Rooted and Rising Course

September 2026 to July 2028

A course to nurture personal awareness, spiritual practice and reflective living.

Formerly known as the Personal and Spritual Development Course (PSD) this course is now being offered in a mainly online format with one full Saturday in St Bede’s each term to enable people from a wider geographical area to take up this transformational course.

Rooted and Rising is

• a two year course providing a safe space to deepen relationship with God and explore its expression in our everyday context
• primarily experiential and broadly based on Ignatian spirituality
• rooted in the idea that deepening our awareness of God and ourselves go hand-in-hand and that this enables a greater integration in our own lives, our lives as members of communities and in the life of creation as a whole.

A typical session includes: a short input on an aspect of prayer or faith development; a time for personal reflection and prayer; and a time of sharing in a small group. Materials for prayer and reflection are offered between sessions. A short reflective piece of work is invited at the end of each term.

The course uses a range of creative approaches to present material to suit different learning styles.