{"id":96423,"date":"2019-07-08T10:30:34","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T15:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.org\/en\/?p=18014"},"modified":"2024-03-29T16:03:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T20:03:20","slug":"spiritual-direction-a-powerful-foundation-for-the-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/spiritual-direction-a-powerful-foundation-for-the-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Direction: A Powerful Foundation for the Mission\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Photos are of Judy and husband, Bill, and Judy with granddaughters.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When you think of a Regnum Christi member you could well think first of someone on a mission.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Regnum Christi and apostolate got together. Apostolate can be a Regnum Christi program like Challenge, Conquest, ECYD, Camps, and Missions. Apostolate can be something the Regnum Christi member does to serve others in the Church and community, always reflecting the Regnum Christi spirituality.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Judy\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Guilfoil<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> is a prime example.\u00a0 She, along with husband Bill\u2013and Arlene and John Gannon\u2013founded <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pinecrest<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Academy in Atlanta and help launch Regnum Christi in that city.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In her 18 years of direct involvement with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pinecrest<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Judy filled various roles in addition to founder, including admissions director and guidance counselor. Those roles involved direct, apostolic, hard work. And they produced unforgettable moments of inspiration.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/357-300x200.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18016 alignleft lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18016 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/357-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><\/noscript>\u201cWhen I did admissions it was an opportunity do show love to others. We had visitors for an hour of presentation and tour and you can do a lot of loving in an hour,\u201d Judy explains. \u201cThe tour always ended in the chapel. And there is one dad I especially remember.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> \u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cHe said he was an atheist and just there for his wife.\u00a0 He had never been in a chapel, so I explained the various parts and why we make the Sign of the Cross and use holy water.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0He sat down in a pew and asked if he could stay when it was ti<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">m<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e for me to leave.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> \u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cGod\u2019s work is so mysterious. That man\u2019s children ended up attending\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pinecrest<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and several years later he came into the Church.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You might think the credit for that new member of Christ\u2019s Church should go to Judy\u2019s skill as an admissions director\u2013and certainly that was a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">factor. But Judy would give God and credit and suggests that her role was founded in spiritual direction.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/welcome-to-regnum-christi-intro\/\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Regnum Christi has five dimensions<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u2013 and the first dimension of the life of a Regnum Christi Member is the spiritual life. The core of a member\u2019s life is to know Christ\u2019s love, love Him deeply and share that love with others. Closely related is the fifth dimension: personal accompaniment. A key element of this accompaniment is spiritual direction (sometimes called spiritual guidance).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Spiritual direction has been part of Christianity from the start. Paul was a mentor\u2013a spiritual guide\u2013to Timothy and Titus. John the Evangelist tutored Polycarp. And if you think about it, what was Jesus if not the spiritual director to the 12 apostles?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> \u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition to his famous spiritual exercises, St. Ignatius\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was a proponent of spiritual direction.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ignatianspirituality.com\/making-good-decisions\/spiritual-direction\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Jesuit description of spiritual direction is fairly simple:<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Spiritual direction focuses on religious experience.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fIt is concerned with a person\u2019s actual experience of a relationship with God.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Spiritual direction is about a relationship.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fThe religious experience is not isolated, nor does it consist of extraordinary events. It is what happens in an ongoing relationship between the person and God. Most often this is a relationship that is experienced in prayer.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Spiritual direction is a relationship that is going somewhere.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fGod is leading the person to deeper faith and more generous service. The spiritual director asks not just \u201cwhat is happening?\u201d but \u201cwhat is moving forward?\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The real spiritual director is God.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fGod touches the human heart directly. The human spiritual director does not \u201cdirect\u201d in the sense of giving advice and solving problems. Rather, the director helps a person respond to God\u2019s invitation to a deeper relationship.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\">\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For Judy\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Guilfoil<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, spiritual direction is an essential part of accompaniment in Regnum Christi.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is an apostolate she has been involved in since very early in her time with Regnum Christi.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And she says she has benefited both from giving and receiving spiritual direction.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> \u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWhat I have received from my spiritual directors has helped me to process what I hear and help others discern what is truly from God\u2026and it has helped me<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to do the same in my own life,\u201d Judy says. \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is a beautiful thing to have someone accompany me\u2013and for me <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to be able to accompany others. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt influenced everything I did at the school, even in giving me the ability to listen to others and accompany people at work. The longer I worked at the school the more I came to believe the most important aspect of the job was my technical expertise but how well I would connect with people, loving them and sharing Christ with them.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> \u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cLots of the people I\u2019ve guided are extremely holy people. So I\u2019m learning from them as I accompany them. It really is a blessing for me and I pray for them.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> \u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Judy grew up in a large Catholic family in a small house in Fish Bay, Wisconsin. She recalls her parents as great role models. They weren\u2019t heavy-handed about the faith and didn\u2019t talk about it much. They simply lived their faith by example.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Anyone who know Judy will attest to the power of her own example as wife, mother, and Regnum Christi member.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And while Regnum Christi certainly didn\u2019t invent spiritual direction, it is doing something about it. (In addition to the vast wealth of spiritual materials provided for free at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rcspirituality.org\/\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">RCSpirituality Center<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> \u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Divine Mercy Universit<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">y (DMU) and Regnum Christi\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of North America are partnering to address the pressing need for spiritual directors in the life of the Church and the world.\u202fThe Spiritual Direction Certificate (SDC) Program\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">began\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0January<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a02019 and available online for enrolled students.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:375,&quot;335559740&quot;:285}\"> \u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The SDC Program is designed to provide the knowledge, skills, and supervision for future spiritual directors. The program seeks to respond to the ongoing need for followers of Jesus Christ to assist others on their path of hearing the Lord\u2019s ongoing call in their lives and becoming ever more His faithful disciples.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:375,&quot;335559740&quot;:285}\"> \u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Program Director Fr. Robert Presutti, LC notes: \u201cPope Benedict stated it beautifully when he reminded us that the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Church continues to recommend s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">pir<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">itual d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">irection to every all Christians who wish to live their Baptism. That\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">means that Spiritual Direction should be a part of every Christian\u2019s life! For his part, Pope Francis reiterates the need for Christians who personally accompany others on the path of the Gospel, whi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ch is precisely what spiritual d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">irection accomplishes.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:375,&quot;335559740&quot;:285}\"> \u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The DMU program is to serve the Church, not just Regnum Christi. But as Judy\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Guilfoil<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0explains, spiritual direction is vital to Regnum Christi.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:375,&quot;335559740&quot;:285}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cAt the heart of what Regnum Christi does is forming\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">apostles. And an apostle must have a growing relationship with Christ<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to be effective in the mission. This forms the foundation for everything in Regnum Christi \u2013 the relationship with Christ is what moves the apostle to act.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos are of Judy and husband, Bill, and Judy with granddaughters.\u00a0\u00a0 When you think of a Regnum Christi member you could well think first of someone on a mission.\u00a0 Regnum 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