Spirituality
Growing in the Life of Spiritual Practices
Find your spirituality type, identify your spiritual gifts, and learn ways to grow in spirituality.
Identify Your Spiritual GiftsSpiritual Gifts Test
Did you know that God has supernaturally gifted everyone who is a follower of Jesus Christ? What would it feel like to know how God has designed you? Would it change how you view yourself, or even your outlook on life? If you want help discovering how God has gifted you and how you might fit into the body of Christ, take this free spiritual gifts test today.
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Find Your Spirituality TypeThere is “no greater mistake in spiritual matters than to force others to follow one’s own pattern,” warned Saint Ignatius of Loyola. What draws you into a fuller and richer spiritual life may be very different from the pull felt by another faith-filled person on his or her spiritual journey toward a deeper relationship with God.
What is your spirituality type? Take the VISION spirituality quiz and consider your results an invitation to know yourself better and explore different forms of prayer, worship, meditation and ways of living. |
Spirituality Types within the Catholic Tradition
Within the Catholic Church there are many types of spirituality. We speak of “Benedictine spirituality”, “Dominican spirituality”, or “Franciscan spirituality” - to name a few. These spiritualities have their origin in great spiritual leaders after whom they are named; Benedictine spirituality is from St. Benedict and so on. A particular spirituality is a specific system, or schema of beliefs, virtues, ideals and principles which form a particular way to approach God and therefore all life in general. These spiritualities are different, but not contradictory. They all arise from the same Christian heritage and they all aim at the same goal – to love as Jesus loved.
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Spiritual Direction
Spiritual Direction, sometimes referred to as spiritual guidance or spiritual friendship, is an on-going relationship in which a person, desiring to be attentive to his or her spiritual life, meets with the spiritual director on a regular basis to become more attuned to God's presence and to respond more fully to that presence.
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What is Spiritual Direction?
Learning to Pray with James Martin, SJ What happens during a spiritual direction session? What makes a good spiritual director? Fr. James Martin answers common questions you may have about spiritual direction.
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Spiritual Retreats
A retreat refreshes and revitalizes, gives the opportunity for more time spent in prayer and contemplation, and rekindles and deepens one’s relationship with God. One may take this opportunity to more clearly hear God’s call and to seek God’s healing grace and thereby attain a degree of spiritual renewal. The purpose of a spiritual retreat, as an addition to daily spiritual activities, is to temporarily leave behind the usual distractions we all face for a time long enough to allow relaxation and for an inner change to occur: the ongoing conversion of heart that is critical to deepening faith.
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Local Retreat Centers:
Dominican Retreat and Conference Center, Niskayuna, NY
Pyramid Life Center; Paradox, NY
Dominican Retreat and Conference Center, Niskayuna, NY
Pyramid Life Center; Paradox, NY