Graduate Certificate in Ignatian Spirituality

The Graduate Certificate in Ignatian Spirituality allows students to understand personal spiritual experience through introductory study of themes and approaches in Ignatian spirituality. It serves as a foundation for students ministry in a range of contexts, and for further study in spiritual direction. Graduates are able to articulate insights for Christian practice and identity.

Graduates of the Graduate Certificate in Ignatian Spirituality

1. have reflected critically on their experience in light of foundational Ignatian themes, sources and approaches to prayer
2. have knowledge of the dynamics of spiritual growth and methods of prayer as described in the Ignatian tradition and the Spiritual Exercises
3. apply Ignatian understanding to ongoing personal formation and decision-making
4. apply Ignatian principles and insights to understanding life, work and community.

The Graduate Certificate in Ignatian Spirituality consists of 72 points comprised of one Foundational unit:

a) DS8011J or DS8019J Ignatian Discernment and Decision-Making

and two of the following Elective units:

b) DS9291J or DS9299J Identity, Vocation, Mission

c) DS9091J or DS9099J Key Meditations and Rules in the Spiritual Exercises

d) DS9081J or DS9089J The Weeks of the Spiritual Exercises

e) DS8361J or DS8369J or DR8361J or DR8369J Ignatian Pedagogy: A Contemporary Vision

f) DS9071J or DS9079J Gospel Narratives in Ignatian Contemplation