The Arizona Ecumenical Institute for Spiritual Directors (AEISD), inspired and gifted by God, is a        Christian organization, dedicated to providing the highest quality of spiritual education and  formation.  We welcome all spiritual seekers who are discerning a call to the vocation of spiritual direction.  AEISD provides a contemplative environment that facilitates a process toward personal transformation and a deeper awareness of God’s grace, wisdom and love.      

Now Accepting Applications for 2008 - 2010 Application Deadline July 15, 2008
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Arizona Ecumenical Institute for Spiritual Directors offers a two year ecumenical program designed to provide training, resources, and support for individuals called to do spiritual direction. Development of spiritual gifts within a community of believers is the primary objective of the program.

The program emphasizes the process of developing a greater sense of spiritual discernment and presence through the practice and understanding of contemplative traditions and disciplines. The substance of the program includes individual participation in the following:

    spiritual direction
    sixteen monthly integrative seminars
    four retreats
    personal prayer and study
    a supervised practicum under the guidance and 
    advisement of trained spiritual directors.

Arizona Ecumenical Institute for Spiritual Directors is blessed with an academically, and spiritually diverse faculty. Faculty members include leaders from various faith traditions, clergy, religious, professional psychologists and counselors, educators in religious studies and spirituality. The director and assistant director of the program assist in the various administrative, advisement, admission and organizational aspects of the program.
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