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TRAINING
SUMMARY
Our
Educational Philosophy: Essential Spirituality
• Aspires to a healthy integration
of body, heart, mind and spirit.
• Uses everyday experience to move closer to what is true.
• Expresses deep, universal truths about the human condition,
while supporting individual development of an inner spiritual
life.
The Seminary Training Program
Graduates Ministers Who:
• Recognize that our own spiritual
growth can be enhanced by exploring the wisdom and practices of
other traditions.
• Are committed to their own spiritual life as the foundation
for serving the evolution of human consciousness as a whole.
• Seek to support others in developing an inclusive, InterSpiritual
perspective, and in cultivating an authentic spiritual life.
Goals of the Curriculum
• Develop an understanding
of the world’s major wisdom traditions, practices, and rituals
• Deepen your own spiritual practice, and learn to help
others develop theirs
• Become familiar with basic psychological principles as
they apply to everyday life
• Learn to serve others in informal encounters, as well
as in formal ways as an ordained Interfaith minister in roles
such as pastor, spiritual counselor, or officiant of life-cycle
celebrations.
Program Overview
• Two year, part-time professional
training program.
• Classes meet once a month (for either a Saturday or a
full weekend), September – June, plus electives and end-of-year
residential intensives.
• Attending and distance learning programs available.
• Peer and professional staff support through study groups,
mentoring program, and Deans.
• Homework assignments include exploration of spiritual
beliefs and practices, reflection upon personal experience, life
reviews, and creation of rituals and ceremonies.
• Our students are of various ages, nationalities, and vocations,
as well as from a wide variety of educational, religious and spiritual
backgrounds.
The Admissions Process
• Rolling admissions throughout
the year for classes starting in September.
• Open houses available to get to know students, graduates,
faculty, and staff.
• Written application and interview required.
• Financial incentives and limited financial aid available.
Contact Us
• Request Information
• Email: admissions at onespiritInterfaith dot org or call
212.931.6840 x 51
• Post mail requests to:
Admissions, One Spirit, 330 West 38th Street Suite 1500, New York,
NY 10018
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