Formation for Formators Series (FFS)

Download the FFS 2017-2018 brochure and registration form.

Click here to view the FFS course descriptions and program details.

FFS 2017

• Fundamentals of Human and Christian Formation
  July 17-21 and 24-28, 2017 (stay-out)

• Trauma and Addictions
  September 4-8, 2017 (stay-out)

• Enneagram for Formators
  September 11 - 15, 2017 (stay-out)

• Skills for Superiors: Succession Planning Within Ministry
  September  27 - 29, 2017 (stay-out)

• Assessment Skills in Formation
  October 18 - 20 & 23 - 27, 2017 (stay-out)

• Growing in Religious Vows
  November 6 - 10 & 13 - 15, 2017 (stay-out)

• Skills for Superiors: Understanding and Dealing with Challenging Personalities
  November 27 - 29, 2017 (stay-out)

FFS 2018

• Practical Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches to Mental Health
  January 10 - 12, 2018 (stay-out)

• Basic Concepts in Psycho-Sexual Formation
  January 31- February 2 & 5 - 9, 2018 (stay-out)

• Critical Issues in Formation: Ministerial Boundaries, Power and Self-Care
  March 1 - 3, 2018 (live-in)

• Critical Issues in Formation: Developmental Transitions in Formation
  March 5 - 8, 2018 (live-in)

• Ushering in Encounters with God: Fostering Formand's Prayerful Lives
  April 8 - 13, 2018 (live-in)

• Spiritual Direction in the Formative Context
  (For Spiritual Directors, Rectors and Formators)
  April 8 - May 1, 2018 (live-in)

• Formative Community Building: Perspectives and Skills
  May 7 - 11 & 14 - 16, 2017 (stay-out)

• Formative Processing Skills
  May 21 - 25 & 28 - 30, 2018 (stay-out)

Special Programs

• Living Until You Die
  The Spiritual Journey of the Last Act of the Second Half of Life
  January 15 - 18, 2018 (live-in)

Summer 2018

• Quest for Inner Fire
  A Psycho-Spiritual Integration Workshop for Formands and Non-formators
  June 1 - 17, 2018 (live-in)
  Baguio City
  Download the application form and formator's/superior's endorsement form.

Accompaniment and Psychotherapy

Mindful of the complexity of today’s world,
Attuned to the dynamic engagement
Of mind and body, psyche and spirit
In the formation, healing, and unfolding of Self-in-freedom;

Sensitive to the need for ethical and competent,
Reverent and compassionate companioning,

Emmaus Center has strengthened its services in psychotherapy
As well as in individual and group accompaniment:

• Assessment
• Assessment for Formative Intervention

• Individual Accompaniment Sessions
• Psychoanalysis and psychotherapy
• Pastoral counseling
• Spiritual direction

• Group Sessions
• Psycho-educational groups
• Support groups
• Psychotherapy groups and group process
• Group spiritual direction

• Supervision
• Individual mentoring and group supervision process for religious formators, psychotherapists, and other behavioral health professionals

• Consultation
• Consultation services for church leaders, religious superiors, and formators to address concerns of personnel in distress, and provide community and congregational support
• Collaborative treatment in the continuing care of church personnel in distress