Building Spiritual Community

Just as there is on-the-job training, there is on-the-job spiritual formation. In preparation for ministry, all of those on our Seton Cove Spirituality Center team complete a course in spiritual formation (Epiphany Certification Program, 820 Crane Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15216-3050.) Participants reflect on their person spiritual journeys, discovering landmark experiences along the way. The landmarks may have seemed ordinary during the experience, but reflecting, hearing and telling these stories helps participants discover their spiritual significance. When team members share an intensely introspective formation like this, it helps them become a spiritual community within the institution. That community reinforces important values and encourages an appreciative disposition.