Comparison of the Spiritual Guidance Program & the Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats Program
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A brief comparison between the Spiritual Guidance and Leading Contemplative Prayer Group and Retreats Programs offered by Shalem.
The Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups & Retreats Program is designed for people who want to focus on their spiritual leadership of guiding groups or retreats in prayer practices and reflection.
The Spiritual Guidance Program, on the other hand, is meant for people who want to focus primarily on their spiritual presence with one other person, in ways that assist discernment of grace at work in the person's life.
Although the general spiritual background readings and prayer forms overlap in the two programs, the focus is different. They are complementary programs. You can take both programs (as a number of people have) if you feel a call to both group formation and to one-on-one spiritual direction—taking them in any sequence—or you can enroll in either program independently of the other.
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