Units timetabled for 2013 and 2014 are provisional only, and details of semester and time will change. The official timetable for each year is released on 1 September of the prior year.

Archived unit descriptions for 2011 are available here.

Ignatian Spirituality Seminar

Unit Code: 
DS200/300
RTI: 
United Faculty of Theology
Unit Value: 
15 points

This unit aims to help participants deepen their understanding of Ignatian spirituality as described by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 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.

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.
Lecturer/s: 
Robert Paterson
Lecturer/s: 
Joan Jennings
Timetabling
Semester: 
Intensive
Location: 
Institute for Christian Spirituality and Pastoral Formation
Unit Frequency: 
Annual
Years Offered: 
2010
Years Offered: 
2011
Years Offered: 
2012
Years Offered: 
2013
Years Offered: 
2014
Notes: 

In 2012 this unit will be taught on March 23-25, a seven week retreat in daily life, and May 18-20. Classes will be held at the Campion Ignatian Spirituality Centre, 99 Studley Park Road, Kew. Students should enrol for this unit at the UFT, then contact Campion on 9854 8110 during business hours to book their place. Further charges are payable to Campion for accommodation and / or catering expenses.

Unit Fields
Courses: 
Bachelor of Theology
Field: 
Field D Theology: Mission and Ministry
Disciplines: 
Spirituality
Department Name: 
Department of Moral and Practical Theology
Unit Level
Undergraduate Level: 
2
Undergraduate Level: 
3
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

Mode of Teaching: 
Intensive
Teaching Methods: 

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

Workload
Workload: 

The equivalent of 36 hours of class time

Assessment
Assessment TypeWeightingLearning Outcomes Assessed
Assessment Type: 

Level 2: 1 x 4500 word reflective essay

Level 3: 1 x 5000 word reflective essay

Weighting: 
100%
Learning Outcomes Assessed: 
1, 2, 3
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). 

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