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Conference on Human Formation 2026

The Complicated Candidate: Navigating Personality in Discernment and Formation

August 31-September 3, 2026

Saint Meinrad Archabbey
200 Hill Drive
St. Meinrad, Indiana 47577

An in-person conference for formation and vocations personnel and diocesan and religious leadership

This fifth collaboration between Saint Luke Institute and Saint Meinrad Archabbey, Seminary and School of Theology brings together experts in psychology and priestly and religious formation to share practical strategies for managing difficult personalities in formation, discernment and leadership.

Workshop Topics Include:

Personality styles vs. disorders

Trauma & personality

Managing transference & boundaries with difficult members

Interviewing for personality problems

Narcissistic, dependent & obsessive-compulsive personalities

Intersectionality: personality & culture

Contact

Beth Davis