The logo depicts the four retreat weekends that frame the two-year SDI course:
- Prayer and Temperament and the MBTI Retreat
- The Enneagram Retreat
- The Intensive Journal Retreat
- The Directed Retreat and Graduation
- The segments and open spaces represent the 50 Tools for Spiritual Direction
- The center portrays Father Chet’s use of these modern tools through the lens of the most ancient symbols of our faith: Chi-Rho – Christ Risen.
- Christ Crucified is represented by the placement of the nails of the cross at the intervals between the words Spiritual Direction Institute
- Alpha and Omega: Jesus – the beginning and the end