The Institute of Saint Anselm, Two Decades of Service

Established in 1984, the Institute of Saint Anselm has provided leadership training programmes primarily for Catholic religious communities, congregations and seminaries world-wide. Under the guidance of its Founder/Director, Doctor Leonhard Kofler, the Institute has developed a distinctive portfolio of sound, innovative programmes in leadership expertise and human development, which it offers to religious and non-religious community leaders and facilitators. In addition to leadership training programmes, the Institute offers a Sabbatical Programme.

 Over the years, the Institute has sought out and integrated the best innovative methods and techniques to enhance its original courses. The outstanding courses that resulted have drawn praise from all quarters. Most recently, recognizing the importance of the emotional in personal growth and of the need to clear destructive, detrimental emotions from the body, the Institute enhanced its curricula further with the addition of EQ Development Therapy incorporating Bodywork, a science-based hand-on system of clearing the emotions, ultimately a necessary part of spiritual evolution.

Following his core belief, “Who I am as a person determines who I am as a leader,” all programmes centre on developing the psychological, emotional and spiritual maturity of the leaders and facilitators themselves.

Facilities

The Institute is housed in a group of buildings located in a quiet residential area of Cliftonville, adjacent to Margate, on the northern coast of Kent, in southeast England. The property is designated non-smoking. The Institute contains its own chapel, prayer room, common room, extensive library, seminary rooms, therapy rooms, kitchens, dining rooms, and television areas. It is a three minute walk to the splendid cliffs and ever changing, inspiring sea in one direction and a three minute walk to a large park and to the shops in the other direction.