Internships (Spiritual Director)

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HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF BECOMING A SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR?

“Call to me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things,
which you do not know” Jeremiah 33:3

If you have already made the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and are curious about your next steps in the Lord, have you considered training as a Spiritual Director?

Those of us who have had the good fortune of having a Spiritual Director have known the enormous advantages of having someone accompany us in our walk with Christ. Is this a time in your life when God is calling you to BE THAT PERSON for others?We invite you to consider doing an Internship in spiritial direction in the Ignatian tradition with the Arrupe Spirituality Digital Community.

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This internship consists of an intensive six months of training that includes:

Weekly or bi-weekly online teaching for 90 minutes
A curriculum that was developed by Fr. Bill Creed, SJ and taught annually at Loyola University
Weekly assignments done in advance of the online meetings
Essential to your training, you will direct 1 or 2 individuals through the Spiritual Exercises
You will receive weekly support from ‘Peer Companions’ – those who have previously taken this Internship and now wish to support your training experience.
Learning in community with other Spiritual Directors in training.

For more information about the program, contact

Mark Blancke, S.J. (mblancke@jesuits.org)
Trish Alt (trishalt326@gmail.com).

Application

The Internship in spiritual direction in the Ignatian tradition meets for 21 seminars for 90 minutes online weekly in the Fall and every other week in Winter and Spring. Each of the 90-minute seminars is in three parts: 30 minutes discussing the fruits of studying the content of the Spiritual Exercises and related topics based on the homework and responses of the interns, 30 minutes on understanding and practicing listening, discernment skills and supervision, and 30 minutes in personal faith sharing on the various topics addressed in the Exercises.

Each intern participates as a peer in the discussion, in honing one’s listening/discernment skills, and in personal faith sharing. Each intern, in addition to the weekly written homework assignments, writes five two-page personal reflections on five of the primary graces of the Exercises. Each intern gives the Spiritual Exercises to two persons, meeting weekly for 30-60 minutes with each retreatant.

To complete, simply open the Application and type your responses on the form. It will expand as necessary. Contact John Gohman (john.gohman2@arrupespirituality.org) if you have questions.

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Internship Application

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1) Name(Required)

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6) Work/Ministry:(Required)

7) What have been your experiences of receiving spiritual direction? Please describe how you benefited from it, with whom you met and how frequently and for how long; what were some of the realities you talked about, etc.(Required)

8) What retreats have you made? (when, where, and length of retreat) What silent directed retreats of six or eight days have you made? When did you make the Spiritual Exercises? Who gave you the Spiritual Exercises? What was the fruit of each of these retreat experiences?(Required)

9) What are your strengths and limitations as a listener? What are your discernment skills? What are your growing areas regarding your listening and discernment skills?(Required)

10) What are some of your devotional practices?(Required)

11) Who is God to/for you?(Required)

12) Who are you to/for God?(Required)

13a) How did you pray as a child?(Required)

13b) What has your prayer or relationship with God been like as you've become an adult?(Required)

13c) Describe in detail a moment when you felt closest to God. Be specific and concrete.(Required)

13d) Describe a conflict in relationship and the steps you took to resolve the conflict. What did you learn about yourself in relationship?(Required)

13e) What is your relationship with God like now?(Required)

13f) What is it you are seeking from God now?(Required)

13g) What other events/aspects of your spiritual journey relevant to your participation in the online Internship are appropriate to name here?(Required)

14) Why do you want to make an Internship in Giving the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius?(Required)

15) Do you commit to directing two persons in the Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life from late September to early May? Do you commit to attending and participating in all 21 online classes 90-minute seminars and in weekly personal supervision during the fall and in all online classes and intermittent personal supervision every other week in the winter/spring? Do you commit to submitting five two-page personal reflection essays on your personal experience of five of the graces of the Exercises to Mark Blancke, SJ?(Required)

Internships (Spiritual Director)

HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF BECOMING A SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR?

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