{"id":3049,"date":"2023-04-12T21:50:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T02:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usml.edu\/usml-launches-a-new-post-graduate-certificate-in-ignatian-spiritual-exercises\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T11:47:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:47:38","slug":"usml-launches-a-new-post-graduate-certificate-in-ignatian-spiritual-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usml.edu\/es\/usml-launches-a-new-post-graduate-certificate-in-ignatian-spiritual-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"USML launches a new post-graduate certificate in Ignatian Spiritual Exercises."},"content":{"rendered":"

Ignatian Spirituality the Focus of New
Graduate Certificate and Doctoral of Ministry Concentration<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of St. Mary of the Lake (USML) is launching new ministry programming focused on the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Students may take four graduate courses as a stand-alone certificate in the Ministry of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises or as part of a concentration in the Doctor of Ministry degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This program is designed to help students appropriate, strengthen and integrate the charisms associated with the art of contemplative spiritual direction in the living tradition of Ignatian prayer and discernment of spirits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recognizing the unique training Christian Leaders require for accompanying others through the Spiritual Exercises, the courses are fashioned to engender in-depth understanding and knowledge of Ignatian contemplative spiritual direction and retreat ministry. Participants will be equipped to apply this fruitful art to their ministerial calling, be it parish work, Christian formation or beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

USML will offer a combination of online instruction, in-person one-week intensives, and residential retreat practica, which take place at the Joseph and Mary Retreat House on the beautiful suburban USML campus. The multi-facet learning approach will support students in achieving their goals despite their busy schedules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are excited to offer this unique post-graduate certificate program, which provides one of the most advanced programs in the Spiritual Exercises in the country,\u201d said Dr. Theodore James Whapham, Dean of the School of Parish Leadership and Evangelization at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake. \u201cDr Hilliard, Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program, at USML has worked with faculty to develop an outstanding program that will help serve the needs of the whole church.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The one-week intensives take place in late June and mid-January, Monday through Friday. Retreat practica take place for 10 days each July for two years. In the third summer of supervised learning, the 30-day format for the Spiritual Exercises takes place in July.  As an alternative, students can complete the program through supervision of St. Ignatius\u2019 Annotation No. 19 \u2013 The Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life. This takes place in the participant\u2019s local ministerial context for those unable to complete the complete 30-day retreat in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students interested in applying require:<\/p>\n\n\n\n