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Emmaus School of Spiritual Formation has been developed for those seeking a deeper and broader understanding and experience of Jesus Christ, with an opportunity for training in spiritual direction.

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  • Soul-Shaping Direction: INTRODUCTION TO SPIRITUAL DIRECTION 1

    Instructor: Sandra Broadus
    Season: Spring
    Course: January 1 – March 31, 2024
    Course Offered fully ONLINE

    Introduces and begins to train candidates in the art and practice of spiritual accompaniment. Participants will learn about the persons, process and practice of guiding fellow pilgrims deeper in faith, hope, and love in Christ. The content and format provide an opportunity for an expanded knowledge and experience of the ministry through in-class practice of supervised spiritual direction, online and residential classes, forum discussions, group spiritual exercises, and the supervised practice of spiritual direction. Participants will learn critical skills for the practice, through practical teaching, experiential learning, and supervision of their practice.

    Course Sequence: 2nd Year | Course Code: SF006

    Fee structure:

    Amount in CAD Due Date
    Non-refundable deposit $300 30 days before semester start date
    Remaining Tuition Fee $515 April 1
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  • Soul-Shaping Discernment: DISCERNMENT IN DIRECTION AND AS A WAY OF LIFE

    Instructor: Patrick & Elena Franklin
    Season: Fall
    Course: September 1 – November 30, 2023
    Course Offered fully ONLINE

    Introduces discernment from the context of relationality, exploring our relationship with God as the very place where true discernment unfolds and where all decisions are a natural outflow. The practice of discernment will be grounded in theology, understood within different traditions (e.g., Ignatian), applied to spiritual direction, and practiced by making space for the formation of our hearts through prayer, reflection and conversations.
    Sequence: 2nd Year; Course code: SF004

    Fee structure:

    Amount in CAD Due Date
    Non-refundable deposit $300 30 days before semester start date
    Remaining Tuition Fee $515 September 1

     

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  • Soul-Shaping Experiences: FOUNDATIONS OF CHRISTIAN SPIRITUAL FORMATION

    Instructor: Ven.Dr. Pilar Gateman
    Season: Fall
    Course: September 1 – November 30, 2023
    Course offered fully ONLINE

    Introduces definitions, motifs, frameworks, means, and issues in Christian spiritual formation, including an introduction to spiritual direction. The topic and format creates opportunities for deepening and expanding your understanding and experience of personal spiritual formation and facilitating the spiritual growth of others. Learning activities include selected readings, online discussions, short writing assignments, individual spiritual direction, and classes, and group direction.

    Sequence: 1st Year | Course code: SF001

    Fee structure:

    Amount in CAD Due Date
    Non-refundable deposit $300 30 days before semester start date
    Remaining Tuition Fee $515 September 1
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  • Soul-Shaping Practices: LIVING THE SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES

    Instructor: Mark Gauvreau
    Season: Spring
    Course Date: April 1 – June 30, 2024
    Course Offered fully ONLINE

    Explores various disciplines, means, or practices that have been employed in the Judeo-Christian tradition over the centuries for the purpose of cultivating an awareness of and responsiveness to the presence of God. The place and purpose of the disciplines within the life of the individual and community will be reviewed and assessed. Students will practice a discipline of their choice, observing and reflecting on their experience.

    Sequence: 1st Year | Course code: SF005

    Fee structure:

    Amount in CAD Due Date
    Non-refundable deposit $300 30 days before semester start date
    Remaining Tuition Fee $515 April 1
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  • Soul-Shaping Traditions: PRAYER AND FORMATION THROUGHOUT CHURCH HISTORY

    Instructor: Dr. Michelle Bodle and Lisa Brewitt
    Season: Winter
    This course is now open for registration.
    Course: January 1 – March 30, 2024
    Course Offered fully ONLINE

