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Graduate College of Spiritual Formation The Arrupe Program For forming Spiritual Directors in the Ignatian Tradition and Givers of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Course Information Brochure 2015 W
hat you are in love with,
what seizes your imagination,
will affect everything.
It will decide
what will get you out of bed in the morning,
what you read,
who you know,
what breaks your heart,
and what amazes you with joy and gratitude.
Fall in love, stay in love,
and that will decide everything.1
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Pedro Arrupe SJ, What you are in love with … 1991
The lyrics swell
the song of currawong.
These still mornings
make easy a grateful heart
sensing God in me is drawn to God in love.
I sing yes to divine love
and inspirited life.
Who I am in love with is God.
What I am in love with is the gift
and call to this work.
It does break my heart,
but mends it over and again,
amazingly.2
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Marlene Marburg. The lyrics swell. 2010
The Arrupe Program – for forming Spiritual Director in the Ignatian Tradition Description Named after Pedro Arrupe, Father General of the Society of Jesus from 1965 to 1983, this Program
aims to help participants become givers of the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. In
order to gain the Arrupe Program Certificate students are required to complete eight units made up
of four core units, three internship units and one elective. Since retreat direction as an art, rather
than a science, is learned by doing, a significant proportion of the hours during the Arrupe Program
will be devoted to the practice of giving the Exercises under supervision in triad groups. The
Arrupe Program is comprised of various units from which a formation path will be discerned for
each student.
Core Staff The staff for the Arrupe Program are committed to the practice of spiritual direction, supervision
and the particular call to the work of formation. They are engaged in ongoing personal and
professional development, and show the personal qualities of openness, mutuality and generosity
necessary to the care and education of Program participants.
Prerequisites
Students will have made the Spiritual Exercises as an individually directed retreat under either the
19th or 20th Annotation and have some background in Theological and Biblical study3.
Learning Outcomes At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to:
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direct (give) the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius as a 30-35 week or a 30-day retreat (19 &
20th Annotation of the Spiritual Exercises
•
adapt the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius and direct a retreat in accordance with the 18th
Annotation of the Spiritual Exercises
•
give spiritual direction in the Ignatian tradition.
Selection Criteria In determining an applicant’s suitability for the course, it is expected that he or she will:
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have a sense of being called to the ministry of spiritual direction in the Ignatian tradition and
giving the full Spiritual Exercises and show evidence of their giftedness for this vocation;
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demonstrate a capacity to listen empathically and enter sensitively into spiritual
conversation;
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have sufficient life experience to enable them to respond with wisdom to a wide range of
people from many different walks of life;
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show an openness to learning from their own and others’ experience;
If students have no prior theological or scripture study, some focus on this area will be included in their formation program.
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give evidence of a committed and mature Christian faith, an openness to struggle, a
preparedness to embrace paradox and mystery, a willingness to change in response to the
call of God, and an openness to the whole community of faith;
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demonstrate a love of and a commitment to prayer;
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be committed to the process of ongoing spiritual direction as a directee and have engaged in
it for some time;
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be a fully initiated and practising Roman Catholic for at least three years or a similarly
invested member of another Christian denomination who is respectful of, and comfortable
with, Roman Catholicism.
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be able to build into his or her life the reflective time and space to integrate the learnings of
the Arrupe Program.
Application Process The application process for entry to the Arrupe Program entails:
• A detailed application form that requires a personal essay. (See Appendix 1)
• The nomination of two referees who can be contacted for confidential conversation.
• An interview, normally with the coordinator of the Arrupe Program and a member of the
Arrupe Formation Team. In some cases a second interview may be required.
•Applications must be received by 1st November, 2014
Certification Outcomes Engagement in the learning and assessment activities of this course provide for two possible
outcomes. By completing the units My Experience of the Spiritual Exercises, Spiritual Exercises
Theory and Spiritual Exercises Practice, students will be eligible to receive a skill set certificate for
the 18th Annotation retreat giver.
Students who progress beyond this point and complete all twelve units including the supervised
giving of the full Spiritual Exercises to two exercitants will be eligible for the Certificate of the
Arrupe Program for Spiritual Directors in the Ignatian Tradition and givers of the Spiritual
Exercises. Discernment points for progression are noted below.
