Studies offered by the Pontifican Gregorian University

After successfully completing 12 required courses and three seminars—while also participating in supervised experiences for spiritual accompaniment, vocational discernment, and teamwork—students can receive a Diploma in Ignatian Spirituality.

In two semesters, students can complete all the requirements for a Diploma in Ignatian Spirituality, the equivalent of 60 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System).

Course Selection:

• Spiritual Exercises: Structure, Underlying Theology and Practice
• Ignatian Spirituality
• History of the Society of Jesus: From the Origin to the Suppression
• Ignatius of Loyola: Person, Mysticism and Spirituality
• Apostolic Spirituality of the Constitutions
• Ignatian Mystical Tradition and Jesuit Mysticism
• St. Ignatius and Women: Yesterday and Today
• Autobiography of Ignatius and the Rules for Discernment
• The History and Spirituality of the First Jesuit Missionaries in Asia
• Ignatian Spirituality and Jesuit Missions
• Ignatian Discernment of Spirits

Seminar Selection:

• Ignatian Sources
• Refounding Heroic Leadership. A Challenge for Ignatian Spirituality
• Discernment: the Key to Finding the Will of God
• Prayer in the Christian Tradition and Specificity of the Ignatian Tradition
• Ignatius of Loyola in the Holy Land. This will be a residential course in Jerusalem, from 5 to 16 July 2025, and will include visits to the holy sites in Galilee and to the Ignatian places in Jerusalem

As a final examination, students prepare a synthesis essay of 30 pages under the direction of a faculty member.

More information: spiritualitaignaziana@unigre.it