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Congratulations to Our Graduates!

1/9/2019

 
On Monday, January 7, 2019, we celebrated the graduation of SGTI's first cohort of interfaith/interspiritual guides. This was a landmark moment for the Institute as well as for these students because they are some of the first in the U.S. (the world!) to have received formal training and certification in interfaith/interspiritual direction. We are so very proud of them. Congratulations, graduates!
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Students for this cohort hailed from California, Texas, Illinois and Michigan. We initially gathered with them in August 2017 in Chicago, IL. for a one-week Residential Institute. We took trips to various holy houses in the greater Chicago area to expand our knowledge and experience of various traditions. On our first full day together (pictured above left), we visited Mishkan, and participated in a Shabbat service and potluck afterwards. 
Over the next 18 months, our students continued to learn and grow together in an online format (one learning module every two weeks), by doing spiritual guidance in their own cities, and receiving one-on-one supervision. They went deeper into their spiritual lives and learned with and from the voices in our texts, guest speakers, peer groups, and directees. Their instruction included written, audio, video and "real time" interaction with one another; 30 learning modules, a rigorous training. They learned the art and practice of Pure Presence™ Listening. In April of 2018, they returned to Chicago for another one-week Residential Institute. Students completed their training in January of 2019 by submitting a final project/paper. 

​A long-distance graduation ceremony was held (pictured above, right) online. We acknowledged each student's gifts and achievements. They also acknowledged one another in this way. They were commissioned to go into the world and offer spiritual guidance with open, curious minds and wise, compassionate hearts, which we know they will faithfully do. We wholeheartedly support their ongoing efforts to serve and grow in the charism we call spiritual guidance. Congratulations, again, to our gifted grads!

"The gift you give another person is just your being."
Ram Dass

SGTI is currently hosting its 2nd cohort who will graduate in January 2020. We are currently accepting applications for Cohort 3 to begin in August 2019. Contact us for an application. 

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Sr Marie Cooper SJC
2/1/2019 05:17:42 am

I’m interested in a doctorate degree. Do you offer one? Thank you.

Jan Lundy
2/1/2019 09:55:38 am

Hello Marie,
Thank you for reaching out. We train and certify spiritual directors. Some of our graduates (18 mos. program) go on to study at The Graduate Theological Foundation for a DMin. Yes, a Doctor of Ministry in Interfaith/Interspiritual Guidance. We are a PRIME partner with the GTF. They accept all of our students' training and transfer it to the DMin program. You can learn more about this here.

https://www.gtfeducation.org/about-the-gtf/the-spiritual-guidance-training-institute.cfm

Please contact us or GTF if you have questions about how this program works.


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