    Spiritual formation, practices and direction take place within certain religious contexts and spiritual traditions. There are a number of different traditions in the Christian faith each with their own historical development and distinct understanding of spiritual growth, prayer, and spiritual direction. This course surveys a number of historical and contemporary expressions of Christian faith including why they developed, how they vary in their understanding of the initiation, goal, and process of spiritual growth. We will consider how we engage in formation and direction of self, others, and our community in light of these various models. The course will have a special emphasis on prayer and the contemplative tradition. Course Sequence: 2nd Year | Course Code: SF003

    Fee structure:

    Amount in CAD Due Date
    Non-refundable deposit $300 30 days before semester start date
    Remaining Tuition Fee $515 January 1
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  • SOUL-SHAPING WORDS: THE ROLE OF SCRIPTURE IN SPIRITUAL FORMATION

    Instructor: Freda Ng
    Season: Winter
    This course is now open for registration.
    Course: January 1 – March 30, 2024
    Course Offered fully ONLINE

    Reviews the theology of the role of Scripture in the Christian spiritual formation as well as leads the participants to understand and practice varied ways of engaging Scripture for transformation. Topics include academic versus devotional approaches to Scripture, meditation on scripture, the practice of Lectio Divina, gospel imagination, the use of Psalms in formation, inductive Bible study. The topics and exercises are designed to create opportunities for the participants to expand their relationship with Scripture and to gain skills to facilitate formational interaction with scripture. This course utilizes selected readings, lecture, class discussion, guided experience, sharing, prayer and spiritual direction.

    Sequence: 1st Year | Course code: SF002.

    Fee structure:

    Amount in CAD Due Date
    Non-refundable deposit $300 30 days before semester start date
    Remaining Tuition Fee $515 January 1
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  • Spiritual Direction 2: MODELS AND PRACTICE

    Instructor: Sandra Broadus
    Season: Fall
    Course Date: April 1 – June 30, 2024
    Course Offered fully ONLINE

    Introduces participants to various approaches to spiritual direction including the Evangelical and Ignatian traditions. The course includes a practicum which involves training, offering direction to others, peer supervision, and individual supervision.
    Course Sequence: 3rd Year | Course Code: SF007.

    Fee structure:

    Amount in CAD Due Date
    Non-refundable deposit $300 30 days before semester start date
    Practicum Fee $125 Semester start date
    Remaining Tuition Fee $515 Semester start date
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  • Spiritual Direction 4: The Ministry of Spiritual Direction

    Instructor: TBA
    Season: Spring
    Course: April 1 – June 30, 2023
    Course Offered fully ONLINE

    In this course we will consider the ministry, mystery, and mission of spiritual direction. Students will engage with key dimensions of spiritual direction including: prayer, self-care, complex direction relationships, mission, supervision, management, and professional ethics. Exploring these aspects of spiritual direction will equip students to become spiritual directors with the wisdom, poise, and confidence required to serve others in this vital ministry. The course includes a practicum which involves training, offering direction to others, peer supervision, and individual supervision. As we practice, reflect on, and develop in the ministry of spiritual direction, students will be affirmed and inspired to embrace their vocation as spiritual directors. Course Sequence: 3rd Year| Course Code: SF009

    Fee structure:

    Amount in CAD Due Date
    Non-refundable deposit $300 30 days before semester start date
    Practicum Fee $125 April 1
    Remaining Tuition Fee $515 April 1
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  • Spiritual Direction and the Human Person

    Instructor: Mee Yun Kim
    Season: Winter
    This course is now open for registration.
    Course: January 1 – March 31, 2024
    Course Offered fully ONLINE

    The ministry of spiritual direction offers the unique gift of relationality through the art of listening to God and to the directee. A theological understanding of the human person is central to discerning where your directees are at, cultivating a safe environment and uncovering what God is doing in your directees.
    Each week, we will look at some key theological themes, followed by opportunities for reflection, role-play and mutual support.
    Course Sequence: 3rd Year | Course Code: SF008

    Fee structure:

    Amount in CAD Due Date
    Non-refundable deposit $300 30 days before semester start date
    Practicum Fee $125 January 1
    Remaining Tuition Fee $515 January 1
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Upcoming Cohort

