- March 13, 2010: Praying Lent: An Activity of Love(1 day)
- March 19, 2010: Dealing with Trauma in Spiritual Direction(7 days)
- March 20, 2010: Soulcollage Workshop(8 days)
- April 16, 2010: Being With The Dying(35 days)
- April 17, 2010: The Labyrinth as Body Prayer(36 days)
- April 21, 2010: Holy Eros, Pathways to a Passionate God(40 days)
Programs
- Full-Time One-Year Program
- Part-Time Weekday Program
- Weekend Program
- Courses, Workshops, Retreats and Book Discussions
- Summer Programs
- Independent Professional Growth Opportunities
Full-Time One-Year Program
5401 South Cornell Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
This program meets weekdays Monday through Friday from September through June. The annual full-time program option provides the most integrated, intensive experience of personal and professional development. The international and ecumenical background of participants and residency option all add to the richness of this experience.
Core Components of the Program
Transformation for Mission
Contemplative Attitude
Dreams
Symbols and Spirituality
Enneagram
Peer Supervision
Quadrad Small Grop Practicum
Spiritual Direction
Individual Supervision
Active Imagination
Focusing
Life Issues in Ministry
The Institute for Spiritual Leadership is currently accepting applications for the program beginning September 2010. For additional information about this program contact Program Director David Schimmel at 773.595.4037. Return
Part-Time Weekday Program
5401 South Cornell Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Many people prefer to participate in the weekday program on a part-time basis by attending the Institute for Spiritual Leadership two days per week over a period of two years. The same core components of the program are covered in this option.
The Institute for Spiritual Leadership is currently accepting applications for the program beginning September 2010. For additional information about this program contact Program Director David Schimmel at 773.595.4037.
First Presbyterian Church, 600 9th Street, Wilmette, Illinois
The Institute for Spiritual Leadership offers a program in Wilmette, a northern suburb of Chicago. The core components of the weekday program are offered over a two-year period. Classes meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. till 3:00 p.m.
The Institute for Spiritual Leadership is currently accepting applications for the program beginning September 2010. For additional information about this program contact Program Director David Schimmel at 773-595-4037.Return
Weekend Program
5401 South Cornell Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
If weekends are a good match for your schedule this program, offered over nine weekends a year for a two-year period, may be best for you. Weekend class work begins at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday and extends through 1 p.m. on Sunday. The Hyde Park weekend program meets the second weekend of every month.
Core Components
Personal Transformation for Mission
Paths of Transformation
Listening Skills
Approaches to the Interior (Dreams, Focusing, Active Imagination)
Spiritual Direction
Peer Supervision
Supervised Practicum
Individual Supervision
Life Issues in Ministry
The Institute for Spiritual Leadership is currently accepting applications for the program beginning September 2010. For additional information about this program contact Program Director David Schimmel at 773-595-4037.Return
Courses, Workshops, Retreats and Book Discussion
Year-Long Courses
October 2010 through May 2011. Schedules will be available on website May 2010.
SYMBOLS AND SPIRITUALITY draws from cross-cultural expressions and various religious traditions to explore symbols, archetypes, and myths that reveal and affect spirituality.
PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION FOR MISSION focuses on spiritual and psychological processes of transformation which are at the heart of relationships.
CONTEMPLATIVE ATTITUDE nurtures the contemplative within by concentrating on the individual’s personal development combined with focusing on the unifying center within and the connection to a larger source of meaning, value and call.
TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF DREAMS considers the rich store of healing, wisdom, and direction that dreams hold for the spiritual/life journey.
ENNEAGRAM offers a tool for self-knowledge by identifying the gifts and compulsions of each type and applying this knowledge to spirituality and spiritual direction.
DEEP LISTENING provides the training and experience for attending more carefully and compassionately to oneself and to others through Listening Skills, Focusing, and Active Imagination.
Short-Term Courses
GROUP SUPERVISION FOR SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS: We humans are complex, with many conscious and unconscious layers or “selves” within us. In the spiritual direction relationship various aspects of both director and directee can come to the fore, affecting the direction relationship both positively and negatively.
Understanding some of the “selves” which are activated in our work as directors in response to directees can lessen the chance of overreacting to them and lead to a richer understanding of and sensitivity to the communication taking place in the sacred space that is spiritual direction.
The first two meetings of the group will focus on input from Roberto Assagioli’s concept of sub personalities. The remaining sessions will be devoted to presentations by group members of their work with directees. Hour One will be taken up with group feedback to the presenter. Hour Two will concentrate on exploring the self-aspect/s evoked in the session just presented.
Ideally, presenters will bring a recording of a direction session and a transcript of a portion of the conversation on which they wish to focus. If that is not possible, they are asked to furnish process notes. All presenters will share their reflections and questions that arise about the session.
Wednesdays, January 13, 27; February 10, 24; March 10, 24; April 14, 28, 2010
6:30—8:30 PM $270
Presenter: Pat Coughlin is a graduate of the Center for Religion and Psychotherapy of Chicago’s clinical training program and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois. She is also a graduate of the Institute for Spiritual Leadership and has served in many teaching and supervisory roles here over the past twenty-five years. A member of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago, Pat has given spirituality and dream workshops in many countries around the world.
TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF DREAMS: Dreams are a unique and powerful way of experiencing the movement of God in our lives. They are a source of insight as we seek to understand ourselves and others, and they offer us healing and guidance as we deal with everyday struggles and decisions.
During this course you will learn some practical ways of working with your dreams in order to discover the messages contained within the dream symbols. You will also learn how to facilitate the dream exploration process with another individual and within a group setting. Come with your dreams to explore!
