Discerning God’s Call

Discerning God's Call front cover

Discerning God’s Call front cover

Discerning God’s Call provides a comprehensive program for those discerning a call to directing the 19th Annotation of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. This book includes an agenda for each group meeting, as well as opening and closing prayers, assignments for the coming month, and much more. It can be useful for both the person who is discerning, as well as for the leadership team members.

Chapters cover nine monthly meetings, as well as an appendix with Guidelines for Jesuits and Their Colleagues in the Ministry of the Spiritual Exercises from the Jesuit provincials in the USA and English Speaking Canada.

Some of the topics covered include:

  • Review of the year and purpose
  • Annotations from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
  • Clarifying my call to serve
  • How to listen using clarifying, mirroring, and challenging to go deeper
  • Consolation and desolation in relation to discernment
  • Strengths and growth edges of the discerner
  • Gifts, issues and problems encountered by a spiritual director
  • Self-recommendation and group discernment
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