LIVE via Zoom
One Spirit Admissions Fair
— One-Day-Only: On-the-Spot Admissions
for the Applied Spirituality Training Program (formerly Seminary / ISCC / Thanatology)
With Rev. Ali’a Edwards & the One Spirit Admissions Team
Considering seminary or interspiritual companioning? Ready for your next pathway of study? Come prepared to move from discernment to decision.
For one day only, One Spirit is opening an Admissions Fair with an on-the-spot admissions process for prospective students and One Spirit graduates seeking early admission into an additional pathway of study.
Whether you are discerning your first step into One Spirit or returning to deepen and expand your formation, this is an opportunity to explore what comes next and, for qualified applicants, complete the admissions process that same day.
Who Should Attend?
New Students
Prospective students considering admission into a One Spirit program who are ready to learn more, ask substantive questions, and begin the admissions process.
One Spirit Graduates
Graduates interested in early admission to an additional One Spirit pathway and ready to discern how their previous formation might continue into a new area of study and service.
What Happens at the Admissions Fair?
During the afternoon, prospective students will have opportunities to:
Learn about One Spirit’s current pathways of formation and study
Speak directly with admissions team and faculty members
Explore which pathway best corresponds with your vocational, spiritual, and professional direction
Ask questions about curriculum, formation, community, and admissions
Complete required admissions steps
Participate in an discernment conversation or interview
Receive an on-the-spot admissions decision, when all requirements have been completed
One Day Only: On-the-Spot Admissions
The August 22 Admissions Fair is designed for people who are ready to take the next steps forward with interspiritual education and training.
Rather than stretching the admissions process across multiple appointments and weeks, qualified applicants may be able to begin and complete the process during the Fair itself.
Saturday, August 22, 2026
1:00–5:00 PM ET
One day only.
About the Co-Facilitator,
Rev. Ali’a Edwards
Facilitating Dean, Interspiritual Foundations & One Spirit Interspiritual Seminary
Reverend Ali’a B. Edwards is a grateful and proud 2012 graduate of the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. She is overjoyed to be a ‘newbie’ Dean with the honor of holding sacred space for the incoming Class of 2024. She is the mother of one young adult son who is the brightest light and greatest teacher in her life.
Ali’a is a hospice chaplain in Northeast Louisiana and an airport chaplain in Atlanta. She is a humanist, an interspiritual minister, and a student and practitioner of Buddhism, cherishing her spiritual practices. Ali’a is curious, playful, and adventurous. She adores her family and friends.
Ali’a is an artist in love with life, determined to relish Life as it unfolds. In the powerful and multigenerational tradition of her matrilineal lineage, she is a praying woman. Ali’a is the writer and designer of several self-guided spiritual tools and journals. She is the spiritual leader of Rosewood Monastery, the contemplative respite and discernment enclave she founded in the Deep South.