SU S1 2025 - PRAYER & DISCERNMENT I

SU S1 2025 - PRAYER & DISCERNMENT I

Jun 2-5, 2025

SPT 525/425

Prayer and Discernment I

Audit (Easy Listening, Non-Credit)

June 2-5, 6 PM - 8:30 PM CT: 7 PM - 9:30 PM ET

Fr. Christopher Viscardi, STD

Course Description: Both prayer and discernment play a central role in the spirituality of St. Ignatius, especially in the dynamics of The Spiritual Exercises. This course will examine the theology of prayer and the practice and theory of discernment as they have developed in the Christian tradition over the centuries. Part I will focus primarily on prayer and will be offered during an intensive weekend, with the option to join the class by video conference. 

Fr. Christopher Viscardi, SJ, completed his doctorate in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, in the area of spirituality. His dissertation was a study of the conversion theology of Jonathan Edwards, the New England Puritan and spiritual leader. Since 1979 Fr. Viscardi has been at Spring Hill College, where he is currently chair of the department of theology. He developed the Certificate of Spiritual Direction at SHC and serves as director and major professor of the program.