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INTERNSHIP
- FIRST YEAR
Introduction
— Second Year — Endorsements
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Classes
begin in early September and end in late May. The time commitment
required of the interns includes four weekends during the
course of the year and two Wednesday evening (7-10 PM) classes
each month. In addition, interns will be expected to give
sufficient time each day to prayer and study.
The
general content to be addressed in the first-year classes
and workshops will be:
- A study of the major themes of
the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola with
their special emphasis on the person and mission of Jesus;
- Basics in skilled listening and
communications, forms of prayer, and patterns of psychological
maturation and faith development;
- A weekend retreat in October to
introduce interns and the internship team;
- Three weekend workshops: one on
the discernment of spirits, another on the discernment
of God's will; and the last one on the practice of listening
skills and a preparation for supervision in the second
year of the program.
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specifically the focus of the first year of the Internship will
be extensive reading, writing of reflection papers, and class
discussion on these themes following the four weeks of the Exercises:
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1. The Presence
of Divine Mystery in All Creation
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2. God's Unconditional
Love of Me and Call to Service and Friendship
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3. The Mystery of
Sin, the Rejection of God's Call
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4. Sin in the Prodigal
Son and God's Mercy toward Him
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5. A weekend
retreat of faith-sharing on God in one's life
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6. Sin in the Elder
Son and God's Mercy Toward Him
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7. On the Call of
Christ
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8. God Becomes Human
in Jesus; The Nature of the Kingdom of God
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9. A weekend
workshop on the Discernment of Spirits
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10. The Kingdom
of God versus the Kingdom of Satan
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11. The Beatitudes
as the Core of Jesus' Teaching on the Kingdom of God
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12. The First Three
Beatitudes: Being Poor in Spirit
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13. Beatitudes Four,
Five and Six
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14. A weekend
workshop on the Discernment of God's Will
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15. The Cross and
Passion in Jesus' Life
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16. Suffering in
God
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17. Jesus Resurrected,
the Hope of All Peoples; Beatitude Seven
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18. Life in the
Holy Spirit, the Gift of the Risen Jesus; Beatitude
Eight
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19. A weekend
workshop in the practice of cases in spiritual direction;
preparation for supervision of an intern's practice
of giving spiritual direction or some other ministry
during the second year of the internship
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20. The Holy Spirit,
Personal Prayer, and the Eucharist
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21. Finding God
in All Things; the Synthesis of Ignatian Spirituality
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The
year ends with a personally directed Ignatian retreat for each
intern, sometime during the summer. The retreat is a minimum of
5 full days in length, a maximum of 8 days.
Introduction
— Second Year — Endorsements
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