What’s On in 2025
2025 Program
Discover our comprehensive range of offerings, including formal programs in spiritual direction, supervision, and leadership—available for audit or as seminars. Additionally, we invite you to explore a variety of short courses and one-day reflective and formative experiences designed to inspire and enrich your journey.
Please visit our website or click to download a digital copy of our program here.
Applications Open
Siloam
Program for the Formation of Spiritual Directors
Applications are open for our internationally-renown Siloam program.
Siloam is concerned with the formation of competent, experienced spiritual directors. The lecturers and supervisors at Heart of Life foster a discerning, contemplative approach whereby spiritual directors-in-formation become more and more attuned to the movement of God’s Spirit in themselves and in their directees.
Emmaus
Program for the Formation of Spiritual Directors
Religious organisations and churches are now required to ensure all people engaged in ministry have access to independent professional supervision. Religious Sisters and Brothers, Ministers, Priests, pastoral care practitioners, chaplains, spiritual directors and spiritual health workers all need space to reflect on their work in the safe, supportive and rigorous context of professional supervision. Heart of Life fosters a discerning, contemplative and spiritual approach to the formation of supervisors who are able to reflection on soul, role and context.
Enrolments for the Emmaus program are now open.
Damascus
Program for the Formation of Spiritual Leaders
The Damascus Spiritual Leaders Program is a one-year, part-time program for people in various positions of leadership, spiritual formation and outreach ministries.
Applications are now open.
Let the Heart Listen
Part Time Formation Program
This is a 12-week part-time formation program for people involved in listening to, and supporting others, in life’s journey. It is an invitation to:enter into a process of transformation, connecting you with the deeper mysteries of your own heart open your heart in compassion for, and connection to and with others deepen your relationship with your Divine Companion, especially in the vulnerable aspects of your life.The focus is on learning through the experience of contemplative listening and responding with heart to oneself, to others, and to God.
Applications are now open.
Ongoing, at Heart of Life…
Spiritual Direction
Spiritual Direction is time for you to listen deeply to God in your life, with the help of a Director.
Meet with one of our fully-qualified and experienced Heart of Life Spiritual Directors or book a time to receive a free session from one of our Siloam students as Directors-in-training.
Supervision
Supervision is an essential requirement for anyone involved in pastoral ministry. Heart of Life endeavours to uphold the integrity of this ministry by offering Individual or Group Supervision, where pastoral journeys are shared, and skills and sensitivity increased through professional guidance.
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