NEW DATE ~ Spiritual Directors Professional Development Day
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Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 9:00 AM - 3:30 PMLocation: Linwood Spiritual CenterFS ~Informed Spiritual DirectionTuesday, November 12, 20249:00am ~ 3:30pmThroughout the years, spiritual direction and supervision have gained from modern disciplines such as counseling, sociology, and psychology. One of the latest contributions from psychology is the therapeutic approach known as the Internal Family Systems (IFS) method, created by Richard Schwartz in early 1980. IFS is compassionate, inclusive, spiritual, powerfully healing, and deeply respectful of our inner life. Its spiritual dimension makes IFS a comprehensive source of study to enrich the field of spiritual direction and supervision.
Presenter Luz Marina Díaz, Ph.D. received a spiritual director certificate from Fairfield University, spiritual direction supervisor certificate from Fordham University. Luz holds a Master of Arts in Religious Education (M.A.), and a Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Religious Education from Fordham University. Luz's training as a spiritual director concentrated on teaching and guiding the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola. From 2016 to 2018, she taught Theology of Spiritual Direction at Fordham University; since 2018, she has been the director of the Spiritual Direction Practicum.