Personal growth and spiritual development
The vision of formation and education for the ICSPF student includes both
- academic learning and
- its integration through personal growth and spiritual development.
At ICSPF we prepare people to lead extraordinary lives by making the educational experience both academically rigorous and personally transformative.
Critical study of the Christian tradition can often be a challenging experience for our students. Academic courses expose students to information and analyses that have an impact on their self-understanding and relationships, as well as on their faith and spirituality. For this reason, all students are offered opportunities for personal growth and spiritual development where issues emerging from academic study and other personal, social and spiritual concerns can be addressed.
The commitment of ICSPF to the personal growth and spiritual development of its students is an essential dimension of all our academic programs. We facilitate the integration of course content and spiritual identity through opportunities for spiritual direction, retreats, and identity integration groups.
ICSPF provides a variety of resources and experiences to students to help nurture and support their personal growth and spiritual development. We offer safe, sensitive spaces where students are invited to engage with and explore their potential and their vocations as lay, vowed or ordained ministers.
The offerings available include:
Identity Integration Group fosters the ongoing development of students as spiritual directors by means of shared prayer, ritual, reflection and discussion. This group assists students to process issues relevant to their sense of identity, vocation and mission as spiritual directors. This is a requirement for students pursuing the Graduate Diploma in Spiritual Direction, and the Graduate Diploma in Theology (with a Specialism in Spiritual Direction)
Spiritual direction is a ministry in which one person, the spiritual director, helps another, the directee, become more aware of God's self-communication in his or her life, respond to that self-communication, and live out the gifts of that relationship. The directee usually has an individual one-hour session once a month. Spiritual direction is open to all students; it is a requirement for students pursuing the Graduate Diploma in Spiritual Direction, and the Graduate Diploma in Theology (with a Specialism in Spiritual Direction)
Where can I find a spiritual director?
- WellSpring: (03) 9885 0277
- Campion: (03) 9854 8110
Retreat programs Both Campion and WellSpring offer an extensive range of retreats that facilitate personal growth and spiritual development. Often students pursuing the Graduate Diploma in Spiritual Direction make the Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life at Campion.
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