The role of Spiritual Formation Advisor (SFA) within the discipleship Education cluster of the Centre for Theology and Ministry seeks to provide resources ‘to enrich and strengthen the spiritual fo
Taking a retreat is a formative and renewing experience. There are many opportunities for reatreat experiences in the life of the church. You could organise a personal retreat or join a group. You might like to ask a retreat leader to facilitate a program in your community or join one of the many retreats provided ecumenically.
The CTM has appointed a space for spiritual direction, quiet days, counselling and informal meetings. This is a discrete comfortably appointed ground floor room.
‘To listen another’s soul into a condition of disclosure and discovery may be almost the greatest service thay any human being ever performs for another’ – Douglas Steere
Joan Wright Howie is a Uniting Church minister and Spiritual Director. She became half time Spiritual Formation Advisor for the CTM in Jan 2007.
Phone Number:
(03) 9340 8817
Email:
Joan [dot] WrightHowie [at] ctm [dot] uca [dot] edu [dot] au
Summary:
Joan Wright Howie is a Uniting Church minister and Spiritual Director. She became half time Spiritual Formation Advisor for the CTM in Jan 2007. Her role is to develop resources for nurturing spiritual formation in the VicTas Synod. Joan holds a B.A. B.Theol and M.A. in spiritual direction and has a particular interest in tending the embodied lived experience of encountering God’s grace. Amidst mothering she has been in congregational ministry at Burwood and Fitzroy Uniting Churches, worked as coordinator of the Synod Lacuna project, and offered supply ministry in several Melbourne congregations.
