Benedictine Spiritual Formation Program
Course Description
2011-2012
Have you ever experienced the call to personal transformation? If you have, this program may be especially designed for you.
Year I
BSFP was created to deepen each participant’s inner journey and to open new pathways of spiritual service. Year I invites the student to look deeply within the experiences of their lives through a variety of methods including study of prayer, examination of family systems, scriptures, spirituality in both the masculine and feminine, as well as Benedictine and Ignatius traditions of spirituality leading towards a deepening understanding and transformation of the self.
Year II (prerequisite-completion of year I)
The second year provides education and skill for the Spiritual Direction and related ministries.
Supervision is an intergral part of year II
- Ministry and Topics of Spiritual Direction
- Prayer and Discernment in Spiritual Direction
- Practicum

