Internship in Spiritual Direction Program

The Dominican Center for Religious Development offers a two-year Internship in Spiritual Direction at the following locations:

Detroit

St. Paul of the Cross Retreat Center
23333 Schoolcraft
Detroit, MI 48223-2405

Dewitt

St. Francis Retreat Center
703 E. Main
Dewitt, MI 48820


Spiritual Direction is a pastoral ministry in which one Christian assists another to pay attention to God's personal communication to her or him, to respond personally to this God, to grow in intimacy and to live out the consequences of the relationship.

Purpose of the Program

  • Personal growth and development as ministers of spiritual direction
  • An understanding of the theological and psychological bases for spiritual direction
  • Enhanced communication skills focused in the context of the spiritual direction ministry
  • Supervised ministry as spiritual directors

Participants

Women and men, laity, religious and clergy of all faith traditions who are interested in deepening their understanding of the nature and process of spiritual direction may apply. It is important that applicants have some background in theology, some experience of pastoral ministry and give evidence of personal maturity. The program has been designed so that full-time pastoral ministers can participate.

The maximum number of participants we accept is twelve and the minimum is nine.

For additional information or to apply for the Internship in Spiritual Direction please contact:

Joanne Podlucky, OP, Director
Dominican Center for Religious Development
23333 Schoolcraft
Detroit, MI 48223-2405
Phone: 313.387.9574
Email: info@dominicancenter.org