In this unit, students will continue to prepare for the ministry of spiritual direction in the Ignatian tradition and for giving the full Spiritual Exercises under supervision, focusing on application within their ministry context. Students will practice spiritual direction skills in daily quad groups and learn how to use Ignatian frameworks and adapted forms of the Exercises to help directees explore their spiritual experience. In this unit, students will reflect on opportunities and challenges for spiritual directors in the Ignatian tradition within their ministry context.
Unit code: DD8251J
Unit status: Archived (New unit)
Points: 24.0
Unit level: Postgraduate Foundational
Unit discipline: Spiritual Direction
Delivery Mode: Face to Face
Proposing College: Jesuit College of Spirituality
Show when this unit is running1. | Articulate a detailed understanding of how the Spiritual Exercises are a resource for spiritual directors in the Ignatian tradition; |
2. | Demonstrate knowledge of the dispositions and key skills required for spiritual directors in the Ignatian tradition |
3. | Demonstrate, under supervision in quad groups, a practical ability to provide spiritual direction in the Ignatian tradition |
4. | Demonstrate an aptitude, under supervision in quad groups, for helping others in their personal discernment; |
5. | Analyse the opportunities and challenges for spiritual directors in the Ignatian tradition within their ministry context |
Prerequisites: • DD8221J/ DD8229J Spiritual Exercises Theory 1; and • the experience of making the full Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, either as a 30-day experience (the 20th Annotation retreat), or as a 30-week experience — (the 19th Annotation retreat).
Prohibited combinations: Old Code: DD8991J / DD8992J archive: DD8829F
Lectures and supervised practice in quad groups
Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
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Essay | 3000-word written assignment on the application of spiritual direction theory and practice in the Ignatian tradition to the student’s ministry context |
3000 | 50.0 |
Personal Reflection | 3000-word written self-reflective practice review on quad work (linked to the literature) |
3000 | 50.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 3 Aug, 2017
Unit record last updated: 2019-10-03 11:34:41 +1000