The Spiritual Guidance
Training Institute
The Spiritual Guidance
Education and Certification in Spiritual Direction/Guidance
• Inter-Contemplative • Inter-Spiritual • Interfaith Learning
Welcome to The Spiritual Guidance Training Institute
A leading edge organization engaging in education, experiences, and relationships for practical, integrative, unitive living. We specialize in the art and training of spiritual guides (directors) and companions.
Sourced in the Perennial Tradition, we believe that while there are many spiritual paths, a universal commonality underlies them all. It is our goal at the Spiritual Guidance Training Institute to provide education and opportunities for deepening this understanding so our participants and graduates can kindly companion and offer compassionate, insightful presence to people from all walks of life and spiritual inclinations.
Sourced in the Perennial Tradition, we believe that while there are many spiritual paths, a universal commonality underlies them all. It is our goal at the Spiritual Guidance Training Institute to provide education and opportunities for deepening this understanding so our participants and graduates can kindly companion and offer compassionate, insightful presence to people from all walks of life and spiritual inclinations.
We offer two innovative trainings
—both hybrid learning models--
ideal for local and global individuals.
Certificate in Interfaith/Interspiritual Direction (Guidance)
An 18-month online program with 2 Residential Institutes in Chicago, IL, USA. Next training begins August 2022.
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Interfaith/Interspiritual
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What is SGTI and Who Are Its Students?
with Drs. Banashak and Lundy
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"I do not have enough positive things to say about SGTI! It has not only opened me up to the beauty and diversity of the spiritual traditions and practices our world holds, but it has offered me a deeper understanding of myself and my own spiritual life and by extension the potential I hold to compassionately serve others on their spiritual journey. K.G., MI, USA |
"Tending One Another's Light." Residential Institute with students, Chicago, IL, 2018
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Earn A Master's Degree or DMin
with Your SGTI Studies
Would you like to become a spiritual guide
AND receive academic credit towards a master's or doctoral degree?
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We are pleased to be a PRIME partner of the Graduate Theological Foundation. Our graduates receive full credit toward their Master of Pastoral Counseling degree and the Doctor of Ministry degree, each with a specialty in Interfaith/Interspiritual Guidance. The Graduate Theological Foundation is an ecumenical, inter-religious institution celebrating its 55th year in transformational education.
Learn more and get started today. |