Arrupe Program Course Requirements
Pre-requisite: Completion of the Full Spiritual Exercises either 19th or 20th Annotation.
Core units that must be completed sequentially:
UNIT NO
Unit
POINTS
Discernment Points
4
DS9101F
My Experience of the Spiritual Exercises
15
Prior to commencing SE
Theory
DD8981F
DD8982F
Spiritual Exercises - Theory
30
Prior to commencing SE
Practice units
DD8991F
DD8992F
Spiritual Exercises - Practice
30
Prior to commencing
Supervised Retreat Direction
DD9107F
Supervised Retreat Direction
15
Prior to graduation as SD in
Ignatian tradition
Core units that must be completed but not necessarily sequentially:
DS9104F
Relational Psychodynamics
15
Two Elective Units
30
See options listed below
If student has not studied undergraduate/postgraduate theology, then the coursework must
include:
Foundational Unit (level 8) of Biblical Studies
15
May be done online
Foundational Unit (level 8) Systematic Theology
15
May be done online
For Completion of the MA(SD) students must include the following unit:
XD9415F
Supervised Reading Unit: Capstone
5
15
If you complete the above sequence of units you will have completed the requirements for the Master of
Arts (Spiritual Direction).
If you have undergraduate Theology then you may include two other elective units in the field of
spirituality
Supervised Practicum Requirements:
Prior to being invited to give the full Spiritual Exercises in the unit Supervised Retreat Direction, students
will have completed the following:
Students will participate in retreat giving and/or spiritual
direction under supervision
Minimum -20 hours practicum
Minimum – 6 hours
supervision
Elective Units:
Unit Code
Unit Name
Points
XD9125F
Capstone Unit Spiritual Direction
15
DD9111F
Discernment and Election in the Spiritual Exercises
15
DS9124F
Experiencing God with the Medieval Mystics
15
DS9207F
Exploring the Inner Landscape through Contemplative Groups
15
DS9110F
Identity Vocation, Mission
15
DS8115F
Individual Ministry Supervision
15
DS9109F
Key Meditations & Rules in the Spiritual Exercises
15
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DISCERNMENT POINTS - the student and the formation team will discern whether the student can progress at each point indicated, in
order to make graduation as a spiritual director in the Ignatian tradition possible. Students who leave the course at the completion of year
one and do not go on to the second year program will be given a certificate of competency as a giver of retreats under 18th Annotation and
will graduate with a GDSD. Students who progress beyond this point and complete the MASD will receive the ‘Arrupe Program Certificate
for Spiritual Directors in the Ignatian Tradition and Givers of the Spiritual Exercises’ and will have completed the course as recognised by
the Australian Ecumenical Council for Spiritual Direction.
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A Capstone unit is a unit that integrates all the learning in the MA(SD) course. It may include attending an elective unit as part of the
coursework.
DS9121F
Leadership, Spirituality and Organisational Practice
15
DS9208F
Mapping the Landscapes of the Soul
15
DS9122F
Organisational Transformation in Practice
15
DS9116F
Peer and Group Supervision
15
DS9104F
Relational Psychodynamics
15
DS9119F
Spirituality Research Seminar
15
DS9123F
Study Tour: The Ignatian Camino
15
DS9415F
Supervised Reading Unit (Spirituality)
15
DD9107F
Supervised Retreat Direction
15
DD9117F
Supervision and the Discernment of Spirits
15
DS8120F
Taking up your role as leader
15
DS9201F
The Art of Contemplative Practice
15
DD8202F
The Art of Spiritual Direction I
30
DD9203F
The Art of Spiritual Direction II
30
DD9204F
The Art of Spiritual Direction III
30
DS9205F
The Art of Reconciliation I
15
DS9206F
The Art of Reconciliation II
15
DS9108F
The Weeks of the Spiritual Exercises
15
DD9014F
Theological Frameworks for Spiritual Direction
15
University of Divinity Regulations:
The following regulations will help you determine which academic degree you will need to undertake.
