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Core Courses  Printer Friendly version

First Semester:

  • Dynamics of Transformation
  • Trends in Christian Spirituality

    • Second Semester:

  • Practices in Prayer
  • Human Development, Personality Type and Spirituality

    • Practicum:

    Third Semester: Practicum, Themes and Skills:

    Listening Skills
    Story Listening Narrative Theology
    Spiritual Direction
    Feelings and Emotions
    Contemplative Attitude
    Sexuality and Spirituality
    Self-esteem
    Discernment
    		 Triads Begin: Five Rounds
    Supervision is Introduced
    Readings and Discussion
      (- See Book List)
    New Cosmology and Eco-Spirituality
    Two Saturday Workshops:
    - Listening Skills
    - Eco-Spirituality

    Fourth Semester: Practicum:

    Continuation with Listening Skills
    Continued Orientation on
    Supervision and Outside Directees
    Introduction to Process Notes
    Introduction to Professional
    Groups and Peer Supervision
    Introduction to Code of Ethics
    Triads Continue:
    - Professional Groups
    - Begin Work with Outside Directees
    		 Practicum in Companioning
    Enneagram and Spirituality
    Dreams and Spiritual Direction
    Two Saturday Workshops:
    - Scripture Reflection in Spiritual Direction
    - Dreams and Spiritual Direction

    It will be the students' responsibility to arrange for their own 5-8 day directed retreat to take place over the summer.*

    Fifth (Final) Semester:

    Focusing
    Active Imagination
    Symbol and Spirituality
    More Work on Discernment
    Neuro-Linguisitic Programming
    Issues in Spiritual Direction
    Group Spiritual Direction
    Introduction to Retreat Ministry
    Readings and discussion (See Book List)
    Continuing Education (Encouraged)
    		 Triads Continue
    Professional Groups Continue
    Outside Directees Continue
    Supervision Continues
    Synthesis Project
    End-of-year Evaluations (Prof. Groups & Supervision)
    Two Saturday Workshops:
    - Spirituality and Sexuality
    - Life Commandments and Deep Inner Believe

    Optional Sixth Semester:

    Continuing educational opportunities in:

  • Group Spiritual Direction
  • Small Group Facilitation

    • Graduation will take place for all
    at the end of the sixth semester in May 2011


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