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for Practicing Spiritual Directors

Dominican Center Marywood invests in developing Spiritual Directors through our three-year Foundations in Spirituality and Spiritual Director Practicums process. As part of our ongoing call and commitment, we also cultivate the community and transformation of trained Spiritual Directors. We host formational gatherings for Directors’ soul care and growth.

Tending the Call

In the fall and spring we offer an online monthly gathering of Spiritual Directors to study, pray, and share together as we read contemplatively a book together.

Some of the books we’ve done in the past are:

Our Unforming: De-Westernizing Our Spiritual Formation by Cindy S. Lee

Spiritual Formation: Following the Movements of the Spirit by Henri Nouwen.

The Cloud of Unknowing, translated by Carmen Acevedo Butcher

We will announce the fall book and open registrations for Fall 2025 in July.

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Deepening the Call

We offer a variety of retreats designed to serve the Spiritual Director’s soul, some geared towards skills within the profession, others to hold the space for soul care in this caretaking, sacred work.

Currently, we are in the process of creating the next offerings, check back soon!

Retreats

Broadening the Call

To assist with the ongoing skill building for Spiritual Directors, we offered in March 2025 the “Spiritual Director Skill Series” on the topics of dealing effectively with Anger, Depression & the Dark Night, and Boredom. We are creating new offerings, check back here for their announcements!

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Spiritual Direction Room

Dominican Center Marywood offers a space for Spiritual Directors to meet with directees in our upstairs loft area. There are two comfortable chairs, a few side tables and lamps, a window, and a Bible. Be aware that there is no elevator, and the Center is not air-conditioned in the summer, however we have a fan for your use. There is also a noise-canceling machine. If you would like to reserve this space, please follow the link below.

Reserve Room

“Tending the Call is meant to be a source of nourishment for Spiritual Directors. The intersection of readings and community-building between spiritual directors helps deepen and support our individual practices. We unpack the readings together, through reflection questions and guided group discussion with the hope that we go deeper personally and are reminded of the Spirits deep work within all of us [and throughout time]. It is our prayer that after these 6 weeks, each person comes away with a sense of confirmation in the work they are doing, as meaningful, and fostering a deeper connection to the Spirit.”
Andrea LeRoySpiritual Director, Co-facilitator “Tending the Call”

“Tending the Call has offered me accountability, community, and a deepening of my call to be a spiritual director. In the fall session we learn from the life and writings of one of our spiritual giants. In the spring, our emphasis is on the craft of spiritual direction and companioning. It is soul food. I look forward to it every semester.”
Amanda DobsonSpiritual Director, Co-Facilitator “Tending the Call”

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