Programs
The West Virginia Institute for Spirituality (WVIS) offers programs throughout the year. These programs, which are currently offered via Zoom, are aligned with our mission of providing opportunities for deepening mindfulness, prayer practice, interior peace, and for integrating moral and ethical values.
WVIS also offers programs for continuing education and/or CEU credits as applicable, for social workers, registered nurses, licensed professional counselors, and spiritual directors.
QUESTIONS: Do you have a question? Please either email the individual listed with the program or retreat for additional information or click HERE to submit a contact form.
All times indicated for all programs are Eastern Time unless otherwise noted.
Exploring Your Underground Stream: Going Deeper using Progoff’s Intensive Journal Method
A 5-Week Program via Zoom
Wednesday evenings, January 15, 22, 29 and February 5, 12 from 7:00 – 8:30 EST.
Offered by:
Sally Orcutt, O.P. – WVIS Associate Spiritual Director/Associate Ministry Director
Dr. Shannon Lenet – Spiritual Director
St. Ignatius and his Spiritual Exercises are a path to interior freedom, a path to coming to know ourselves as God knows us recognizing that all of who we are is who God loves. This January you are inviting to go more deeply on this path as we gather for, Exploring Your Underground Stream: Going Deeper Using Progoff’s Intensive Journal Method.
Combining the work of Dr. Ira Progoff (Intensive Journal Method) and Dr. Richard Schwartz (Internal Family Systems), this program invites you to come to understand yourself on a deeper level which includes meeting and dialoguing with your inner child(ren). According to Schwartz, we are all influenced on a daily basis by how these “parts” feel even though we are unaware. According to Progoff, if we follow the trail of the thoughts and feelings that come up over and over in our dialogues, we will see the pattern of these thoughts and feelings.
Each evening will include presentation, time for journaling, small group sharing, and time for questions. Everything shared will be confidential in the group.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: January 13, 2025
OFFERING: $70.00 plus the purchase of a 1″ – 2″ binder for journaling (and paper). Scholarships are available by emailing exec.director@wvis.org.
Writing Toward the Spirit
34-week Small Group offering based on Spiritual Exercises
Tuesday evenings from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. (Eastern) beginning September 17, 2024 via Zoom
Offered by: Jill Gordon, WVIS Spiritual Director Intern
Our God is a constantly creating God! Whether God is creating in the big bang of Spirit’s wind and fire, or in the slow, quiet Spirit’s whisper—God is for certain forming us and has been all our lives long. But how do we recover the particular experiences and memories of our years–the ways God has been working with us all along, even in our worst moments?
Writing Toward the Spirit is a small group offering based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Writing prompts are provided each week to point participants to their own stories. Sharing is done in a covenantal, confidential manner when (and if) the writer so desires. Space is limited.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 10, 2024
OFFERING: $325 – Scholarships are available by contacting Jill Gordon at jillgordon98@gmail.com.
Adapting Care for Special Needs Populations
(Workshop offered via Zoom)
Friday, October 18, 2024 (12:45 – 8:00 p.m.) and Saturday, October 19, 2024 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Facilitated by:
Sister Carole Riley, CDP, Ph. D, AAPC-Fellow, LPC, ALPS
What do we mean when we speak of someone as being part of a “special needs population?” The reality is that understanding who might be included in this population is broader than you might think. In this 2-day workshop, our presenters will explore the special needs of a few of these populations (disability, emotional trauma, LGBTQ+, and bipolar disorder).
Additionally, with one in five adults in our country living with some form of mental illness, WVIS is excited to have facilitators from The National Council for Mental Wellbeing offering a certificate program in Mental Health First Aid. The evidence behind this early intervention program demonstrates that it builds mental health literacy and helps individuals identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: October 16, 2024
Offering: $100.00 (includes materials, and certificate)
Space is limited to 30 participants
CEUs will be requested and/or are approved for:
Social Workers – SW, Registered Nurses – RN, and Licensed Professional Counselors – LPC
I Don’t Want To Talk About it: How to invite Healthy Dialogue
Saturday, November 9, 2024 (8:15 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.) via Zoom
Facilitated by: WVIS Associate Spiritual Directors Liz Deal, Sally Orcutt, O.P., and P.J. Scarr
Culturally, secrecy and privacy are misunderstood. The message ‘don’t talk about it’ prompts many of us to suffer in silence and isolation in areas of depression, sexual abuse, trauma, shame and loss. We are told to ‘get over it’. The goal of this seminar is to teach healthy understanding of difficult emotions using theories of formative spirituality and internal family systems theory. As part of this seminar participants will have:
- Definitions of key concepts,
- Resources for follow up learning,
- Handouts for reflection, and
- Processing time for personal integration.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: November 7, 2024.
OFFERING: A $50 donation to WVIS is requested. This includes all materials for this program. WVIS seeks to make programs available to everyone who desires to attend. Please email exec.director@wvis.org if you would like to enquire about a partial scholarship.
Tuesday Merton Chapter Meetings
(Conference offered via Zoom)
3rd Tuesdays
7:00 am – 8:30 pm Eastern For more information and to be added to the monthly reminder email, contact Fr. Bill Petro at frbpetro42@gmail.com
Celebrate the Spirit 12-Step Recovery Meeting
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church or via Zoom
Next Meeting scheduled for Saturday, December 21st
Topic: Home for the Holidays
12:30 am – 1:30 pm Eastern
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