My Win-Win-Win Journey to Loyola
Why grad school at Loyola now when I am 47 years old you may ask? I have always had a heart for service. I have had various jobs in my adult life, but none that I would call a career. My family...
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Many students in the Pastoral Counseling programs were attracted to Loyola specifically because they are encouraged – and even guided in how – to approach counseling through the lens of their faith. I...
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Karla Wynn As my academic journey as a candidate for the Master of Arts Degree in Spiritual and Pastoral Care at Loyola nears its end, I can’t help but reflect on the moment that led me to pursue an...
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Shake Pray Love | Spring Retreat
Have you ever seen your professor shakin his booty? Well, I have. That image will remain with me always from the spring retreat, The Sacredness of Self-Care for the Emerging Professional. All of us,...
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by Karla Wynn One of the things that struck me as a new student in the Pastoral Counseling and Spiritual Care Department at Loyola was the welcome that I received from the faculty, staff, and students....
View ArticleTop 5 Lessons I Learned in the M.A. Program
The top 5 lessons I learned in the MA in Spiritual and Pastoral Care Program in no particular order are: 1. Be careful sharing your theology with others – What you believe about God may not be what...
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Deb Calhoun’s God-Led Path to Chaplaincy
(Deb Calhoun is a distinguished 2012 graduate of the Pastoral Counseling Department’s M.A. in Spiritual and Pastoral Care. She won the John R. Compton Integration Award for her pastoral presence and...
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Rounding the Learning Curve and Meeting in the Middle
Unlike pastoral counselors who use a therapeutic method based on a theory such as: Adlerian, Freudian, Person-Centered, Gestalt, or Cognitive Behavioral, spiritual directors are much more free-form. We...
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Anointed, Appointed, and Sent
There are no adequate words to describe my Loyola experience. As a writer, for the first time I feel as if I am wordless. Vernon already expressed much of my parting sentiments in his article: Don’t...
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