Sergio Milandri left his career in Civil Engineering to pursue his interest in Spirituality and formation in relationship. He became a full-time resource person in 1987 when he joined Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s team which was set up to support people enduring stress and conflict. Here he did development work in relationship spirituality, contemplative living and meditation. He initiated and has run the Course: Foundations of Christian Spirituality since 1987 and wrote a book entitled “Yes to Myself, Responding to God’s Invitation”.A father of five, Sergio left South Africa in 1995 with his family to sail across the Atlantic. They made their way to the United States where they unexpectedly stopped for two years to study. Sergio completed a Masters Degree focussing on Formation of Personhood. He also explored the interaction between spirituality and conflict. Thereafter they continued their sailing to Central America. He gave talks and ran courses in Spirituality in many of the countries they travelled in. They returned to South Africa in 2000. Since then Sergio has continued to develop practical spirituality courses.
As an activist in relationship spirituality for over twenty years, Sergio has done considerable work in male and female spirituality and is passionate about restoring integrity, dignity and fulfilment to men and women and their relationships. He has traced the role of relationship in the formation of human identity and its place in intimacy. As a relationship and marriage counselor he has worked in various contexts and countries and expanded the understanding of the union of the spiritual and physical parts of ourselves. He has done relationship work in schools and writes material for relationship support groups. He does courses and workshops in various areas of relating, conducts retreats and day reflections, offers individual mentoring, life coaching and spiritual accompaniment.
Sergio, born in Italy in 1950, immigrated with his parents to South Africa at the age of four. He experienced a wide range of male and female role models over the years. He suffered considerable prejudice in a culture that had little tolerance for foreigners and found himself befriended to an assortment of characters on the fringes of society. His desire to protect the poor and weak motivated his work among the relationally wounded.
Sergio Milandri left his career in Civil Engineering to pursue his interest in Spirituality and formation in relationship. He became a full-time resource person in 1987 when he joined Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s team which was set up to support people enduring stress and conflict. Here he did development work in relationship spirituality, contemplative living and meditation. He initiated and has run the Course: Foundations of Christian Spirituality since 1987 and wrote a book entitled “Yes to Myself, Responding to God’s Invitation”.