Discernment and Election in the Spiritual Exercises
(Discernment)

Offered at Campion Ignatian Spirituality Centre, 99 Studley Park Road, Kew

This seminar, run over two weekends in Semester II, is restricted to students who are being formed as spiritual directors and enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Ignatian Spirituality, the Graduate Diploma in Spiritual Direction or the Master of Arts (Spiritual Direction) programs. The course aims to help spiritual directors in formation develop their capacity to assist directees in identifying the Spirit of God in their lives, and grow in the ability to discriminate between that Spirit and other “spirits”. Based on (i) the Rules for Discernment of Spirits, and (ii) the Election in the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, this course will provide theoretical frameworks which spiritual directors can use with directees..