An Advanced Certificate Course designed to give further training both theoretical and practical to personnel who have successfully followed a previous Certificate Course on Spiritual Guidance and/or Ignatian Retreat Guidance. The Course is offered jointly by Hekima University College and Mwangaza Jesuit Spirituality Centre. Today the practice of spiritual discernment has spread far beyond the groups that draw their inspiration from St. Ignatius of Loyola’s rich spiritual experience. Both in his addresses and encyclicals, Pope Francis, a Jesuit himself, insists on the importance of discerning God’s will in relevant life situations that have no easy answers. Pope Francis invites the Church he leads to engage in discernment so as to seek and find God’s will in our lives and the life of the church. Mwangaza Jesuit Centre shares this call to facilitate learning on Ignatian discernment.
The programme aims at empowering participants with theoretical knowledge, skills and experience to lead a sound process of individual or communal discernment, by following the method of St. Ignatius of Loyola, in the African context.
The addresses of the course include:
To be eligible for admission, a candidate is expected to:
Requirements to approve this Advanced Certificate Course include:
This Advanced Certificate Course is residential at Mwangaza Jesuit Spirituality Centre. All blocks begin in the evening of the first day and end after breakfast on the last day.
Calendar 2025
The blocks are scheduled as follows:
All blocks begin in the evening of the first day and end after breakfast on the last day.
First Block: The spiritual discernment of the individual:
Second Block: Communal discernment
Other qualified resource personnel will be invited to facilitate specific sessions.
Ksh 60,000 fee, payable in two instalments of Ksh 30,000 at the beginning of each block. Payment includes handouts and some stationery. Limited bursaries available.
At the end of the course, the student who meets all requirements will be awarded a Spiritual Guidance Certificate, issued by Hekima University College and Mwangaza Jesuit Spirituality Centre
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