Graduate Certificate - Three units of 15 points (Total 45 points)
. 27.3.6 Graduate Certificate in Ignatian Spirituality [GradCertIS]Candidates for the Graduate
Certificate in Ignatian Spirituality must complete three of the following units approved by the
Board:
.
• Discernment and Election in the Spiritual Exercises
• Ignatian Spirituality Seminar
• Ignatian Discernment and Decision-making
• Key Meditations and Rules in the Spiritual Exercises
• The Weeks of the Spiritual Exercises
• Spiritual Exercises: Theory
• Spiritual Exercises: Practice
• Supervised Retreat Direction
• Group Leadership, Organisation and Spirituality
. 27.3.11 Graduate Certificate in Supervision (SpiritualDirection) [GradCertS(SD)]
Candidates for Graduate Certificate in Supervision (Spiritual Direction) must complete the
following three units as approved by the Board:
• Individual Ministry Supervision
• Peer and Group Supervision
• Supervision and the Discernment of Spirits
27.3.13 Graduate Certificate in Spirituality [GradCertSpir]. Candidates for the Graduate Certificate in
Spirituality must complete 45 points of units in Spirituality and/or Spiritual Direction approved by the
Board including one of the following introductory units:
• The Art of Contemplative Practice, or
• The Weeks of the Spiritual Exercises.
27.3.15 Graduate Certificate in Leadership, Spirituality and Organisational Practice
[GradCertLSOP]
Candidates for the Graduate Certificate in Leadership, Spirituality and Organisational Practice must
complete the following units as approved by the Board:
• DS8120F Taking up Your Role as Leader
• DD9112F Leadership, Spirituality and Organisational Practice
• DS9122F Organisational Transformation in Practice
Graduate Diploma – Six Units of 15 points (total 90 points)
20.3.16 Graduate Diploma in Spiritual Direction (GradDipSD) Candidates for the Graduate Diploma
in Spiritual Direction the following sequence of units as approved by the Board:
i) 60 points foundational units in the field of Spiritual Direction; and
ii) Two Elective units in the field of Spirituality or Spiritual Direction
. 20.3.17 Graduate Diplomain Spirituality [GradDipSpirit]Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in
Spirituality must complete 90 points of study including at least 60 points of units approved by the
Board in the discipline of Spirituality.
Master of Arts – Twelve Units of 15 points (total 180 points)
21.3.1.11 Master of Arts (Spirituality) - MA(Spir) Candidates in the Master of Arts (Spirituality) must
complete:
• At least 60 points of Foundational units in three disciplines across at least two Fields where
30 points are in the discipline of Spirituality
• At least 60 points of Elective units from Spirituality
• At least 15 points of additional Elective units
• One Capstone unit of at least 15 points in the Spirituality or in synthesis with it. •
21.3.1.12 Master of Arts (Spiritual Direction) - MA(SD) Candidates for the Master of Arts (Spiritual
Direction) must complete:
• 60 points of Foundational units in the discipline of Spiritual Direction
• 15 points of Foundational units in the discipline Systematic Theology
• 15 points of Foundational units in the discipline of Biblical Studies
• and either
i) a further 75 points of Elective units in the disciplines of Spiritual Direction and/or
Spirituality; and one Capstone unit of 15 points in Spiritual Direction, or
ii) a further 60 points of Elective units in the disciplines of Spiritual Direction and/or
Spirituality; and one Capstone unit of 30 points in Spiritual Direction.
Unit Descriptions Student Comments
What had been waiting deep within me for the right time was called into being, nurtured and shaped
through my experience of the Arrupe Program. I am now standing in this place and time, along with
all who have gone before me and all to come, unfolding the legacy of Ignatius in God’s plan for
creation.
CORE UNITS DS9101F -­‐ My Experience of the Spiritual Exercises Prerequisite: Spiritual Exercises as an individually directed retreat (19th or 20th
Annotation).
In this five-day unit, students will explore deeply their own experience of making the
Spiritual Exercises. This unit is a prerequisite for those commencing the Arrupe Program.
During this unit students will deepen their understanding of their call to service. With
assistance from staff, students will discern a continuing program of formation which will
support this call. This continuing program of formation may, but does not necessarily,
include enrolment in the Arrupe Program.
