Ignatian Discernment and Christian Decision Making
UFT Code:
DS201/301
Unit Credit Points:
15
This seminar is run over two weekends in Semester II and aims to help participants deepen their prayer, develop the capacity for 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 unit will provide a theoretical framework for personal discernment.
A significant proportion of each weekend will be devoted to personal prayer and group reflection as a way of integrating the experiential with the academic.
Each student must attend and participate in both weekends. Each student will make an individually directed seven-week retreat in daily life between these two weekends and keep a detailed reflective journal of their prayer experience — this will require that each student pray daily and meet with a director once a week for seven weeks. Applicants from all traditions are welcome.