The Practicum in Spiritual Direction and Directed Retreats: A Student's Guide, Volume II — The Post-Practicum Course

This handbook for students in Spiritual Direction is intended to support the ongoing development and discernment of a spiritual direction vocation. It provides the coursework for the Post-Practicum that includes a review of the year-long practicum experiences in spiritual direction, the directed retreat, and supervision.

This handbook is designed to be used with the handbook developed for the prerequisite Pre-Practicum course and will be useful as reference material for work in the ministry of spiritual direction and directed retreats. This Post-Practicum coursework has been developed and tested through four decades of practical application in various programs, including Creighton University's Christian Spirituality Program and the Sisters of Mercy's Upper Room.

It is well-founded in The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola and draws from the works of Maureen Conroy, RSM, William A. Barry, William J. Connolly, and other renowned teachers of spiritual direction.

By Maureen Conroy, RSM, D.Min., Lisa Taylor Keuhlen, Ph.D.(c), and Susan Delaney, M.A.