This course is conducted online through a combination of interactive online video conferenced meetings in the evening, reading assignments, and asynchronous online discussions and videos through the Schoology educational software platform.
This course will follow the Saint Vincent academic calendar.
Registration deadline: TBD.
Registration will be limited to 20 students per course.
IMCA601 – SD1: Art of Accompaniment – 2 credits
Taught by Father Boniface Hicks, OSB
Time: Thursday evenings 8:00-9:15pm ET (interactive video conference on Zoom) and one pre-recorded lecture each week.
The 2020 Vatican Directory for Catechesis prescribes an accompaniment-based style of evangelizing catechesis. The necessity of accompaniment is becoming more prominent in a world where so many are suffering from so many wounds. Through reading, lectures, and discussions, participants will learn the foundational dynamics of the art of accompaniment which provides a basis for programs offered by the Institute for Ministry Formation. In this course we will cover:
- The role of Spiritual Direction and Accompaniment in the Church
- The need for Accompaniment in our time
- Our one-on-one relationship with God
- One-on-one human relationships
• The interior life
• The importance of vulnerability
• A listening that reveals and heals
• Communicating the Father’s Love
• Introduction to development in the life of prayer
• Basic psychological models insights for accompaniment - The qualities of the spiritual companion
- Introduction to supervision and self-awareness
