Art of Spiritual Companioning 2

Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate a working knowledge of the code of ethics and professional practices for spiritual companions.
2. Critically reflect on the basic spiritual practices including analysis of faith and doubt, revelation, conversion, divine images, and personal transformation for spiritual companioning practice.
3. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the stages of spiritual development and how they relate to the experience of people participating in spiritual companioning.
4. Identify and analyse a variety of contextual issues such as gender, sexuality, familial, cultural and religious backgrounds that influence the practice of spiritual companioning.
5. Critically reflect on their own experience of spirituality and its influence on how they companion those who attend spiritual companioning. 

• One essay (5,000 words) (40%)
• One book review (3,000 words) (15%)
• One reflection journal (3,000 words) (15%)
• Ten verbatim reports – 500 words each (5,000 words) (30%)

Set texts recommended for purchase are highlighted in blue

• Carretto, C. I Sought and I Found: My Experience of God and of the Church. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1984. 
• Edwards, D. How God Acts: Creation, Redemption, and Special Divine Action. Minneapolis [Minn.]: Fortress Press, 2010 
• Fowler, J. Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1995. 
• Fowler, J. Becoming Adult, Becoming Christian. Revised edition, San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2000. 
• Hagberg, J. and R. A. Guelich. The Critical Journey: Stages in the Life of Faith. Dallas: Word Pub., 1989.
• Liebert, E. Changing Life Patterns. St Louis: Chalice Press, 2000.  
• Liebert, E. The Way of Discernment: Spiritual Practices for Decision Making. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press, 2008.  
• Ruffing, J. Spiritual Direction: Beyond the Beginnings. New York: Paulist Press, 2000.