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Taught by Fr. Timothy Gallagher, O.M.V.
ONLINE
Taught by Fr. Timothy Gallagher, O.M.V.
The videos are from a previously recorded in-person Theology of the Body & the Interior Life course. You can watch them on your own schedule, but we suggest committing 1-3 hours per week in order to get through all of the material. You will not have access to the videos beyond the end date of the course.
Full participation in this course counts towards Certification and the Master’s Degree Programs. Students who wish to receive full credit for this course must watch all of the videos and complete a multiple-choice exam at the end of the course. A passing grade of 80% is required for the exam.
Each video session is complete with the resources used in the course, as well as directions for helping to make this online course, not only intellectually stimulating, but also spiritually fruitful.
Refund requests made within 24 hours of purchase and before accessing online course content will be eligible for a full refund, less a $30 processing fee. If you cancel within 7 calendar days of purchase, you will be given a 50% refund. After 7 days, no refunds will be given.
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This course assists students in integrating Ignatian discernment of spirits into living the Theology of the Body concretely in daily life. The wisdom of Ignatius of Loyola’s teaching on discernment in his Spiritual Exercises equips students to understand and respond effectively to the complex movements of the heart and related thoughts that will arise in their daily effort to live the Theology of the Body. In its first part, this course will explore Ignatius’s guidelines for discernment (Spiritual Exercises, 313-327) in depth through a double methodology: attentive exegesis of Ignatius’s text and exposition of its content through analysis of examples from a variety of spiritual figures. In its second part, the course will prepare the students to live discernment daily though a detailed exposition of and personal exercises in praying the examen prayer, the practical means by which discernment becomes a daily way of life.
Registrants for this online course, will receive access to a filmed version of our in-person 5-day Theology of the Body & the Interior Life course and a digital course workbook. You will receive access as soon as you purchase it, and have an entire semester (120 days) to complete the graduate level course. Registrants should plan to watch approximately 2 hours of materials per week to complete the course in the given timeframe.
Students are to complete the assigned readings before or during the course. The reading list for this course can be found in the course syllabus. For those enrolled in the Certification or the MSA Programs, completion of these readings is required. For all others, pre-reading is recommended.
Father Timothy M. Gallagher, O.M.V., was ordained in 1979 as a member of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, a religious community dedicated to retreats and spiritual formation according to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Having obtained his doctorate in 1983 from the Gregorian University, he has taught (St. John's Seminary, Brighton, MA; Our Lady of Grace Seminary Residence, Boston, MA), assisted in formation work, and served two terms as provincial in his own community. He has dedicated many years to an extensive international ministry of retreats, spiritual direction, and teaching about the spiritual life. He is a frequent speaker on EWTN, and his digitally recorded talks are utilized internationally. He has written many books on Ignatian discernment and prayer, on the Venerable Bruno Lanteri, and on the Liturgy of the Hours. He currently holds the St. Ignatius Chair for Spiritual Formation at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver.