ANSD
Australian
Network for Spiritual Direction Inc.
Melbourne Region
This year our venue has moved to St George’s Anglican Church, 296 Glenferrie Road Malvern.
We meet on Thursdays, from 10am – 3pm.
Lunch – bring your own or join us as we share lunch at a local café.
Tea and coffee is available throughout the day.
Access – there is ample parking within the grounds. Melways reference is 59 C7.
Trams 6 and 16 both stop 170 meters from St George’s.
A donation of $20 per person per session is suggested to help cover our costs.
February 17
Music and Spirituality. John Stuart has been invited to present a paper at the SDI Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. He has generously offered to lead us through the same process he will be using in USA.
March 17
Working with Men’s Issues in Spiritual Direction. John Stewart has spent many years focussing on the questions that arise for men in the context of their spiritual lives.
April 14
Marking the Journey: Explorations into a Creative God. Bishop Gerald Beaumont accompanies us on a day of creative expression into the expansiveness, intimacy and fecundity of God.
May 19
Rwandan’s Speak – Hope Listens. Tune into some gentle Rwandans telling of their lives turning from death to hope – and to reflect on our hopes and dreams for change as we response to that which is stirred within us. Led by John Steward.
June 16
Pentecost. Pentecost is the Reverend Margaret Burt’s favourite liturgical season and she delights in the idea of leading us through a day of exploring why!
July 1st – 4th
ANSD Conference in Melbourne. See details on the back of this flyer.
July 21
A day to review and share the conference experience.
August 18
The Question of Grace in a Face of Human Disorientation: the contribution of a Spiritual Director to the Journey of a person diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Kaye Twining (Tree of Life Centre for Spirituality) shares her insights into this aspect of spiritual direction.
September 15
Gen-Y Spirituality and the Implications for Spiritual Direction. Susan Campbell is the National Young Adults Consultant for Global Interaction. Those who heard her present at the AECSD Symposium 2010 will delight at this further opportunity to hear from Susan’s wisdom.
October 20
Spiritual Direction with Same-Sex Attracted Directees: Who am I in the eyes of God? Led by Cath Connelly
November 17
A reflective day focusing on the journey of the year and planning for 2011. Led by Adrian Jones.
Supervision for Spiritual Directors.
Group supervision for directors will be offered again this year, in addition to this monthly programme. Groups will be arranged according to numbers and availability of participants. Contact John Stewart to register your interest. Email
john.stewart@thelivingwellcentre.org
Training for Spiritual Directors.
This course is in its eighth year. It offers part time training over four years. It works in four lots of two days spread over the year and is designed to enable new people to commence each year. Further information is available at Living Well Centre, St Georges’ Anglican Church, Malvern. Email: john.stewart@thelivingwellcentre.org
ANSD National Conference. Melbourne
Friday 1st July – Monday 4th July
Presenter Alexander Shaia
Theme The Hidden Power if the Gospels: Four Questions, Four Paths, One Journey.
Held at Amberely Edmund Rice Centre, 7 Amberely Way, Lower Plenty. Amberley is a retreat, spirituality and conference centre conducted under the direction of the Christian Brothers. The Edmund Rice Centre is only 20 kilometres from the very heart of Melbourne and is set within beautiful gardens overlooking
Westerfolds Park to the Dandenong Ranges. Check their Website: www.amberley.org.au
Further information and registration from your website www.ansd.org.au
April 28 – May 2 in Georgia, Atlanta USA
Theme Cultivating Compassion
Further information and registration from their website www.sdiworld.org
Contact details for ANSD Convenor
Cath Connelly
0402 331 906
cathy@cathy.com.au