Learning Strategies: Information presentation, reflection and group sharing
Delivery Structure: 5-day intensive 9 – 5pm
Student Comments I appreciated that my experience of God was validated and encouraged, never judged or corrected.
The staff demonstrated the ongoing necessity of supervision throughout the Program.
DD8981F and DD8982F -­‐ The Spiritual Exercises Theory Prerequisite: Students will have successfully completed DS9101F -­‐ .
This first year unit of the Arrupe Program is a reflection on the dynamic of the Spiritual
Exercises. As a way of approaching the content, theory and the dynamic of the Spiritual
Exercises, each student will be required to write six reflection papers of 500 words each on
the dynamic of the Spiritual Exercises. These papers will be discussed at the monthly
supervision group meetings. Students will also write a major essay on the content and
dynamic of the Spiritual Exercises in order to complete this unit. Participants are required to
be in ongoing personal spiritual direction.
Learning Strategies: Information presentation, reflection, triads and a colloquy
Delivery Structure: Two residential weeks February & October (Campion)
Monthly group supervision March-September 10am-12.30pm
Student Comments The theoretical input is, of course, crucial; we need to know what Ignatius meant, to understand his
world and interpret it for our day in the same way as we interpret the Scriptures.
DS9104F – Relational Psychodynamics Prerequisite: Students will have successfully completed DS9101F and either completed
or enrolled in DD8981F.
The focus of this unit is on the process of self-awareness, self-exploration and selfunderstanding. The participants are given a theoretical framework which will give them
greater understanding of their own psychodynamics, and will enlighten their experience.
As a way of integrating the unit work with the student’s personal experience, students will
write four reflective essays demonstrating a developing understanding of the Self.
Learning Strategies: Information presentation, interactive sessions
Delivery Structure: Two residential weeks April & August OR
15 weekly interactive sessions Thursdays April-August,
10am-12.30 pm
Student Comments This course encouraged me to uncover hidden memories in a healing environment. The essays
were an opportunity to integrate personal experiences with the theoretical input I remember one
session in particular when the whole group were attentively present to me, in a powerful revelatory
moment.
DD8991F and DD8992F -­‐ The Spiritual Exercises Practice Prerequisite: Students will have successfully completed DD8982F.
This second year unit of the Arrupe Program is based on the practice of spiritual direction
in the context of the Spiritual Exercises. The focus of this unit will be on looking at
religious experience through the lens and framework of the Spiritual Exercises. As a way
of approaching the practice of giving the Spiritual Exercises, each student will be required
to attend six individual monthly supervision sessions. Students will also write a major
essay on the practice of giving the Spiritual Exercises to complete this unit. Participants
are required to be in ongoing personal spiritual direction
Learning Strategies: Information presentation, reflection, triads and colloquy
Delivery Structure: Two residential weeks, March & November (Campion)
Monthly individual supervision as arranged with Arrupe staff
Student Comments Using real life issues in a stable triad group with good supervision, enabled us to bond with and
learn from one another. Ignatian Spirituality is about a process of deepening relationship with God
and hence with others. So it is important to have peers whom we know and trust after the Program is
complete when may find ourselves alone in the ministry of Spiritual Direction.
DD8103F - Theological Frameworks for Spiritual Direction
A spiritual director often encounters theological frameworks at variance from his or her own.
Beginning with the unique narratives of participants, this unit explores how images of God
and theological and Christological frameworks emerge from family, religious affiliation,
educational, social, language and cultural experiences. The unit offers theory and
opportunities for exploring personal narrative in relation to these contemporary frameworks.
This unit will assist a spiritual director in formation to develop a deeper appreciation of the
range of theological worlds from which his or her directee may be operating. The participant
will be helped to identify the meaning-world, images of God and images of self by which a
directee’s living is already being defined, often unconsciously.
