Students experience praying with scripture and are shown how to teach their directees to pray. Developing a plan of life and how to review their prayer will also be addressed, using the Ignatian Principle & Foundation and the Examen, showing the way a directee can maintain reality in prayer.

This course surveys various ways of approaching prayer from the mystical tradition of the church and

how to teach those being directed to pray in truth and love, with the goal of intimacy with God. [First

Week, 2 hours each evening, Monday -Friday]

This course will present discernment as both a way of living the Christian life and of reflection on that

life. It will be based on Ignatius of Loyola’s Rules of Discernment and the Examen; and will discuss the

use of both in spiritual direction. [Second Week, 2 hours each evening, Monday – Friday]

This is a foundational course presenting principles and goals of good spiritual direction. Presentations

and practice sessions will focus on the methods and skills involved in the art of Spiritual Direction.

Students will learn the basics of conducting interviews, interpersonal dynamics, and the use of Scripture in direction. Practice interviews and role playing are included. [Both Weeks, two hours each

morning, Monday – Friday]

This introductory course provides a theological basis for the universal call to holiness and intimacy

with the Holy Trinity. It surveys various methods and approaches to discipleship and the rich tradition

of spiritual direction in the Church. [First Week, Sunday night, 2 hours; Monday morning, 2 hours]

Prayer exercises and group sharing based on eight Scriptural themes such as trust in God, discipleship, and responding to God’s love. The student prays 2-3 hours daily and is encouraged to use a journal.

[Both Weeks]

Spiritual Direction will be seen as a healing process in itself, as the relationship between the director

and directee unfolds under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The differences between psychology,

counseling and spiritual direction will be reviewed as well as how to recognize possible mental illness

and when to refer to professionals.

The course provides information on various healing ministries in the Church today (such as Theophostic, Unbound). It explores the importance of past wounds as they affect us as spiritual directors as

well as our directees. [First Week, 2 hours each evening, Monday - Friday]

This course will present discernment as both a way of living the Christian life and of reflection on that

life. It will be based on Ignatius of Loyola’s Rules of Discernment and the Examen; and will discuss the

use of both in spiritual direction. [Second Week, 2 hours each evening, Monday – Friday]

This course explores spiritual warfare and deliverance using classics in the spiritual life, contemporary insights and practice and scriptural passages to study how Jesus addressed evil, and how to

apply these tools in spiritual direction. [Second Week, 2 hours each evening, Monday - Friday]

Prayer exercises and group sharing based on healing themes in the Bible. The student prays 2-3

hours daily, and is encouraged to use a journal. [Both Weeks]

This course will include practical exercises and teaching on reflective responses and labeling feelings. Self-disclosure, genuineness and compassioning are studied as important elements in the Spiritual Direction process and presented through lectures and role playing. [Both Weeks, two hours each

morning, Monday - Friday]

We provide the students with teaching on discovering our root sin, detachment and its importance

for the spiritual life, and teaching on practicing the presence of God. Getting supervision as a practicing Director, the ethics of spiritual direction and the importance of maintaining one’s own relationship

to a spiritual director is stressed. [First Sunday Evening 6-8PM]

This introductory course provides an explanation of why the present moment is God’s gift to every

believer as their moment of grace, and how the past and the promises of God shape each person’s

journey to the Father. [First Week, Sunday night, 2 hours]

The course is about the Personhood of Jesus as God and as Man. Who is Jesus and what has He

done for me and for the world? Conformity of the believer to the Person of Christ as the essential

paradigm of “doing the will of the Father” as His sons and daughters. [First Week, 2 hours each evening, Monday - Friday]

The course shows how the supernatural gifts of Faith, Hope and Love comprise the Christian's whole

character and how a person can grow in holiness and the disciplined love of God and neighbor. [Second Week, 2 hours each evening, Monday - Wednesday]

The course uses the lists of the Holy Spirit’s gifts in the Pauline Letters and explains how a spiritual

director employs the spiritual gifts of the Holy Spirit in spiritual direction, as well as how to encourage

the openness and use of these gifts in the daily life of the directee. [Second Week, 2 hours each evening, Thursday – Friday]

Prayer exercises and group sharing based on eight Scriptural themes such as trust in God, discipleship, responding to God’s love. The student prays 2-3 hours daily, and is encouraged to use a journal.

[Both Weeks]

Topics of consolation and desolation, dryness, contemplative listening, and blocks and obstacles to

growth in prayer will be presented through lectures and role playing. Included will be teaching on

issues that frequently arise in spiritual direction. [Both Weeks, two hours each morning, Monday

–Friday]