Giving the Spirit

A one-day online training workshop in giving single First Spiritual Exercises

Do you have a friend in need? Would you like to offer them the healing and discerning help of the Spirit? Or perhaps you belong to a Christian community, ministry or prayer group and would like to bring a simple Ignatian prayer into your gatherings.

First Spiritual Exercises and JISA invite you to a unique training day where you will learn how to give simple Ignatian spiritual exercises to a friend or community group. You need no prior experience — just a desire to support others through prayer.

Through practical, guided training, you will learn in simple steps — but with real depth — how to select and give individual First Spiritual Exercises. You will practice giving the exercises and receive a collection of prayers and resources for your own use.

The First Spiritual Exercises have been shared with a wide variety of people and groups over the past 15 years. They can offer healing, discernment, guidance, clarity and confirmation — whether prayed personally with someone in need or offered to a group before a meeting.

The Spirit of God does the work. We simply learn how to make space for the Spirit to become named and active.

This training day may be for you if you have always wanted to help others spiritually because of your own faith and relationship with God, but have not known how. It is also for those already involved in ministry, pastoral work or prayer groups who would value another practical Ignatian resource for their work.

When: Saturday 24 October

Time: 10.00am–4.00pm AEDT | Online via Zoom

Tea and lunch breaks included.

The training and all resources are offered free of charge. We invite you to consider a financial gift to the ministry to help us share the transformative gifts of Ignatian Spirituality. Thank you.