Ignatian Spirituality and the Vocation to Healthcare

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To name what one does as a vocation ¡s to say that one responds to a call. The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius are uniquely positioned to assist ¡n this process of discernment for students at a Jesuit and Catholic University. Such a response ought to give one consolation, it should employ one's gifts, and it meets a need that exists in a given community. Such a response, if ¡t is to be an answer to a call, incorporates all three aspects and therefore is a personal response with an intrinsic social dimension. This course will offer an opportunity for students at Creighton to discern whether or not they are called to the vocation of caring for others through medicine, dentistry, pharmacy physical and occupational therapy, counseling, nursing or paramedicine. Guest lecturers from many of these disciplines will be invited to speak to the following questions. What is a vocation? How does one discern such a reality? How is one's profession different if pursued as a call as opposed to a career? Satisfies Magis Core: Ultimate Questions; Designated Written Communication. P: Philosophical Ideas, The Christian Tradition, The Biblical Tradition, Contemporary Composition.