Mike Smoolca

At this time, Mike is not accepting new directees.

Mike Smoolca is a practicing Spiritual Director, Spiritual Director Supervisor and BioSpiritual Focusing Companion as well as a leader and teacher for the area's Christian Contemplative Community. He is a founder and current Coordinator of the Christian Contemplative Experience at Holy Family Retreat Center, the Coordinator of the Connecticut Chapter of Contemplative Outreach and Coordinator of the North-Central CT Chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society. Mike is a Contemplative Outreach Commissioned Presenter of Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina and Welcoming Prayer and has trained and mentored numerous Centering Prayer presenters. Mike is an international BioSpiritual Focusing teacher for the BioSpiritual Institute. A strong focus of Mike’s Spiritual Direction ministry is to companion those feeling called to pursue the Christian Contemplative path.

Session Type:

In-Person at Holy Family or Online via Zoom

Availability:

Various, Mike does not establish times in advance but works directees into his overall schedule.

Experienced with:

  • Spirituality of life path discernment

  • Spirituality of contemplative prayer

  • Spirituality of sacred scripture

  • Spirituality of Body Presence and Contemplative Awareness

Payment:

Directees will pay Mike directly for each session.  Rates and payment will be coordinated between the director and directee.

Please consider an additional offering of $10-$25 per session to cover the operational and administrative costs of the Center for Spiritual Direction.

At this time, Mike is not accepting new directees.