• Andrea "Ani" Vidrine

    • Greetings, fellow pilgrims! I feel deeply grateful that our paths have merged at this intersection of our lives and look forward to getting to know you. My interests are many–enneagram studies, yoga philosophy, Buddhist philosophy, hiking, camping, singing, playing piano, playing cards and playing pool (to name a few). As far as my spiritual formation goes, I am a graduate of Shalem’s Transforming Community: Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups & Retreats and Nurturing the Call: Spiritual Guidance Programs and a graduate of One Spirit Interfaith Seminary (ordained as an interfaith/interspiritual minister). I serve as a staff contact, paper reader, and seminar facilitator of Nurturing the Call: Spiritual Guidance Program. Academically, I earned an MSW (LCSW) and a Ph.D. in Integral & Transpersonal Psychology, my research focus being the Enneagram Personality Typology System.

Spiritual Companionship at the Time of Death

The ministry of spiritual companionship can be so rewarding and evokes a sense of the reciprocity inherent in giving. Graduating from Shalem’s Nurturing the Call: Spiritual Guidance Program gave me the needed credentials to serve as a hospice chaplain with Louisiana Hospice & Palliative Care in Opelousas, LA. (Chaplain credentialing requirements vary among agencies.) I […]

January 01, 2022 by Andrea "Ani" Vidrine 6 Comments