Catholic Spiritual Direction Course
This course equips participants with essential skills for Catholic spiritual direction, blending doctrinal knowledge, discernment techniques, and practical guidance strategies to support others in their faith journey.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Catholic Spiritual Direction Course provides a focused, hands-on approach to guiding others in their faith journey with assurance and compassion. Participants will learn to differentiate spiritual matters from mental health issues, integrate Catholic principles on prayer, conscience, and sacraments, employ Ignatian methods of discernment, manage scrupulosity and spiritual dryness, and organise regular direction meetings with defined strategies, resources, and moral guidelines.
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Develop skills
- Clinical pastoral insight: identify anxiety, depression, OCD, and know when to refer to professionals.
- Catholic doctrine mastery: integrate conscience, mercy, and sacraments into spiritual guidance.
- Ignatian discernment skills: interpret consolations, desolations, and conduct daily examen.
- Scrupulosity care tools: combine CBT-inspired techniques with authentic Catholic doctrine.
- Practical direction plans: develop monthly objectives, prayer practices, and progress reviews.
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