Prayer Guides 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
  3. Listening for ‘the grace’, following the movement of the retreat
  5. Listening for the appropriate Scripture/ prayer content
  7. Basic introduction to Consolation and Desolation
  9. 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.

We intend offering the Training in the following areas:

2010 Linden & Pretoria North Mohale Rest and Retreat Centre

Please contact us

The Jesuit Institute - South Africa
Postal: PO Box 31087, Braamfontein, 2017, South Africa
Street Address: Trinity House, 12 Stiemens Street, Braamfontein, 2001, South Africa
Telephone: (work) 011 403 3790 | (cell) 0845022890| (fax) 011 4033790
Web: http://www.jesuitinstitute.org.za/
e-mail: cis@jesuitinstitute.org.za