Year 1 - 2022 - Exploring Spiritual Accompaniment

Exploring Spiritual Accompaniment

Year 1 - Introduction to Spiritual Accompaniment & Spirituality

Course curriculum

1. Welcome Video
2. Course Handbook
3. First Year Timetable
4. The Portfolio
5. Spiritual Journaling
6. The Library
7. Preparing for Listening Groups
8. Tutors and Groups
9. Group Covenant-Together we agreed a group convent which can be viewed below. We may come back to the covenant during the year as our understanding of each statement develops. We invite you to consider what do you want for yourself this year.
10. For a New Beginning
1. Preparation for Prayer & Faith Journey Assignment
2. Recommended and Essential
3. What is Prayer? - Video (2 minutes 59 seconds)
4. How to Pray - Video (1 minute 29 seconds)
5. Other Faith Stories
6. My Faith is My Strength (Video - 4minutes and 48 seconds)
7. My Faith Story within Liberation Theology (Video 53minutes and 44 seconds)
8. Assignment - 1.3.1 Personal Prayer & Faith Journey
1. Suggested Questions to aide reflection
1. Preparation for Day 2
1. Introduction to 1.4.1 Spiritual accompaniment in context - Spirituality Traditions
2. Introduction to 1.4.1 Spirituality Traditions
3. 1. An overview of some Spiritual Traditions told through the timeline of Catholic Consecrated Religious Life (Video 12minutes 36 seconds)
4. An overview of some Spiritual Traditions
5. 1. The Desert Tradition and Monasticism
6. 1. The Desert Tradition & Monasticism - Early Christian Desert Communities
7. 1. The Desert Tradition & Monasticism - Early Christian Desert Communities
8. 1. The Desert Tradition & Monasticism
9. 1. The Desert Tradition & Monasticism - Spiritual Direction in Early Christianity
10. 1.The Desert Tradition & Monasticism - Creating a Rule of Life
11. 2. The Jesus Prayer & the Orthodox Tradition
12. 2. The Jesus Prayer & the Orthodox Tradition
13. 3. Mendicant Spirituality
14. 3. Mendicant Spirituality
15. 3. Mendicant Spirituality
16. 3. Mendicant Spirituality
17. 4. Ignatian Spirituality
18. 4. Ignatian Spirituality
19. 5. Anglican Spirituality
20. 6. Pentecostal Spirituality
21. 6. Pentecostal Spirituality - Learning from the Pentecostal vision of God
22. 7. The Evangelical Tradition - Read Chapter 5, Beneath the cross of Jesus: spirituality in the Evangelical tradition – Spirituality Workbook then reflect on the following questions.
23. Completed 1.4.1 Spirituality traditions
24. Additional Resources
1. What is Spiritual Accompaniment? (video 1 minute and 8 seconds)
2. What is spiritual direction?
1. Suggested reading and questions to aide your reflection at the end of the second day
2. Handouts for the end of Day 2
1. Listening to other Peoples Faith & Prayer Story
2. Reflection on sharing my story with others
3. The Sharing
1. Preparation for Day 3
2. Encountering Jesus in the Gospel story
1. Handouts from Day 3
2. Review of Learning Day 3 - Images of God
3. The Gifts of Spiritual Accompaniment
1. MBTI Personality to have taken before 19th November
1. Handouts for Day 4 - Personality & MBTI Indicators
2. Further Reading
1. Preparation for Day 5
1. Handouts for Day 5
2. Unconditional Positive Regard
3. Review of Learning Day 5 - Director/Directee Relationships & Communication Skills
4. Podcast
1. Preparation for Day 6 - Morning
2. Preparation for Day 6 - Afternoon
1. Handouts for Day 6
1. Preparation for Day 7
1. Prayer & Journaling
2. Sexuality and Spirituality Suggested Readings
3. Sexuality and Spirituality - Handouts
4. Reflection on being a Director in the Triad
5. Handouts for Day 7 Communication Skills
1. Preparation for Day 8 - Discerning in Spiritual Accompaniment and Ignatian Discernment
