You may just want to understand the Exercises for your own benefit
or it may be that you wish to work in religious formation, to
help others in making life choices and discerning the will of
God. This is a programme for people who wish to deepen their
understanding of spiritual direction and retreat giving in the
Ignatian tradition and presupposes that participants have experienced
the full Exercises either in its 30 day form or in daily life.
This programme began last year and was generally well-recieved.
With a few tweeks and changes to improve it we shall be offering
it again in 2009.
We shall consider
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There will be a practical element to the programme
with a look at listening skills and other aspects of spiritual
guidance in the Ignatian Tradition.
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The Dynamics of the four weeks of the Spiritual Exercises
of St Ignatius
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Dealing with trauma and psychological issues arising
out of prayer and the Exercises.
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Ignatian Discernment
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"Looking at Ignatius's Text"
Whatever the setting, making and giving the Spiritual Exercises
are very personal processes, shaped by the life-stories
and personalities of the individuals involved. But what
are the links between what happens in a retreat and Ignatius
Loyola's sixteenth-century text? How should a contemporary
retreat-giver be drawing on the book of the Exercises?
Fr Philip Endean SJ, from Campion Hall, Oxford, will lead
an exploration of such questions by looking at various key
elements in the Ignatian process through a mixture of formal
inputs, case-studies and role plays.
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How to encourage those you are accompanying to reflect
on their own life experiences.
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Sexuality issues in spiritual guidance with Fr Brendan
Callaghan SJ
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Supervision of the spiritual director/retreat giver
with Ruth Holgate
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How to adapt the dynamic of the Exercises to shorter
retreats and Spiritual Direction.
This programme will be taught using a variety
of methods: presentations from the team, seminars, small group
work, private study and practical exercises. We shall build
upon and develop your own skills and understanding.
This programme will involve teaching days
from Monday to Friday. Saturday is reserved for private study
and Sunday a day of rest. Participants are therefore free from
Friday evening until Monday morning each week.
Cost: see Offering Page
PILGRIMAGE
Precede this programme with an enjoyable and instructive Pilgrimage
to some of the main sites associated with the life of St Ignatius
in Loyola, Pamplona, Xavier, Manresa, Montserrat, Barcelona
and Rome.
Further Details of Pilgrimage