Learning Strategies: Information presentation, interactive sessions
Delivery Structure:
Five-day intensive 9am – 5pm
Student Comments DS8105F -­‐ Synagogues, Villages and Towns: Using the Imagination in Contemplating Gospel Narratives in Ignatian Prayer In the prelude to the first Exercise of the Second Week of the Spiritual Exercises, Saint
Ignatius of Loyola instructs the exercitant, “Here it will be to see in imagination the
synagogues, villages, and towns where Christ our Lord preached.” Ignatius of Loyola, and his
subsequent writing of the Spiritual Exercises, was influenced by the writings of the 14thcentury Carthusian monk Ludolph of Saxony and his book The Life of Christ in which he
instructs readers on the use of the imagination in prayer. This unit focuses on the role of the
imagination in prayer, as outlined by Saint Ignatius. When an exercitant prays over a Gospel
passage in making the Spiritual Exercises, he or she enters it as a participant. The unit will
give attention to early influences leading Ignatius to employ imaginative prayer with the
Gospel narratives within the Spiritual Exercises. It will explore the psychology of the human
imagination and its relevance to the practice of prayer in life, work and ministry.
Learning Strategies: Information presentation, reflection and group sharing
Delivery Structure: 5-day intensive 9 – 5pm
Student Comments INTERNSHIP
Upon recommendation by their supervisor(s), students will be invited by the course
coordinator to participate as an intern at the Centres of Ignatian Spirituality.
Supervised Practicum I: Ignatian Spirituality Seminar (not for academic credit)
Prerequisite: Students will have successfully completed DD8982F and be recommended
by their supervisor(s) to participate in this unit.
In this unit participants will deepen their understanding of Ignatian Spirituality as described
by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in his book of the Spiritual Exercises through the practical
application of the skills taught in previous subjects. This unit is run over two weekends with
a seven-week retreat bridging these weekends in semester one. Students will attend both
weekends and lead small group work under supervision. Students will guide a seven-week
retreat in daily life between the weekends during which they will see two directees once
weekly.
Learning Strategies: Supervised spiritual direction of seven-week retreat in daily life
Supervised small group leadership
Delivery Structure: Two weekends Friday-Sunday, March & May (Semester 1)
Student Comments The Spirituality Seminars along with the whole Arrupe Program proved to be an effective vehicle for
exploring a growing call to be a giver of the Spiritual Exercises.
I felt a great sense of privilege to accompany people through the Exercises, and help them name what
they were experiencing and to discover the call of God for themselves, through the process of
discernment.
My own experience of having done this retreat in the midst of a busy life, made me attentive to the
needs of the two retreatants I guided.
DD9111F Supervised Practicum II: Ignatian Discernment and Election in the Spiritual Exercises. Prerequisite: Students will have successfully completed either DD8982 and be
recommended by their supervisor(s) to participate in this unit.
Based on (i) the Rules for Discernment of Spirits, and (ii) the Election in the Spiritual
Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, this unit will provide a theoretical framework for
personal discernment and a supervised experience of guiding a seven-week retreat in daily
life focusing on the Rules of Discernment. This unit is run over two weekends in Semester
II. Students will attend both weekends and lead small group work under supervision.
Students will guide a seven-week retreat in daily life between the weekends during which
they will see two directees once weekly. Students will attend weekly group supervision
sessions.
Learning Strategies: Supervised spiritual direction of seven-week retreat in daily life
Supervised small group leadership
Weekly group supervision
Delivery Structure: 2 weekends Friday-Sunday, August & October (Semester 2)
Student Comments The Arrupe Program is not just an academic course. The experience of directing under supervision,
and of learning the art of discernment in real situations is essential.
This was the first time that I sat on my own with a person for spiritual direction for a whole hour! It
was terrifying at first, but a wonderful introduction to spiritual direction. This is where I decided
that this was what I wanted to do with my life.
Through participating in the Triads with other students, and in the Ignatian Discernment Seminars, I
learned about the value of vulnerability, and came to understand that my own vulnerability can be
one of my greatest strengths as a spiritual director. The Team leaders shared their own gifts freely
and were accepting, encouraging and supportive at all times.
Over the last two years in the Arrupe Program I have been on an internal journey of discovering my
true self, my God-self, and I have learned the skills of the vocation to which I am called.
