“We are the Spiritual Directors Learning Community, founded in 2018 by two Spiritual Directors, Maria Kon and Robynn Bliss.”
Who We Are
A community of spiritual directors dedicated to ongoing growth and professional development
Birth of SDLC
Together in 2018, Maria and Robynn began a pilot SDLC with four internship graduates from Tyndale University.
The formal SDLC was officially launched in September 2021 with ten graduate directors from Tyndale University.
Today we have Spiritual Directors who have completed their training from various programs from across Canada and the US.
Our Founders
Founded in 2018 by two experienced Spiritual Directors
Maria Kon
Maria Kon has completed her Doctor in Spiritual Formation at Tyndale University and is a Certified Spiritual Director and Spiritual Director Supervisor with the Canadian Council of Professional Certification. She has served as a supervisor to student directors in the Spiritual Direction Internship (Practicum) at Tyndale University, Emmaus Formation Centre in Mississauga, CenterQuest Asia in the Philippines and the Spiritual Companionship Formation Program in Malaysia. She has also received basic training in the contemplative evocative approach from the Souljourners Program in Atchison, Kansas and compassionate, contemplative evocative supervision training with the Advanced Certificate in Supervision at Fordham University in New York.
Robynn Bliss
Robynn Bliss graduated from Briercrest Schools with a BA in Christian Education and is a certified Spiritual Director with Souljourners, a project of the Sophia Center, Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas where she completed the three-year Spiritual Direction Souljourners Program that specializes in contemplative, evocative spiritual direction. Robynn lived in India for 13 years, where, together with her husband, they began a Christian Retreat and Study Centre on the banks of the Ganges River in the city of Varanasi. They also developed a language acquisition business, led their church-planting team and in partnership with their colleagues started an International Fellowship. Robynn is a retreat speaker and leader and has co-authored, Expectations and Burnout: Women Surviving the Great Commission.