Tending The Holy Application

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Name

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Last Name

Address

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Address 2

City

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Church Affiliation (if any)

Birthdate

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Cohort Location

For which cohort are you applying?

1. Spiritual Direction Background : a. How long have you been meeting with a Spiritual Director.

b. Are you providing formal or informal spiritual guidance to others? If so, what form does it take and how long have you been doing guidance?

c. Why does Christos Tending the Holy program seem like the next step for you?

2. Education Background: a. Please describe any post-high school education.

2b. Briefly describe or list any additional experiences such as workshops, seminars or specialty classes that you have taken that you think are relevant for preparation as a spiritual director.

3. Describe your work experience. Please include your current position and workplace.

4. Describe your gifts and interests.

5. What experiences have you had with people from religious backgrounds different from your own? Have you had other cultural diversity experiences that you would like to mention?

6. Describe any other inner spiritual and emotional work that has been part of your growth process. (i.e., personal spiritual formation, psychiatric or psychological counseling, 12-step program, other.)

7. Do you have any physical conditions that might require special arrangements or consideration?

8. What, if anything, needs to adjust in your life to participate in this two-year program? Do you currently have space in your life not only to read the material and write papers but for reflection as well?

Please include a description of your spiritual autobiography and your evolving relationship with God. Approx. 500 words. (May include spiritual practices in the past and present, church experiences, changing images of God, what you have learned by meeting with a spiritual director, authors who have contributed to your spiritual life, etc).