Leadership Institute

During the 2007 October Leadership Institute, Vivienne Joyce, SC and Janet Ruffing, RSM offered a chant, “Slowly Blooms the Rose Within,” composed by Thomas Hand, SJ.  Thank you to Praxis for giving permission to post the chant.  Click here to order a CD of contemplative chants. Music by Spiritual Directors International member, Monica Brown, was also offered for reflection during the Leadership Institute.  Many thanks to Monica Brown for permission to post “Shekinah”  Click here to order more chants and music by Monica Brown.

Hoopoe

The Eurasian Hoopoe appeared on the cover of Listen Vol. 1.1 and Connections Vol. 16.1.  Click below to hear the sound of the Hoopoe. 

Reviewed Music

Water Lily Waits, reviewed in Presence, Vol. 13.4.  Click the music file below to hear a sample. 

Three Chairs

Charlie Hartwell and Tim Frantzich from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA created a chant to help communicate the value of spiritual direction, using the image of three chairs.  Three chairs assist in describing the ministry of spiritual direction by offering a visual for the true spiritual director being the spirit, presence, holy one (or that which defies naming and is the True Spiritual Director) who always is available and offering guidance in every contemplative encounter of spiritual direction, seated in the third chair.