What does the connection with Loyola Marymount University mean?
• What are the costs involved? • How much work is involved in the program? • What do you mean by “mentoring groups”? • What do I need to do to apply? Why do you require that a person be in regular and on-going spiritual direction for at least two years? This is the most important and challenging question of all. Many of us have the deepest desire to be of service to others in our world. The ways that this can happen are many and varied; from pastoral care, counseling, CPE, ordained ministry, various therapeutic schools, healing ministries, to volunteer services in parishes, congregations, communities and temples. In many of these ministries it is required that people get the appropriate training in order to best serve the community. Spiritual Direction, as a ministry, is by its very nature a contemplative ministry; the ability to hear another’s sacred story and to be open continuously to the guidance of the Holy Spirit of God, both in the life of the directee and the director. Unlike a
