Sydney Region

The Sydney ANSD Group meets about every six weeks for some nourishing input, collegial support and congenial hospitality.

Members and anyone with an interest in Spiritual Direction or the particular topic are most welcome.

Most meetings are held 12.30-3.00pm on Fridays.  A couple of reflections days or longer twilight sessions are held each year.

ANSD Sydney AGM Report 2019  *new* 

Upcoming Events 

Spiritual direction and mental health

Saturday 26 October 2019

10.00am to 4.00pm at St Joseph’s Centre for Reflective Living, 33 Barina Downs Rd, Norwest

Gather from 9:30am.  Cost: $40/45 ANSD Member/Non-member

See event flyer: ANSD Sydney Mental Health and Spiritual Direction

2020 Planning meeting

Friday 6 December 2019

12.30 to 3.00pm at St Joseph’s Centre for Reflective Living, 33 Barina Downs Rd, Norwest

Come at 12.30, bring your lunch and chat. Meeting starts at 1.00pm.

Previous topics and speakers include:

  Wisdom Gleaned from “Courage and Renewal” with Rev Glenda Blakefield

  Drawing on the Wisdom of St John of the Cross for Spiritual Direction with Barbara Stenning

  Wisdom Comes in Many Forms: Sharing of Resources facilitated by Rev John Reid

  Exploring Images in Spiritual Direction with Sr Colleen O’Sullivan

  At Home With God Reflection Day with Sr Hilda Scott

  Dealing with Grief in Spiritual Direction with Eileen Reeks

  Living from the Silence with Michelle Vass

  Music in Spiritual Direction with Sr Mary Baker

  Spiritual Direction to Marginalised: Who are the marginalised? with Elizabeth Lee

  Metaphor in the Spiritual Life with Alex Nelson

  John Bell, Resource Worker with the Iona Community

  Opening our awareness through journal writing, with Kate Scholl

  Creating space for encountering grace: Intersections between retreats and spiritual direction, with Carolyn Craig-Emilsen and Bethany South