Spiritual Direction Training and Formation Programs

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Submission Guidelines:

To assist people pursuing the call to become a spiritual director, Spiritual Directors International offers a list of global resources of enrichment, formation, and training programs.  Spiritual Directors International is not an accreditation organization and being listed here does not constitute endorsement of any program.  Before pursuing education, each person must determine the appropriateness of any program.  Each program has provided the information listed and Spiritual Directors International has not verified the information.  By using the website listing, you agree to hold Spiritual Directors International harmless.

If you discover inaccurate or missing information, please send correct information by filling in the form below.  Please leave fields blank where the information is not applicable or unknown.  We apologize for any inconvenience outdated information may have caused.

The format for the listings is as follows:

Program Name
Director
Primary Contact
Institution
Address
City
State/Province/Territory
Country
Zip Code/Postal Code
Telephone
E-mail
Website
Languages
Degrees or Certificates
Founding Year of the Program
Graduate school credit from what institution
Internet courses available

Enrichment, Formation and Training Center Submission

If you are part of a program and do not see it listed on the Web site, please know that this is due to a lack of information and not because of any judgment about the program's worth.  If you know of a program that is not on the Web site, we would appreciate hearing about it. Please take a moment to fill in the form below.  Thank you for your help.

Please contact membership@sdiworld.org with any questions.  Your program must be primarily for teaching the art of mentoring prayer, meditation and contemplation and have at least one current member of Spiritual Directors International on staff.  Fields marked with * do not appear in the Web site listing.  We need one name be to listed as the primary contact director for mailings and publications.

Institution
Program Name
Co-Directors	If applicable, please put all names of Co-Directors here for inclusion on the Web site
Contact Director's Title	(Mr., Fr., Sr., Rev., etc)
Contact Director's First or Given Name
Contact Director's Middle Initial
Contact Director's Last or Family Name
Contact Director's Suffix	(No periods please, ex: CSJP, MDiv)
Administative Contact Person	if applicable
Program's Address Line 1
Program's Address Line 2
City
State/Province/Territory/County	-Choose Below--In the USA--->ALAKAZARCACOCTDEDCFLGAHIIDILINIAKSKYLAMEMDMAMIMNMSMOMTNENVNHNJNMNYNCNDOHOKORPARISCSDTNTXUTVTVAWAWVWIWY---Other US--->ASFMGUMHMPPWPRVI-In CANADA--->ABBCMBNBNFNTNSONPEPQSKYT-In AUSTRALIA--->NSWVICQLDSAWestern AustraliaTASACT-In ENGLAND--->BedfordshireBerkshireBerwickshireBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCheshireClevelandCornwallCumberlandCumbriaDerbyshireDevonDorsetDurhamEssexGloucestershireHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHuntingdonshireHumbersideKentLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonMerseysideMiddlesexEast MidlandsWest MidlandsNorfolkNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshireRutlandShropshireSomersetStaffordshireSuffolkSurreyTyne and WearEast SussexWest SussexWarwickshireWestmorlandWiltshireWorcestershireEast YorkshireNorth YorkshireSouth YorkshireWest Yorkshire-In WALES (including Monmouthshire)--->Anglesey/Sir FonBrecknockshire/Sir FrycheiniogCaernarfonshire/Sir GaernarfonCarmarthenshire/Sir GaerfyrddinCardiganshire/CeredigionDenbighshire/Sir DdinbychFlintshire/Sir FflintGlamorganshireGlamorgan/MorgannwgMerioneth/MeirionnyddMonmouthshire/Sir FynwyMontgomeryshire/Sir DrefaldwynPembrokeshire/Sir BenfroRadnorshire/Sir Faesyfed-In SCOTLAND--->AberdeenshireAngus/ForfarshireArgyllshireAyrshireBanffshireButeshireCromartyshireCaithnessClackmannanshireDumfriesshireDunbartonshireEdinburghEast Lothian/HaddingtonshireFifeForfarshireInverness-shireGlasgowKincardineshireKinross-shireKirkcudbrightshireLanarkshireMidlothian/EdinburghshireMorayshireNairnshireOrkneyPeeblesshirePerthshireRenfrewshireRoss-shireRoxburghshireSelkirkshireShetlandStirlingshireSutherlandWest Lothian/LinlithgowshireWigtownshire-In IRELAND--->DublinWicklowWexfordCarlowKildareMeathLouthMonaghanCavanLongfordWestmeathOffalyLaoisKilkennyWaterfordCorkKerryLimerickTipperaryClareGalwayMayoRoscommonSligoLeitrimDonegal-In NORTHERN IRELAND--->FermanaghTyroneLondonderryAntrimDownArmagh
Zip Code
Zip + 4	Four digit tail to US ZIP codes
International Postal Code	For addresses outside the US
Country
Program's Telephone	Example: xxx-xxx-xxxx, Please use dashes –, & not slashes / or ( ).
Program's Fax*	Example: xxx-xxx-xxxx, Please use dashes –, & not slashes / or ( ).
Program's E-mail
Web site Address
Languages
Number of Students in Program*
Degrees or Certificates
Program's Completion or Graduation Date(s)*
Founding Year of the Program
Do you provide Internet courses?	NoYes
Which Institution accredits you?	Graduate school credit only please
Do you train supervisors?	Yes   No
Name of current member of Spiritual Directors International*
Are you a person?	I am a real person. This field is here to keep spammers from using this form inappropriately.