School of the Heart
Spiritual formation for leadership teams
A program of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network
Does this sound like your team?
“We all pray—but we need help learning to pray together.”
“How can we be more intentional about praying as a team?”
“We serve our people tirelessly—but should we be praying with them?”
“We have important decisions to make and want a prayerful process to guide us.”
School of the Heart helps your organization build a communal instinct for prayer.
We accompany your team team in experiences of intentional prayer.
We give your team an experience of connectedness.
We help your team do everything you do more prayerfully.
How the School of the Heart Works
Team retreat
1-day, silent or semi-silent, at a location of your choosing
Discern practices
Your team chooses its own prayer priorities and methods
6-month accompaniment
Monthly review sessions with School of the Heart staff
Team graduates
Hosts a retreat or prayer event for the people you serve
What do Team Prayer Practices Look Like?
Each team discerns its own prayer practices across four pillars. The Holy Spirit guides what fits your team.
Love
Explore the burning love of God for every person — help spread the unquenchable fire of Jesus’ Wounded Heart to ease loneliness and inspire hope.
- Sacred Heart devotion
- Consecration of Team to Sacred Heart
- First Friday liturgy and prayer
- Thursday night prayer vigils
Serve
Unite with Pope Leo XIV to pray for the worldwide needs he identifies each month. The Holy Spirit may call some of us to extend prayer into additional action.
- Prayer and reflection with the pope’s monthly intentions
- Regular Team service projects
Connect
Experience the communal strength of the Body of Christ as we offer to God the details of our daily lives in prayer.
- Daily offering
- Intercessory partners
- Eucharistic adoration
- Lectio Divina
- Angelus, novenas, rosary, stations of the cross, Mass
- Guided imaginative contemplation
Discern
Pay attention to the movements of the Spirit. Use imaginative prayer, the Examen, and other spiritual tools of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
- Team examens
- Strategic planning
- Communal discernment
Companions on the Way
Who guides your team, and what it takes to say yes
We are ministers of School of the Heart, accompanying leadership teams as they pray together and develop their own prayerful outreach to others.
School of the Heart is a program of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network USA. we are a national ministry serving the United States, with our headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
We equip leadership teams to love, serve, connect, and discern how to incorporate prayer into their work.
$1,500
Covers the initial retreat plus five monthly review sessions
4–12
Team members per Leadership Team
6 months
Of ongoing accompaniment after the retreat
Ready to learn more?
Reach out to start a conversation about bringing School of the Heart to your team.
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