Hole in the Rock Ministries - Central California Regional Affiliate of CFDM
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    • Embracing Overwhelm in a Pandemic Retreat - October 3, 2020
    • Exploring the Two Halves of Life - Nov 2, 2019
    • Silence, Politics and Not-Knowing Retreat - February 8, 2020
    • Experiencing the Mind of Christ Retreat - August 17, 2019
    • Exploring Internal Family Systems Retreat - May 18, 2019
    • Integrating Feminine and Masculine in Our Spiritual Journey Retreat - Feb 2, 2019
    • Our Bodies and the Incarnation retreat - Nov 3, 2018
    • Introduction to the Enneagram Retreat - May 19, 2018
    • Exploring Stages of Spiritual Development Retreat - Feb 3, 2018
    • Finding Your True Self Retreat - Oct 21, 2017
    • Exploring the Two Halves of Life Retreat - Oct 29, 2016
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  • Home
  • Who We Are
    • Our Vision
    • Staff
    • Affiliates
    • Our History
    • What We Believe
  • What We Offer
    • Finding a Spiritual Director
    • Training in Spiritual Formation and Direction
    • Network with other Spiritual Directors
    • Embracing Overwhelm in a Pandemic Retreat - October 3, 2020
    • Exploring the Two Halves of Life - Nov 2, 2019
    • Silence, Politics and Not-Knowing Retreat - February 8, 2020
    • Experiencing the Mind of Christ Retreat - August 17, 2019
    • Exploring Internal Family Systems Retreat - May 18, 2019
    • Integrating Feminine and Masculine in Our Spiritual Journey Retreat - Feb 2, 2019
    • Our Bodies and the Incarnation retreat - Nov 3, 2018
    • Introduction to the Enneagram Retreat - May 19, 2018
    • Exploring Stages of Spiritual Development Retreat - Feb 3, 2018
    • Finding Your True Self Retreat - Oct 21, 2017
    • Exploring the Two Halves of Life Retreat - Oct 29, 2016
  • Resources
    • Spiritual Direction ... a story
    • Understanding Spiritual Direction
    • Hole in the Rock Ministries Blog
    • Valley Spiritual Direction Blog
  • Connect With Us
    • Give
    • Contact
    • Dec '17 Ministry Update
  • Link Page
Hole in the Rock Ministries
(Christian Formation and Direction Ministries Central California Regional Affiliate)
"Our real journey in life is interior. It is a matter of growth, deepening, and an ever greater surrender to the creative action of love." 
-- Thomas Merton

Welcome to Hole in the Rock Ministries, Christian Formation and Direction Ministries' Central California Regional Affiliate

We've changed our name to Hole in the Rock Ministries! CFDM's regional affiliates are now established as their own non-profit ministries. We are still affiliated with Christian Formation and Direction Ministries and our ministry is still the same. 

Our mission is to cultivate spiritual formation, fostering our response to the invitation for a deepening relationship with God. This involves focusing on practices, disciplines, and ways of being that enable us to hear, see, and experience God more fully. To that end we provide contemplative spiritual direction and supervision training programs, resources and support for those called to the ministry of spiritual direction.

To find out more about spiritual direction and what it is please select a button below or look under the RESOURCES tab.
Spiritual direction ... a story
Understanding spiritual direction
ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS NOW!! Our second 2 year Spiritual Direction Training program begins November, 2020. See our TRAINING IN SPIRITUAL DIRECTION tab for an information, details and application. Early-bird applications due September 12th .... all applications due by October 9th.
 
Our quarterly retreats have been on hold during Covid-19 shelter-in-place orders. As the possibility of in person gatherings is now available we have developed a new format, with room for 15 people, at monthly retreats. The next one of these retreats is scheduled for Saturday, October 3, at a church in Fresno. The topic for this first retreat will be Embracing Overwhelm in a Pandemic. This retreat will be repeated Saturday, November 7. Future retreat topics include Where is God in the Great Uncertainty, Experiencing God Through Nature, and Deconstruction and Reconstruction: A Road Map.

For more information about CFDM and our work in the Northwest, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, and Southern California, please see the website for each of our AFFILIATES.
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