Units offered on ICSPF Campuses
ART OF SPIRITUAL DIRECTION I (PDB312.15)
Revd Peter Bentley: WellSpring Centre
This unit is designed particularly for those wishing to test and explore a sense of vocation to the ministry of spiritual direction. The unit outlines the tradition and examines some of the central aspects of the ministry of spiritual direction. Practicums offer the experience of both giving and receiving direction and provide a foundation for future development in this area.
ART OF SPIRITUAL DIRECTION II (PDB313.15)
Revd Peter Bentley: WellSpring Centre
This unit will extend the work of the first unit and is designed for those who feel a sense of call towards the ministry of spiritual direction. It includes seminars which explore different aspects of spiritual direction, practicums which will challenge and extend the students’ gifts in this area and individual supervision. It will provide a foundation for the third level of the course. Topics to be covered will include: discernment, psychological aspects of spiritual direction, theological dimensions, ethical and contextual issues, the nature of religious experience.
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ART OF SPIRITUAL DIRECTION III (PDB314.30)
Revd Peter Bentley: WellSpring Centre
This course (which is the equivalent of two semester units) will further develop the work of the first two WellSpring units (Art of Spiritual Direction I and II). The course extends over the full academic year. It is particularly designed for those already offering the ministry of spiritual direction. It will include seminars, practicuums of various kinds, as well as personal and group supervision. In addition, each student will undertake a major research project in an area of interest concerning the ministry of spiritual direction. Seminars continue to explore theological and psychological issues of significance in spiritual direction as well as prayer, discernment and a variety of elective issues which reflect the student’s special interests. A post-graduate year of personal and group supervision is also included in this course.
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DISCERNMENT AND ELECTION IN THE SPIRITUAL EXERCISES (PDS308/408.15)
Michael Smith SJ: Campion Ignatian Spirituality Centre
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.
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GROUP LEADERSHIP, ORGANISATION AND SPIRITUALITY (DS202/302.15)
Michael Smith SJ: Campion Centre of Ignatian Spirituality
This unit — run over five Wednesdays in Semester II — aims to help participants become more aware of the structures and processes at work in the collaborative ministry teams in which they minister. The guiding matrix for this unit will be The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the spiritual pedagogy and dynamism of which are as valid for groups as for individuals, though the Spiritual Exercises for groups uses a different framework.
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IDENTITY INTEGRATION GROUP (PGS310.15)
Peter Saunders: Campion Ignatian Spirituality Centre
SEMESTER 1 and 2: Tuesday 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm
During the Graduate Diploma in Spiritual Direction all students are required to attend the Identity Integration Group, which meets once a fortnight in Semesters I and II. While identity questions are consistently raised in the courses offered in the GDSD program, the Identity Integration Group provides an adult faith-learning community where students may share their learning, felt-experience, questions and their life experiences.
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IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY SEMINAR (DS200/300.15)
Michael Smith SJ, Joan Jennings and Peter Saunders:
Campion Ignatian Spirituality Centre
This seminar is run over two weekends in Semester I and aims to help participants deepen their understanding of Ignatian Spirituality as described by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in his book of the Spiritual Exercises. Participants will attend both weekends and undertake a seven-week retreat in daily life between the weekends during which they will pray each day and see a spiritual director once a week.
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KEY MEDITATIONS AND “RULES” IN THE SPIRITUAL EXERCISES (PDS425.15 )
Michael Smith SJ and Jan Geason:
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Campion Centre of Ignatian Spirituality
This week-long summer school is a 15-point unit which 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.
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SPIRITUAL EXERCISES: THEORY (PDS405.15)
Michael Smith and Bernadette Miles:
Campion Centre of Ignatian Spirituality
This one-year course aims to help the student reflect on the experience of making the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and understand the dynamic of the Exercises. This course is offered every alternate year in conjunction with PDS406.15. A student can begin with either PDS405.15 or PDS406.15.
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SPIRITUAL EXERCISES: PRACTICE (PDS406.15)
Michael Smith and Bernadette Miles:
Campion Centre of Ignatian Spirituality
This one-year course aims to prepare the student to become a giver of the Spiritual Exercises. At the completion of this course there will be a discernment involving the student and the coordinator of the program as to whether the student should go on to PDS410.15 Supervised Retreat Direction.
