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Starting in September each year, we offer a one-year Practicum in Retreat Direction here in Manresa. This programme is complementary to the two-year Course in Spiritual Direction, and offers further training specifically in directing retreats. In the course of the programme, each participant is expected to direct at least three 6 or 8-day directed retreats, including the delivery of homilies at the daily Eucharist. Each participant assists in at least one lay weekend, one other weekend event, and, where feasible, in one or more of our evening events.
Participants are assigned a personal mentor for the duration of the Practicum, who meets with them on a regular basis to help them prepare for the event, monitor performance, give support and evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. In addition participants receive supervision of their work. In the course of the programme, some guided reading is required in the areas of Scripture, spiritual direction, discernment and Ignatian spirituality. For those who have not made the full Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, an opportunity is offered of making them in the form of Exercises in Daily Life (Annotation 19).
For further information, please contact Fr. Paddy Carberry, S.J., Director, Manresa, at (01) 833 1352.
>> Click here for the September 2011 Application Form <<
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