Training Programme

Please see below the training courses that are currently available.

Please note who is eligible for each course before booking. 
Bookings will close when places are full or one week before the event.

For Spirituality Training please click here

For Preaching workshops offered by the College of Preachers click here

The Art of Spiritual Direction 2023 - 2024

This course runs from May 2023 meeting monthly on Tuesdays for a year, plus a 3-day residential retreat 11-14 September 2023. For: Those in whom the calling to be a Spiritual Companion to others has been discerned and aims to develop the gift of enabling another person to attend to their relationship with God.


Unconscious Bias November 2022, March and May 2023

Thursday 17th November 2022, Tuesday 14th March or Tuesday 9th May 2023 For: Year 2 Curates, Clergy, Readers and Diocesan Staff


Effective Conversations March 2023

Wednesdays 8th and 22nd March 2023 For: Y2 Curates and Readers


Working with Difficult People - March 2023

Monday 13th March 2023 For: Year 3 Curates, other Clergy and Readers


Preparing for Priesthood - March 2023

Thursday 23rd March 2023 For: Year 1 Curates only


Communicating Well - April 2023

Tuesday 25th April 2023 For: Clergy (except year 3 curates) and Readers


Where do schools fit within the Church's Mission? - May 2023

Wednesday 17th May 2023 For: Clergy, curates and church workers in the Diocese of Lichfield


Legalities Of Weddings - May 2023

Thursday 18th May 2023 For: Year 1 Curates only


Baptisms: Ideas and Resources May 2023

Tuesday 23rd May 2023 For: Anyone


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