Essentials of Spiritual Direction
Prerequisite: IPS 428.
This course invites students to consider the practical conditions, requirements and main challenges of the ministry of spiritual direction/accompaniment so as to further their discernment process and prepare them for the Contextual Education component of their program of study, where they will begin to serve as spiritual directors/companions.
Outcomes: Identify relational dynamics operative in spiritual direction; Measure the significance of developmental, relational and social-cultural factors for spiritual direction; Employ open listening, questioning and verbatim accounts.
This course invites students to consider the practical conditions, requirements and main challenges of the ministry of spiritual direction/accompaniment so as to further their discernment process and prepare them for the Contextual Education component of their program of study, where they will begin to serve as spiritual directors/companions.
Outcomes: Identify relational dynamics operative in spiritual direction; Measure the significance of developmental, relational and social-cultural factors for spiritual direction; Employ open listening, questioning and verbatim accounts.