New Conversations in Spiritual Direction:

GLOBAL SPIRITUALITY AND THE DARK NIGHT OF THE FEMININE (FOR WOMEN AND MEN)

Presented by Beverly Lanzetta

Dublin, Ireland, June 4, 2010

Sponsored by

All Ireland Spiritual Guidance Association (AISGA)

Professional Development Event

based on her books Radical Wisdom (2005) and emerging heart (2007)

Beverly Lanzetta presents 3 lectures on the impact global consciousness exerts on the sacred practice of spiritual direction. she introduces the concept of via feminina (way of the feminine) and highlights its importance in challenging spiritual stereotypes  and  in healing soul wounds.  developing a new category of contemplative  experience , “the dark night of the feminine,” she presents its signs and effects in the spiritual journey.  She also investigates how unjust social and political conditions afflict men and women’s souls and suggests a new radical wisdom that can affirm attitudes to the human spirit and to creation.

Timetable of Day

10.30 a.m.       Arrivals, Tea and Coffee

11.00 a.m.       Opening Ritual

11.20 a.m. The Dark Night of the Feminine and Spiritual Direction (for women and men)

12.00 p.m.       Reflection and Conversation in Groups

12.30 p.m.       Global Spirituality and its Sacred Implications for Spiritual Direction

13.00 p.m.       Lunch

2.00 p.m.         Feedback from Conversation Groups

2.15 p.m The Monastic or Contemplative Personality and Spiritual Direction

2.55 p.m.         Reflection and Conversation 2

3.30 p.m. Feedback and Dialogue on Spiritual Direction

3.50 p.m.         Closing Ritual

4.00 p.m.         Departures