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Spiritual direction seeks to listen the life-giving presence of God into articulation within the individual and the faith community.
We believe that the spiritual journey is unique to each person and that God fashions and transforms according to the secret call within us.
The ministry of spiritual direction is a sacred trust, calling for the highest standards of formation, practice and accountability.
This ecumenical Council welcomes the ministry of spiritual directors who belong to the different Christian traditions in which Christ continues to minister through his Spirit.
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Spiritual direction is a ministry in which one person, the spiritual director, helps another, the directee, become more aware of God’s self-communication in his or her life, respond to that self-communication, and live out the gifts of that relationship. Spiritual direction is a ministry in the Church concerned with facilitating a person’s growth in intimacy with God which leads, as a consequence, to right relationship with all creation. The ministry has a long and revered history in the Christian tradition and has been practiced by lay people, vowed religious and ordained ministers. |
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The AECSD seeks to serve the spiritual direction community of Australia.
Our goal is to support and foster the prophetic dimension inherent in the ministry of spiritual direction which calls attention to the presence of God in all of life. This prophetic ministry calls for a practical lived response to that presence in ways that are just, reconciling and healing for all people and the whole of creation.
We work toward this goal by:
setting standards for formation programs
promoting ethical guidelines
supporting associations of spiritual directors
providing opportunities for conversation among formators, and among other groups within the community of spiritual directors
encouraging the ongoing personal, spiritual and professional development of spiritual directors.
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