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Each of the three modules described below was designed in the format of eight two-and-a-half-hour sessions. Each module can be designed in another format more suitable to the needs of your group.
BASIC CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY
Eight focal topics are presented in this program. Each of these topics or several together can be presented independently of the others as a separate program. Each presentation is preceded by the experience of one of eight different forms of prayer and is followed by a period of shared reflection.
| Focal Topic | Form of Prayer |
| 1. Faith | Recited Prayer |
| 2. Spirituality | The Jesus Prayer |
| 3. Your Image and Experience of God | Eucharistic Prayer |
| 4.
"Called and Gifted for the Third Millennium" | Lectio Dviina |
| 5. Mary and the Church | Centering Prayer |
| 6. Journey of Response/Action | The Liturgy of the Hours |
| 7. Opening to God | Meditation |
| 8. Living the Way, the Truth and the Life | Corporal Prayer |
CATHOLIC SPIRITUALITY IN HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE
Eight sessions. Each or several together can be presented independently of the others as a separate program. The first listed below is in the form of lecture and discussion. All the others consist of the following three elements:
Presentation of a particular form of spirituality.
Experience of prayer according to that form of spirituality.
Group sharing of the experience.1. Overview of Catholic spirituality
2. Monastic spirituality
3. Franciscan spirituality
4. Ignatian spirituality
5. Carmelite spirituality
6. Salesian spirituality
7. Contemporary spiritualty
8. Spirituality and life
THE SPIRITUALITY OF CHRIST IN US
Eight discussion sessions based on The Mystery of Christ in You: The Mystical Vision of St. Paul, by George Maloney, S. J. (New York: Alba House, 1998). Topics of discussion are derived from correlating chapters of Fr. Maloney's book with chapters in two auxiliary texts as though all three are in dialogue. It is not expected that participants read all three books, just the primary text mentioned above and a one-page summary and commentary of each chapter of all three books. The two auxiliary texts raise the question, the primary text deals with the answer.Sessions are sequenced as follows:
1. The question comes from us.
2. The answer comes from God.
3. We respond to God's gift to us.
4. God's gift to each of us personally has certain consequences.
5. The Incarnation is central to Christianity and has certain consequences.
6. The church is meaningful in terms of human life.
7. The Church is meaningful in a larger-than-human context.
8. Conclusion.
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