Wednesdays, January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 10, 17, 24; March 3, 10, 17, 2010
7:00—8:30 PM $250
Presenter: Mary Ellen Ryley, SCMM, a 1988 graduate of the Institute for Spiritual leadership, has been on staff at the Institute for nine years. She has an M.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Detroit and an M.A. in Pastoral Studies from Loyola University Chicago. She has been a staff supervisor for the Institute of Spiritual Companionship for 20 years and serves as a supervisor for the Center for Spirituality at North Park Seminary.
ACTIVE IMAGINATION: The imagination, a faculty of the human psyche, is a doorway to the interior world of meaning and mystery. Because image and symbol are the language of the soul, active imagination offers healing and wholeness throughout life’s journey. This four-day workshop includes experiential activities and lectures.
Monday through Thursday, February 15 - 18, 2010
9:30 AM—3:00 PM $400
Presenters: Institute for Spiritual Leadership program staff
Individual Workshops
The staff and graduates of the Institute for Spiritual Leadership offer a wide variety of workshops designed to provide tools for personal growth.
LIFE ISSUES IN MINISTRY: Friday Workshop Series presents contemporary issues that surface in settings of spiritual direction, adult formation ministry, and personal circumstances.
January 15, 2010 Gender Expression, Sexual Orientation, and Homophobia, David Schimmel
January 22, 2010 Recognizing Psychological Issues in Spiritual Direction, Pat Coughlin
March 19, 2010 Dealing with Trauma in Spiritual Direction, Lucy Abbott Tucker
April 16, 2010 Being With the Dying, Thomas Tucker
April 23, 2010 Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Mary Ellen Moore
May 14, 2010 Transference and Counter Transference, Noel Kilgarriff
May 21, 2010 HIV and Spiritual Freedom, Argenis Vegas
May 28, 2010 Moral, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Spiritual Direction, Lucy Abbott Tucker
Presentation only: $20
Presentation and reflection session: $25
SOULCOLLAGE® WORKSHOP is an expressive art process. Participants use collage to create, over time, a personal deck of unique, soul-tending cards—each representing an energy of one’s ongoing life story. The cards are grouped into four primary suits: images for inner parts or sub personalities; the seven chakras; archetypes that inspire us; and family, friends, mentors and other sentient beings with whom we’ve had important connection. One can consult the images in a way that brings cognitive insights together with intuitive knowledge. People take home a tool they can use in their daily lives to investigate and appreciate the workings of their inner selves. This workshop includes theory, an experiential period, guided imagery, sharing, writing exercises, reflection, and tools for consulting one’s deck.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
9:00 AM—4:00 PM $100
Presenter: Peg Lentz is an intuitive healer, a trained SoulCollage® facilitator, and a Spiritual Director certified from the Institute for Spiritual Leadership. She trained under SoulCollage® founder, Seena Frost.
Workshops/Presentations for your organization or groups
The Institute for Spiritual Leadership offers a wide variety of enrichment experiences with formats that are flexible to fit your group. For additional information about group workshops/presentations, contact Co-Director David Schimmel at 773.595.4037.
Retreats
PRAYING LENT: AN ACTIVITY OF LOVE within an atmosphere of prayer and silence we enter into our own story of life, death, and resurrection. The morning will be organized with communal prayer, personal time, and a reflective activity.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
9:30 AM—12:30 PM $10
Facilitator: Lucy Abbott Tucker, Institute for Spiritual Leadership Co-Director
THE LABYRINTH AS BODY PRAYER: Physical movement tends to quiet the mind and expand awareness beyond the logical. As body prayer, the labyrinth is a sacred circle inviting personal transformation. The morning gathering will include a brief explanation of the labyrinth and varied approaches for its use. As a group and as individuals, the participants will have the opportunity to walk a seven-circuit labyrinth, to experience a finger labyrinth, and to journal in word and/or color using a labyrinth pattern.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
9:30 AM—Noon $10
Presenter: David Schimmel, Institute for Spiritual Leadership Co-Director
Book Discussion
Holy Eros, Pathways to a Passionate God, James D. Whitehead and Evelyn Easton Whitehead ISBN 978-1-57075-813-3
This book explores eros as a symbol of God’s radical love. Our discussion will focus on ways we support our eros and come in touch with God’s action in our lives.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
6:30—8:30 PM Donation
Facilitatator: Lucy Abbott Tucker, Institute for Spiritual Leadership Co-Director
Summer Programs
Summer Institute: If you are a spiritual director seeking on-going education, or an individual interested in developing new skills in approaching the interior life, the Institute for Spiritual Leadership presents weeklong workshops every June designed for you. See the Summer Programs Brochure for information on this year’s workshop.
Independent Personal Growth Opportunities
Sabbatical
Institute for Spiritual Leadership offers a number of ways to include its enrichment and renewal offerings in your sabbatical plans, whether through our Intensive Program curriculum or through a more time-contained program. To discuss sabbatical offerings, contact Institute for Spiritual Leadership Co-Director David Schimmel at 773.595.4037.
Spiritual Direction
Institute for Spiritual Leadership staff is available to engage in ongoing spiritual direction with adult women and men in the Chicago area. We can also refer you to other qualified directors in your area of the country or the world. For more information regarding a spiritual director in your area, e-mail the Institute for Spiritual Leadership at: ISLUSA@aol.com.
Supervision
If you are involved in the ministry of spiritual direction, regular supervision is offered as an essential element to continued growth. To request information about supervision in your area, e-mail the Institute for Spiritual Leadership at: ISLUSA@aol.com.