1. Discernment Assignment - Due Date 28 March 2023
1. How to find your vocation video
2. Handouts and Suggested Material for Day 8 - Discernment
1. Introduction to 1.4.2 Spiritual accompaniment in context - Eco Spirituality
2. What is Eco-Spirituality?
3. Ecology & Spirituality - Video
4. What is an encyclical?
5. What kind of encyclical has Pope Francis written?
6. Reflection - At the Still Point...The Heart of Eco-Spirituality, Inspired by Laudato Si' (Video 4:44)
7. If you wish you can read T.S. Elliot’s poem Burnt Norton in full
8. If you wish you can read the encyclical, 'Laudato Si' in full
9. Climate Grief - Podcast (32 mins)
10. Emotions to Generate Change (Video 5:26)
11. Further Recommended websites, videos, and podcasts
12. Biblical texts for Consideration
13. Handouts for further recommended reading
14. Further Recommended books on the topic of Eco Spirituality
15. Eco Spirituality Resources
16. Salisbury Diocese Resources for Lent
1. Handouts for Day 9
1. Preparation for Day 10
1. Handouts for Day 10
1. End of Year 1 Appraisal
1. Introduction to 1.4.3 Spiritual accompaniment in context - Spiritual but not Religious
2. Introduction to 1.4.3 Spiritual but not Religious
3. What is Religion?
4. What is spirituality?
5. Comedy sketch “I am spiritual but not religious.” (4 mins) - Strong Language warning
6. Brian Holdsworth (4 mins) Thoughtful analysis on why people claim to be “spiritual but not religious”
7. Robert Thurman (3 mins) Spirituality is about transcendence and connectedness with everything, religion is about institutions controlling people.
8. Matt Dillahunty (32 mins) Atheist philosophical linguistic analysis of the statement “I am not religious, but I am spiritual.”
9. Ways in which Spirituality may be expressed
10. Sadhguru 2019 (13 mins) Spirituality is the individual’s natural innate search for truth.
11. Fr. Thomas Keating (video 15mins) comments on the phrase many people use in describing themselves as "spiritual but not religious,"
12. 'Spiritual not Religious' Reflection
13. Biblical texts for Consideration
14. Recommended Reading to downlaod
15. Further Recommended material on the topic of 'Spiritual but not Religious'
16. Recommended Viewing - BBC iplayer - Pilgrimage - Available until end of February 2023
1. Preparation for Day 11
1. Handouts
2. Building on the practical use of embodiment in Spiritual Direction
1. Suggested Reading
2. Embodiment Handouts
1. Retreat Day Preparation
1. Handouts for Day 13
1. Course Dates Year 2
2. Further recommended resources
3. Further Reading

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Exploring Spiritual Accompaniment

Course curriculum

Welcome to St Antony's Exploring Spiritual Accompaniment Course 2022

Assignment Prayer & Faith Journey

Review of Learning Day 1

Preparation for Day 2

1.4.1 Spirituality Traditions

1.1.1 What is Spiritual Accompaniment?

Review of Learning Day 2

Reflection on listening and sharing with others

Preparation for Day 3

Review of Learning Day 3

Preparation for Day 4

Review of Learning Day 4 - 1.2.1 Personality & MBTI Indicators

Preparation for Day 5

Review of Learning Day 5

Preparation for Day 6

Review of Learning Day 6

Preparation for Day 7

Review of Learning Day 7

Preparation for Day 8

Assignment 1.2 Discernment & Practice of SA

Review of Learning Day 8

1.4.2 Ecospirituality

Review of Learning Day 9

Preparation for Day 10

Review of Learning Day 10

End of Year Appraisal Preparation

1.4.3 Spiritual but not Religious

Preparation for Day 11

2.2.5 Embodiment, Generational, Sexuality & Spirituality - Part 2

Review of Learning Day 11

Preparation for Day 12 - Retreat Day

Handouts Day 13

Review of Year 1

About this course