Ignatian Spirituality Seminar

UFT Code: 
DS200/300
Unit Credit Points: 
15
Timetabling
Semester: 
Intensive
Lecturer Profile: 
Michael Smith
Location: 
Institute for Christian Spirituality and Pastoral Formation
Years Offered: 
2010
Notes: 

7.30-9.30pm March 12, 9am-5pm March 13, 9am-3pm 14 March and 7.30-9.30pm April 30, 9am-5pm May 1, 9am-3pm May 2

This unit aims to help participants deepen their understanding of Ignatian spirituality as described by Saint Ignatius of Loyola ind his Autobiography and locate it within the general context of Christian Spirituality. The emphases of the seminar will be the life of Ignatius, his spirituality and its connection with his Spiritual Exercises. 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, 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. 

Description
Learning Outcomes: 

 
Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:
1.  Enunciate the lived connection between personal spirituality and theology
2.  Demonstrate an understanding of Ignatian prayer
3.  Demonstrate an understanding of Ignatian spirituality and its relevance to
     life today.    
 
 

Prerequisites: 
Level 2 15 points each of Biblical Studies and Systematic Theology at Level 1 Level 3 30 points each of Biblical Studies and Systematic Theology
Teaching Methods: 

Two weekend seminars and a seven week retreat including weekly supervision meetings
 
  

Contact Hours: 

36 hours

Assessment: 

Level 2

  • 1 x 4500 word reflective essay 100%

Level 3

  • 1 x 5000 word reflective essay 100% 
Mode of Teaching: 
Intensive
Bibliography: 
Recommended reading:
* = set texts recommended for purchase
 
  • *Divarkar, R. A Pilgrim’s Testament: The Memoirs of St Ignatius of Loyola. (Copy supplied to students by lecturers.)
  • Dyckman, K., M. Garvin, and E. Liebert. The Spiritual Exercises Reclaimed: Uncovering Liberating Possibilities for women. (New York: Paulist Press, 2001).
  • Fleming, D.L., Draw me into your Friendship: The Spiritual Exercises. (St. Louis: Institute of Jesuit Sources, 1996).
  • Silf, M. Inner Compass: an Invitation to Ignatian Spirituality. (Chicago: Loyola Press, 1999). 
Unit Fields
Course: 
Bachelor of Theology
BTheol Field: 
Field D Theology: Mission and Ministry
BTheol Discipline: 
Systematic Theology
RTI: 
United Faculty of Theology
Department Name: 
Department of Moral and Practical Theology
Unit Level
Undergraduate Level: 
2
Undergraduate Level: 
3
MTS: 
No
Postgraduate: 
No

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