
Facilitates one's faith journey...
Assists individuals in articulating their God experiences.
Provides a safe place for people to have their stories heard.
Is open-ended on the individual's needs.
Who is spiritual direction for?
Anyone who is searching for relevance in God.
Those looking for a place and space to share their stories and faith journeys.
Those who are experiencing life's transitions, and even at times, seeking God even when it feels like God is distant.
Who will walk with you?
Lay people from the Holy Family Community who are
trained in Spiritual Direction and knowledgeable about Christian spiritual practices.
People committed to their own faith journeys and spiritual development and who also meet regularly with a Spiritual director of their own.
What a spiritual direction session might look like?
Typically meetings are held once a month for about one hour.
The first meeting or interviewing session will be provided at no charge.
There is a range of fees based on a sliding scale.
Prayers and conversation are centered around your needs and your life journey.
When we honestly ask which persons in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice, solutions, or cures, have chose rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. A friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not-knowing, not-curing, not-healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness...makes it clear that whatever happens in the external world, being present to each other is what really matters... H. Nouwen
To contact a spiritual director, call Holy Family's main number, 847-359-0042 and ask to be transferred to the spiritual direction line, or contact Marilyn Kortendick at the parish at 847/907-3420, or mkortendick@holyfamilyparish.org
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