JOIN Benedictine Father Boniface Hicks and Dr. Helene Paharik in Rome for a ten-day study tour with either Spiritual Direction I or Divine-Human Friendship.
FATHER BONIFACE HICKS • 2 CREDITS • IMSD-601: SD1: ART OF ACCOMPANIMENT
The participants will learn the foundational dynamics of spiritual direction through reading, lectures, and discussions. SD 1 will serve as a foundation for those who wish to continue learning the practice of spiritual direction. It is also a stand-alone course for those who wish to learn the “art of accompaniment”.
Father Boniface is director of the Institute for Ministry Formation, and the Seminary’s director of spiritual formation, and programming manager for We Are One Body Catholic Radio. His most recent book is Through the Heart of St. Joseph. Father Boniface and Father Tom Acklin are the authors of Spiritual Direction: A Guide for Sharing the Father’s Love, and Personal Prayer: A Guide to Receiving the Father’s Love.
DR. HELENE PAHARIK • 2 CREDITS • IMTH-752: DIVINE-HUMAN FRIENDSHIP
“I have called you friends” (Jn 15:15). This course will explore a Catholic theology of Divine-Human friendship as revealed in sacred scripture, magisterial teachings, as well as the writings and witnesses of Saints throughout the ages. The course will begin by examining Divine- Human friendship in the Old and New Testaments with a particular emphasis on the Gospel of John. Students will study the ancient, medieval, and contemporary theologians on Divine-Human friendship especially the writings of Saint Ambrose, Richard of Saint Victor, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Aelred of Rievaulx, and Saint Francis de Sales. Students will reflect upon their own friendship with God and the necessity of cultivating sacred friendships for growth in the spiritual life.
Dr. Paharik, lecturer in theology, earned her Ph.D. in theological studies from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, with a dissertation entitled “A Theology of Mission as Participation in Friendship.” doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. She earned a master of arts in New Testament theology, magna cum laude, from Saint Vincent Seminary and teaches on the adjunct faculty there and in the Seminary’s Institute for Ministry Formation.
TUITION AND FEES (AIRFARE NOT INCLUDED):
• Study tours, room and board: $1500
• Audit/Level 1 fee, per two-credit course: $800
• Tuition/Level 2, per two-credit course, for credit: $1450
TOTAL WITH AUDIT: $2300 + AIR ••• TOTAL WITH CREDIT: $2950 + AIR
$500 Deposit due April1, Remaining $1000 due May 1 ••• Tuition can be paid between June 1 and August 1
