Our Philosophy

Spiritual World Net

Spiritual World Net is an organization formed by spiritual directors interested in promoting opportunities to help other spiritual directors nurture their walk with others. Our main objective is to facilitate access to valuable resources at reasonable cost. By using 21st century technology, we hope to provide opportunities to Spiritual Directors and Companions, who seek to deepen their experience, widen their network and grow their ministry.

Spiritual World Net is now under the auspices of the Center for Spiritual Care in Vero Beach, Florida, our not-for-profit organization. We are very excited about this!

Our Vision

To bring valuable resources at a reasonable cost to Spiritual Directors and Companions that in other way will not have them due to their geographical location.

Our Mission

To provide an alternative avenue for continuing education opportunities to Spiritual Directors and Companions that have completed their formal education and that would like to continue developing themselves at lowest cost possible through the use of technology.

Our Logo

A dove over the world surrounded by people from different background holding hands.

The dove represents the spirit of God within us and around us. The earth represents the connection between us and the rest of the human race.

The people holding hands around the globe represent all of us who come from different walks of life to work together for a common purpose. Our connection with others shows the extent of our reach that is possible through connections with others on the same journey.

Our Slogan

Nurturing Your Walk With Others

We are convinced that our journey as spiritual companions requires life-long learning and nurturing so we can reflect to others where God is present in people’s life. Our program aims to provide an avenue for people from different locations and limited access to events to join others in the same ministry.

Artist

Sr. Mary Southard, CSJ - Painter and Sculptor

Mary Southard, CSJ, is a life-adventurer whose fascination is the wonder and creativity of our Sacred Universe. As a visual artist, she works in a variety of media -- paint, plaster, fiberglass, clay, cast paper, pastel -- and is best known as creator of the Earth calendar, which has been a favorite in homes around the world since 1980. Mary is also an experienced educator, retreat director, and a voice for Earth healing. For more information about the artist, please visit her web site at http://www.marysouthardart.org/

Who are we?

• Spiritual Directors and Companions with the desire to continue receiving high quality education for our ministry maintenance at the lowest cost possible through the use of technology.
• Spiritual Directors and Companions that have completed formal education that value continuing education and that have the concern of sharing the available resources with more people with the use of technology to reduce geographical distance and lowering costs.
• Spiritual Directors and Companions that recognize the importance of creating bridges between resources and participants with limited access due to their geographical location, health, time commitments or travel limitation and costs.
• Spiritual Directors and Companions that believe in the power of the community to who thinks that it is great that we can provide another avenue of networking through the use of technology especially for those in remote locations where possibility of sharing with a local community of Spiritual Directors and Companions is limited.
• Spiritual Directors concerned about developing the next generation of Spiritual Director leaders and resources that can continue the ministry.
• Spiritual Directors with the desire of complement existent programs by offering alternatives to a broader community by linking existing resources from different programs under one organization under that use the technology to reach broader audiences.
• Spiritual Directors and Companions that would like to engage in a different way of contributing to the Spiritual Direction and Companion ministry through the use of leading edge technology that can help promote and advance the ministry.

Our Values

• We recognize the many dimensions that diversity presents to us far beyond, gender, race, age, and religion.
• We recognize that we need to be an example of how to embrace diversity among the community; we do this by providing services to a diverse audience, providing different ways to access the resources to people with different economic levels, through the use of inclusive language, though the recognition of different learning styles.
• We promote the respect to all faith tradition; we treasured the commonalities and value and respect the differences.
• We believe that there is a wealth of knowledge that resides in the community that can be put to the service of the common good. We facilitate the process and provide avenues to make it happen.
• We recognize the need to provide equal access to resources to people around the globe. We look for ways to reach members that in other ways will not have access to the resources.
• We recognize that technology offer us a new way of advancing the ministry of Spiritual Direction and Companionship. We research and share ways to use the technology effectively for the ministry.
• We recognized Spiritual Directors International as the World Wide Organization for Spiritual Directors and Companion and adhere to their Code of Ethics.
• We recognize the value and contribution of many wonderful organizations that for years had offer education to develop Spiritual Directors and Companion. Our desire is to partner with those organizations interested in networking through this effort and offer new possibilities for their alumni.
• We believe in constant improvement and that through the valuable feedback of the community we can improve our services and implement new ideas for the benefit of the broader community. Every human being deserves the same opportunity to be happy. We just need to treat everyone in the very same way with a lot of dignity and respect.