LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO

2024-2025 CATALOG

The Academic Catalog is the official listing of courses, programs of study, academic policies and degree requirements for Loyola University Chicago. It is published every year in advance of the next academic year.

Spiritual Direction Certificate

Available Online. The Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Direction is suited to applicants holding a Master’s degree or above in theological or ministerial studies, psychology or counseling, psychiatric social work, or health care and who seek to develop and integrate spiritual direction skills and practices into their work. Those not holding such a qualifying degree should apply to the MA in Christian Spirituality, Concentration in Spiritual Direction.

For those who have discerned a call to work in specifically Jesuit contexts or in ways that integrate Ignatian Spirituality into their practice, IPS offers a track that trains students to be a director in the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius. This option requires that a student have completed the Spiritual Exercises within five years of commencing the Certificate or can commit to doing so during their first year (before entering the contextual education requirement of the Certificate).