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Where can I find solid spiritual formation?

It’s a good question.

I have a friend who spent some time discerning religious life in a beautiful, vibrant order. While she realized she didn’t have a vocation, she will always appreciate the depth of spiritual formation she received during her time in the convent. But she probably speaks for many of us when she asked me recently in frustration, “Where can I find solid formation out here ‘in the world’ which will take me beyond the surface-level studies I keep coming across? Where can I be challenged?”

The Avila Institute and SpiritualDirection.com have always sought to be a place of profound encounter with Christ and His Church in its truest form. We are excited to invite you to listen in to a new resource in this ever-deepening journey to God:

The following are unedited off-the-cuff reflections from Dan Burke on recent a recent Gospel passage from daily Mass (Novus Ordo). If these are a blessing to you and you would like to hear more, they are free but only available to those who join ApostoliViae.org. It’s a simple process to sign-up; come and check out the growing collection of powerful reflections from Dan!

Matthew 19 23-30 The Dangers of Wealth and How to Overcome Them – Part 1

Matthew 19 23-30 The Dangers of Wealth and How to Overcome Them – Part 2 of 2

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Claire Dwyer

Mom, Wife, Interior Life — that’s it in a nutshell.

Claire’s been devouring books and pouring the words back out again longer than she can remember. It’s where her love of God and the Catholic faith finds its fullest expression.

Claire graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Franciscan University of Steubenville with a degree in Theology, has a certification in Spiritual Theology from the Avila Institute, and a certification in Spiritual Direction from St. Vincent Seminary’s Institute of Ministry Formation.

Her roles as mother, mentor, spiritual writer, editor of spiritualdirection.com, and lifelong student of the interior life all came together in her first book, "This Present Paradise: A Spiritual Journey with St. Elizabeth of the Trinity." She is also the author of Blessed is She's Advent study, In Time: Living in the Now and Not Yet" and a contributor to their daily devotionals, and has written a book on St. Edith Stein set to release January of 2027.

She has a passion, through writing and speaking, for helping the faithful to see the beauty and possibility of their own interior lives and their unrepeatable place in the Church, and for Catholic writers in particular to be encouraged and formed in their writing journey. To that end, she is co-founder and content director of Write These Words and the PraiseWriters Catholic Writing Membership Community.

Most importantly, she has been married for almost 28 years to her husband Delaney and they have six children and two grandsons.

Connect and keep in touch with her at ClaireDwyer.com. You can also read about spirituality for the Catholic writer on her Substack, Word and Silence.