DD9107F Supervised Retreat Direction Prerequisite: Students will be recommended by their supervisor(s) to participate in this
unit and will normally have completed DD8992F
Students who participate in this unit are offered a supervised experience of leading two
people through the 19th or 20th Annotation Retreat. The 19th Annotation is usually
completed in 30–35 weeks in daily life. Direction sessions are held once a week for one
hour. The 20th Annotation is usually completed in 30-35 days. Direction sessions are once
each day for one hour.
Learning Strategies: Supervised spiritual direction of 30-day or 30-week retreat.
Writing a directory for the Spiritual Exercises.
Delivery Structure: Individual direction sessions with retreatant, daily or weekly,
Individual supervision – daily (30-day) fortnightly (30-week).
Student Comments Writing our personal directory of the Spiritual Exercises was challenging, but I see it as an absolute
essential to ensure that we really are familiar with the text itself and with the various interpretations
and applications of each part of it for today. Writing it is an important learning, even for those who
may never give the full Spiritual Exercises. It is important to see the process of the Spiritual
Exercises.
ELECTIVES
DS9109F Key Meditations and Rules in the Spiritual Exercises Prerequisite: Spiritual Exercises as an individually directed retreat (19th or 20th
Annotation.)
This unit will provide an in-depth study of the key meditations of the Spiritual Exercises of
St. Ignatius and his Rules for the Discernment of Spirits from a director’s viewpoint. It will
enhance a new director’s understanding of the essential elements in the art of giving the
Exercises according to the Eighteenth Annotation
Learning Strategies: Information presentation, reflection and group sharing
Delivery Structure: Five days: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
Student Comments I was helped not only by the academic input but also by the whole process of ongoing
reflection and prayer that were integral to the Program.
DS9121F Leadership, Spirituality and Organisational Practice Prerequisite: Nil
This unit helps participants become more aware of the structures and processes at work in
collaborative ministry teams. The guiding matrix for this unit will be the Spiritual Exercises,
its spiritual pedagogy and dynamism.
Learning Strategies: Information presentation, reflection and group sharing
Delivery Structure: Five day Intensive Monday - Friday 9am – 5pm
Student Comments The MCD unit Group Leadership, Organisation and Spirituality provided for me insight into the
dynamics of group life and the tools to facilitate growth. What can be understood in terms of the
psychology of groups is enhanced when placed within the context of the life, death and resurrection
cycle and the various inner movements which flow into and influence that cycle within groups. I
discovered in this unit a fullness in Ignatian spirituality which names and fleshes out what can often
otherwise remain a mystery or sadly, seem irrelevant to groups; namely the presence of God and the
way that group dynamics can be either obstacles to or facilitate grace.
I found this course really valuable because it gave me practical tools that I could use in my ministry
in the church. It opened up a whole new dynamic of working as a team with volunteers, which was
very different to my experience in industry and academe.
DD9110F Sexuality, Spirituality and Intimacy: Identity Vocation Mission Prerequisite: Nil
In this unit we will explore how sexuality, spirituality and intimacy impact our understanding
of identity, vocation and mission. We will look at Psychosexual development; love, shame
and disgrace; eros, creativity and generativity; and intimacy. .
Learning Strategies: Information presentation, reflection and group sharing
Delivery Structure: Five day Intensive Monday - Friday 9am – 5pm
DD9110F The Art of Prayer: Identity Vocation Mission Prerequisite: Nil
In this unit we will explore how prayer is central to our own identity, and how to lead
various forms of prayer in a group setting. We will explore the implementation of our
identity vocation and mission in lived experience. .
Learning Strategies: Information presentation, reflection and group sharing
Delivery Structure: Five Mondays - Friday 9am – 5pm
DS9124F Experiencing God with the Medieval Mystics Prerequisite: Nil
The unit addresses the subject of medieval Christian mysticism [1100-1600] in Europe
through the study of primary sources from significant authors from various linguistic
traditions. It aims to provide students with an understanding of common characteristics of
mystical texts as well the individual differences related to different historical contexts. The
unit will help students reflect meditatively upon selected material, and will invite them to
relate the study of Christian mysticism to their own personal contexts and their spiritual
formation
Learning Strategies: Information presentation, reflection and group sharing
Delivery Structure: Twelve 3 hour sessions over one Semester.
