Our vision for Anam Cara is to provide a place dedicated to the practice of soul friendship, coming alongside one another in order to facilitate healing, wholeness, holiness, and spiritual formation.

At Anam Cara, we believe in the unconditional value of every human being. In spiritual direction, we offer the ministry of holy listening in group and individual settings by providing a non-anxious, non …

Spiritual direction is time spent on the sacred ground of your soul with another person who is able to listen deeply, present both to you and to God with you—an anam cara, the Gaelic word for “soul friend.”

The Peregrini Community with Anam Cara Ministry has been created to support to spiritual directors who share the heart and vision of Anam Cara. Like all relationships within Anam Cara, we see this …

Celtic Christians used the term Anam Cara—literally “soul friend”—to describe a relationship marked by deep spiritual companionship, a mutual seeing that reveals the presence of God in the other.

Anam Cara has impacted thousands of individuals and more than 15 church communities by offering spiritual direction, supervision, retreats, workshops, Scripture Circles, and pilgrimages.

Our name, Anam Cara, is an ancient Celtic word meaning “soul friend.” With a soul friend, our entire selves find a place of belonging and presence with another.

We’re excited to introduce you to our incredible community of apprentices at Anam Cara Ministries. These delightful folks are all in various places in their journey of apprenticeship, but we believe in …

Please email me if you are interested in discussing that option. In general, gatherings happen on a regular schedule. Each of our teachers below leads at least one on-going Scripture Circle, and some …

It's an exploration (appropriately) of what it means to be a soul friend, or anam cara. Since that's so close to my heart as a spiritual director, I thought I'd share a little bit of the article, and then link to the …