New Cohort 2021

Courses Open for Registration

  • Placeholder Soul-Shaping Traditions: PRAYER AND FORMATION THROUGHOUT CHURCH HISTORY $815.00
  • Placeholder SOUL-SHAPING WORDS: THE ROLE OF SCRIPTURE IN SPIRITUAL FORMATION $815.00
  • Placeholder Spiritual Direction and the Human Person $940.00
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Spiritual formation gives us some really important Christian tools, primarily the spiritual practices to meet the deep longings and the big challenges of life.
Rev. Dr. Paul Bramer
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The testimonies of people who had experienced the benefits of having a spiritual director were moving and inspiring. Your ministry is a wonderful expression of God's love and tender care for His treasures here on earth.
Steve Read, PHD
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There's so much more you can learn with other people than when you're just reading scripture by yourself. The Spiritual Direction program has expanded my thinking about God, spirituality and how very different we all relate to Him. I highly recommend this program.
Tammy Pierce, Emmaus Student
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The course has developed a new hunger in me for scripture. I also appreciate the time of group spiritual direction as we process together between classes.
Lynne Ball, Emmaus Student
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Taking time in spiritual direction to reflect on where God is, day-to-day, has awakened in me, a clarity of vision. It has renewed my passion and continues to be a crucial part of my spiritual discipline. The impact of spiritual direction affects not only me, but my congregation and the community we serve.
Rev. Angie Song, Associate Pastor, Vaughan Community Church
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The first course – Introduction to Spiritual Formation – gave us high quality instruction that incorporated visuals, art, music, spiritual direction exercises as well as teaching that reflected a scholarly breadth of understanding and insight into both historical and current Christianity. I’d recommend this course, alone, for anyone interested in gaining a solid introduction into ancient-contemporary Christianity, and grasping something of how our orthopraxy and orthodoxy can fit even better together! Emmaus is a long-waited for gift, to believers and churches in the GTA and surrounding areas.
Naomi Johnson, Emmaus Student
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Ministry is challenging and can leave those who pursue it feeling depleted and lonely. Spiritual direction replenishes me. It deepens my perspective, keeps me grounded in God’s Word and reminds me that I am connected with Jesus and his community of friends.
Rev. Andrew Gordon, Pastor, Compass Church
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I discovered that I was serving out of a depletion—a growing depletion of soul. And so I knew that I needed someone to come alongside of me, and not listen for me—but to listen with me. And I think every emerging leader needs a spiritual director. Not to replace God. Not to replace the discipline of being in silence, in solitude, and listening to God through scripture, through His holy word, through the presence of the Holy Spirit—but to help clarify the questions.
Rev. Marc Gauvreau – PAOC Discipleship & Spiritual Direction
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Spiritual direction and spiritual formation has been a journey that I will continue for as long as I’m in ministry, and as long as I have breath because the benefits are just so astounding, and I can’t imagine carrying on in ministry without it.
Rev. Ron Shantz, Executive Director, Front Line Outreach
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How is your relationship deepened and nurtured in the context of your ministry? Many in ministry often say it’s not, and we’re all running around like a chicken without a head. It’s crucial, that we all have—especially in ministry—a spiritual director. These conversations about spiritual direction are immensely helpful because it starts where you are at—of your own ego and of your own desire to be somebody important in ministry. Now I can lead a life where I'm responding to God, rather than soliciting a response from God.
Rev. John Kim – Pastor Bridgeway Church
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The Individual Retreat is a process over a period of days where you interact with scripture, learn ways of praying, and develop that kind of personal connection with God. So it’s a process of developing our soul-connection—spirit-connection—with God, so that we are seeing God’s work in daily life, and that we are creating space for God in the crush of the normal things that happen in our daily lives. So that is one of the formation processes that an organization like Emmaus can facilitate or help with in churches—is to run retreats like that, that help people get into that mindset.
Rick Wukasch – Associate Pastor, The Meeting House
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