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SUPERVISED RETREAT DIRECTION (PDS410.15)
Joan Jennings: Campion Centre of Ignatian Spirituality
This course aims to help students become competent directors of the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. At the completion of Spiritual Exercises—Theory (PDS405.15) and Spiritual Exercises—Practice (DS406.15) there will be a discernment involving the student and the Coordinator of the program as to whether the student should go on to DS410.15, which is directing the full Spiritual Exercises under supervision. The course will involve guiding two retreatants through either: (i) the Retreat in Daily Life over 35 weeks, or (ii) the full one-month (30-day) experience. If the student is directing the full one-month experience, supervision would occur on a daily basis. If the participant is directing the Retreat in Daily Life over 30 weeks, supervision occurs on a weekly basis.
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SPIRITUALITY RESEARCH SEMINAR (PGS420.15)
Revd Dr Tim McCowan: Campion Ignatian Spirituality Centre
SEMESTER 1 and 2: Tuesday 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm
During the Master of Arts (Spiritual Direction) all students are required to attend the Spirituality Research Seminar which meets once a fortnight in Semesters I and II. The Spirituality Research Seminar is designed to be a research community in which students develop a deeper understanding of spirituality as an academic discipline as well as an appreciation of integrative Christian praxis. The main focus will be to familiarise students with basic research methodology, to alert students to key research in the area of spirituality and to help them develop their understanding of the particular aspect of spirituality that they have an interest in exploring at depth.
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WEEKS OF THE SPIRITUAL EXERCISES (PDS415.15)
Michael Smith SJ:Campion Centre of Ignatian Spirituality
This week-long summer school is a 15-point unit which will provide an in-depth study of the four “Weeks” of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. It will enhance a new director’s understanding of the essential elements in the art of giving the Exercises.
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ART OF RECONCILIATION I
Dr Tim McCowan: WellSpring Centre
This formation course helps participants grow in their understanding and experience of forgiveness and reconciliation, in their daily lives and relationships, as well as in the wider community. It also trains participants in the skills to accompany others on their healing journey. This course will be taught in 3 independent modules of 4 sessions each. The first will focus on the meaning of forgiveness and reconciliation in one’s daily life; the second will explore how to accompany others in their healing journey, and the final module will examine how to build bridges of trust, understanding and engagement with those from different cultural and religious backgrounds. All 12 sessions will run at the Moreland Baptist Church, (back hall) 382-386 Moreland Road, Brunswick West, 3044 (Melways Map 29 D4)
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Introduction to the Supervision of Spiritual Directors (GDS335.15) (PDS435.15)
Michael Smith, Joan Jennings and Peter Bentley
Supervision is a formal arrangement whereby (i) a person in initial formation to become a spiritual director, or (ii) a qualified spiritual director, works regularly with someone who is experienced in spiritual direction and supervision. Supervision is a process to maintain adequate standards of professionalism and a method of consultancy to widen the horizons of an experienced practitioner. Supervision focuses on the development of the skills, attitudes and knowledge in both those in formation and newer members of the ministry. This five-day (36-hour) intensive unit aims to help spiritual directors grow in the competencies (enunciated below in the learning outcomes) necessary to supervise others in the ministry.
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Supervision and the Discernment of Spirits (GDS345.15) (PDS445.15)
Michael Smith, Joan Jennings and Peter Bentley
This five-day (36-hour) intensive unit aims to help spiritual directors grow in the skills necessary to supervise others involved in the ministry of spiritual direction, with a particular focus on the Ignatian Rules for Discernment of Spirits and the contemplative approach to supervision of spiritual directors.
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Peer and Group Supervision (GDS355.15)(PDS455.15)
Michael Smith, Joan Jennings and Peter Bentley
This five-day (36-hour) intensive unit introduces spiritual directors to peer and group supervision. Peer and group supervision are two adjuncts to individual supervision. Each can optimize learning processes during (i) the formation of a spiritual director, and (ii) in his or her ministry. The purpose of group supervision is to develop the directing skills of the spiritual directors within the group. The focus is not so much on the case being presented, but rather on what is going on in the room at the time of supervision. Peer groups offer opportunities for ongoing formation among spiritual directors. This unit aims to help students grow in the skills of facilitating peer and group supervision.
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