Program Timeline
The design of Shalem's Spiritual Guidance: Nurturing the Call allows for at-home study, practice, and peer group accountability and support supplemented by two intensive ten-day residencies, which are held at facilities in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. area. There is one class each year, with residencies in the Summer. The Program spans two years with residencies approximately one year apart. Schedules for the 2012 Program classes is as follows:
2012 ClassFebruary 2011- December 2012 |
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Application deadline |
October 1, 2010 |
| At-Home Work | February-May 2011 |
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1st Residency
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June 7-16, 2011
Holy Trinity Spiritual Center, Pikesville, MD |
| At-Home Work | September 2011-June 2012 |
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2nd Residency
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TBD, July 2012 Holy Trinity Spiritual Center, Pikesville, MD |
| At-Home Integrative Phase | September-December 2012 |
(NOTE: Residency dates are subject to change. There is no handicap accessibility at our residency sites. Meals offer healthy options. Special diets cannot be accommodated.
At-home work includes receiving and offering one-to-one spiritual guidance, mutual support and accountability with a self-established peer group, reading of selected texts including classics and specific topical material, preparation of several brief theme papers, brief periodic reports to Shalem, personal journal-keeping, and a personal spiritual practice. In addition, a minimum of three self-scheduled solitary retreat days is required during the two years. Staff responses will be provided approximately quarterly, and additional consultation can be arranged as needed.
Residencies include topical seminars, practicums in prayer and spiritual disciplines, individual interviews with staff, supervised peer groups, group processing, and reflection. An attempt is made to foster a community of peers within a prayerful atmosphere. Frequent sessions on prayer will expose a broad range of prayer forms and issues, both theoretically and experientially. Associates will lead regular morning and evening prayer, and one-and-one-half days of the ten days will be spent in a guided silent retreat.
The integrative phase includes continuation of spiritual guidance and peer group participation, one brief report to Shalem, and completion of a 6-12 page paper, which will be due near the end of the Program. Associates are expected to continue in a peer group after completion of the Program, as long as they are offering spiritual guidance.
If you would like to apply for this program or need additional information, contact Christine Jeffrey This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it the Program Registrar at 301-897-7334 x209 or download the application form (PDF) now.