Student Comments DS9123F Study Tour: The Ignatian Camino
Students will walk the 640 km pilgrim route taken by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1522 from
his home in Spain’s Basque country to Montserrat and Manresa. As a pilgrim the student will
be on a 28-day outer journey and an inner journey. The outer journey will be well marked.
The inner journey less so. For some it will be about forgiveness or reconciliation, for others
a new direction or course in life, a confirmation of a major life choice, or a renewed or
rediscovered sense of personal identity. The “Camino Ignaciano,” or the “Ignatian way”
begins at the birthplace of Ignatius Loyola in Spain’s Basque country, in a village near the
small town of Azpeitia. From there, the route proceeds through picturesque mountains,
deserts, and plains, before ending in the town of Manresa near Barcelona. Ignatius rested in
this town for some months after his journey from Loyola. Manresa was a place of profound
spiritual enlightenment for him. Here he composed his spiritual masterpiece, the Spiritual
Exercises. Students will walk virtually the same route that Ignatius did, pass through many
towns that he did, pray at churches where he did, and marvel at the same natural wonders
that he saw.
Student Comments Dates for 2015 (please note all dates are tentative -­‐ date order)
UNIT NO POINTS DATES DD9111F Discernment and Election in the Spiritual Exercises 15 DD9111F Discernment and Election in the Spiritual Exercises (Sale Diocese) 15 DS9124F Experiencing God with the Medieval Mystics 15 DS9123F Ignatian Camino 30 DD8115F Individual Ministry Supervision 15 DS9109F Key Meditations and Rules in the Spiritual Exercises 15 DS9121F Leadership, Spirituality and Organisational Practice 15 DS9121F Leadership, Spirituality and Organisational Practice (Sale Diocese) 15 DS9101F My Experience of the Spiritual Exercises 15 DS9101F My Experience of the Spiritual Exercises 15 DS9122F Organisational Transformation in Practice 15 DD9116F Peer and Group Supervision 15 DS9104F Relational Psychodynamics (intensive) 15 DS9104F Relational Psychodynamics (Weekly) 15 DS9110F Sexuality, Spirituality and Intimacy: Identity Vocation Mission 15 DD8991F Spiritual Exercises -­‐ Practice (Sem 1) 30 DD8992F Spiritual Exercises -­‐ Practice (Sem 2) 30 DD8981F Spiritual Exercises -­‐ Theory (Sem 1) 30 DD8982F Spiritual Exercises -­‐ Theory (Sem 2) 30 DS9119F Spirituality Research Seminar 15 XD9415F Supervised Reading Unit -­‐ Capstone 15 DS9415F Supervised Reading Unit: Spirituality 15 DD9107F Supervised Retreat Direction 15 DD9117F Supervision and Discernment of Spirits 15 DS9105F Synagogues Villages and Towns 15 DS8120F Taking up your Role as Leader 15 15 15 15 15 DS9110F DS9108F DS9108F DD9103F Unit The Art of Prayer: Identity Vocation Mission (Sale Diocese) The Weeks of the Spiritual Exercises with George Pattery SJ The Weeks of the Spiritual Exercises with Matt Linn SJ (Hong Kong) Theological Frameworks for Spiritual Direction WellSpring Units DS9201F The Art of Contemplative Practice (WellSpring Unit) 15 DD8202F The Art of Spiritual Direction I 30 DD8203F Art of Spiritual Direction II 30 DD9204F Art of Spiritual Direction III 30 DS9205F The Art of Reconciliation I (WellSpring Unit) 15 DS9206F The Art of Reconciliation iI (WellSpring Unit) 15 DS9208F Exploring the Inner Landscape Through Contemplative Groups (WellSpring Unit) Mapping the Landscapes of the Soul -­‐ Personality, Spirituality and the Enneagram (WellSpring Unit) MCD Units DS9207F 15 15 30 Semester 1 Supervised Research Essay (12,000 words) Part B 30 Semester 2 RQ971FM Supervised Research Essay (12,000 words) A and B 30 Semester 1 RQ972FM Supervised Research Essay (12,000 words) A and B 30 Semester 2 RQ972AM Supervised Research Essay (12,000 words) Part A RQ972BM,