Prayer Guide Training

Prayer Guide Training Course Outline

Block 1

Introduction to Christian Prayer

  • Lectio Divina
  • Gospel Contemplation
  • The Examen
  • Praying with Art
  • Praying with Imagery
  • Ignatian Reflection tools for prayer

Introduction to some key Ignatian concepts

  • Repetition
  • Review
  • Act of the Presence of God

Exploring my own image of God

Block 2

Listening Skills appropriate for Prayer Guides

  • Part 1: Listening to the Holy Spirit
    1. Listening for Image of God
    2. Listening for ‘the grace’, following the movement of the retreat
    3. Listening for the appropriate Scripture/ prayer content
    4. Basic introduction to Consolation and Desolation
    5. Basic blocks to listening to the Holy Spirit
  • Part 2: Listening to the retreatant
    1. Listening Skills
    2. Blocks to Listening
    3. Referrals
  • What do I do in the prayer guiding session?
    1. Beginnings
    2. Structure of the individual session
    3. Following the movement of the retreat
    4. Closure and review
    5. How do I present: Lectio Divina, Gospel Contemplation, The Examen, praying with art, music, poetry, walking etc…
  • Supervision and Ethics
  • Practicum
  • Process of personal discernment Part 1

Block 3

  • Practicum - The 3rd block is a closely supervised retreat in which the participants have he opportunity to both give and receive a retreat in daily life with weekly supervision sessions.
  • Process of personal discernment Part 2

Application Process:

We invite individuals who think or whose pastors think that they might have the charism for Spiritual Direction to approach us to do this training.  Please contact us: Street Address: 15 Molesey Street, Auckland Park, 2092, South Africa| Telephone: 011 482 4614| Cell: 084 502 2890| Fax: 086 669 3997| email: admin@jesuitinstitute.org.za

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