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Renewal Course for Formators

Challenges and Opportunities for formation in Digital Age and the era of Artificial Intelligence. Visualizing new pedagogies for Religious formation. Vocation animation, process of Religious formation and discernment. Competency Mapping, Confidence and Self-Esteem, Dealing with disappointment and criticism. Developing spiritual, emotional, and physical intelligence. Dealing with the questions of intimacy, loneliness, celibacy.  Dealing with anger, grief, and self-esteem. Receiving and giving feedback, coping with conflict situation and stress.

Contribution: Rs 10,500

Monday, 25 November 2024
Tuesday, 10 December 2024
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TWO MONTHS COURSE IN PREPARATION FOR FINAL PROFESSION (With weekend integration and personal accompaniment)

Topics: Religious Life, Covenant Spirituality, Psycho-Sexual & Spiritual Integration, Healing the Inner Child, Discernment in Daily Life, Basic skills of Counselling & Spiritual Direction, Spirituality of Social Justice, Creative & Critical use of Mass Media, Legal Knowledge and Life Skills. The course ends with an Inward Journey retreat. During the course the group will have group processing and personal integration.

Contribution: Rs 35,000

WEEKLY MODULES: FINAL PROFESSION (Open to All)

03 – 04 January: Orientation to Final Profession – Prerana Team

06 – 08 January: Psycho-sexual Integration – Fr William Sequeira SJ

09 – 11 January: Psycho-spiritual Integration – Fr Joe Mathias SJ

13 – 17 January A New Way of Being Religious – Fr Prashanth D’Souza SJ

20 – 24 January: Discernment in Daily Life: - Fr Prashanth D’Souza SJ

27 – 29 January: Counselling & Spiritual Direction: Fr Joe Mathias SJ

30 – 31 January: Critical & Creative use of Digital Media – Fr William Marcel Rodrigues SJ

03 – 07 February: Covenant Spirituality – Fr James Dabhis SJ

10 – 16 February: Healing the Inner Child – Fr Wilson Sundar OFM Cap

17 – 19 February: Spirituality of Social Justice – Fr Cyprian Tellis SJ

20 – 22 February: Life Skills – Fr Brian Pereira SJ

24 February – 01 March: Inward Journey Retreat – Fr Arockiasamy SJ

03 – 04 March: Legal Knowledge – Fr Jerald D’Souza SJ
Thursday, 2 January 2025
Friday, 7 March 2025
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COUNSELLING AND SPIRITUAL DIRECTION

Step by step process and skills in Counselling & Spiritual Direction, Frequent issues that occur in Counselling and Spiritual Direction, Similarities and differences between Counselling and Spiritual Direction, Transference and Counter transference, Resistance, Vocation Animation and Discernment, Growth in Prayer, Basic techniques and therapies to deal with self-esteem, anger, fear, guilt, grief and loss.

Contribution: Rs 8,000

Thursday, 16 January 2025
Saturday, 25 January 2025
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PERSONAL GROWTH & RENEWAL (Open to Silver/Ruby Jubilarians)

An occasion to revisit one’s past, rejuvenate one’s present and reorient one’s future as a Religious by reflecting and assimilating these aspects of Religious Life: Mid-Life Transition, Healthy living and emotional wellbeing, Spirituality – A faith journey, Discernment in Daily Life, Psycho-Sexual & Spiritual Integration, and an 8-day Retreat. 

Contribution: Rs 15,000

Tuesday, 11 March 2025
Sunday, 30 March 2025
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RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP – Superiors and Animators

Topics: Discerning Leadership - Knowing Self: Self Awareness and Inner freedom, Vocation of a Leader, Challenges & opportunities, Role & Characteristics of a Religious Leader, Discernment in personal and collective decision–making processes, Religious Governance: Building mission driven communities, Effective communication styles, Conflict and stress management, Our Way of proceeding in community meetings and decision-making bodies, Planning a roadmap for one’s Leadership. Coping with stress and Burn-out. Collaboration at different levels with people of goodwill. Coping with crisis.

Contribution: Rs 9,000
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Friday, 11 April 2025
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COURSE ON RETREAT DIRECTION (For those who are in or will go into retreat ministry)

This course facilitates the growth in the art of Retreat Direction, It will elaborately deal with Faith Journey, Spirituality, Introduction to and Dynamics of the Spiritual Exercises, Discernment of Spirits, Counselling, Spiritual Direction, Skills Training, 8 – day Ignatian Retreat, Supervised Retreat Direction, Preparation and Presentation of Retreat themes.

Contribution: Rs 22,000

Thursday, 24 April 2025
Friday, 23 May 2025
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