A Catholic Christian hybrid (online and in person) training program for future spiritual directors in Sterling, VA (USA)
07/09/2025
At the National Eucharistic Conference last year, our Alumni Relations Coordinator, Michele Drennen, had the opportunity to speak with many of Divine Mercy University's former student. Watch as Monica, one of our Spiritual Direction Certificate program Alumni talks about her experience in becoming a Spiritual Director.
07/04/2025
Happy Fourth of July from Divine Mercy University!
Today, we celebrate the freedom, unity, and hope that define our great nation. As we enjoy time with loved ones and reflect on the blessings of liberty, let’s also remember the values of faith, compassion, and service that guide us in our mission here at Divine Mercy University.
Wishing you all a joyful and safe Independence Day!
07/03/2025
All degree programs offered at Divine Mercy University (Institute for the Psychological Sciences) have been approved for Veterans Educational Benefits by the Virginia State Approving Agency for Veterans Education and Training.
This institution is approved to offer GI Bill® educational benefits by the Virginia State Approving Agency.” GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government Webs site at https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/
DMU is also approved for the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Bill Education Enhancement Program
Learn more about this scholarship and all of our scholarships on our website.
07/02/2025
📖 Do you feel called to walk with others on their faith journey? Our Spiritual Direction Certificate program may be the answer you are looking for!
Join us TOMORROW at 8:00 PM EST for a FREE Webinar to take a look inside Divine Mercy University's SDC program.
Learn how this unique formation can equip you to become a spiritual companion rooted in Catholic theology, prayerful discernment, and deep listening.
✨ No matter who you are, this program offers a path to serve others with both heart and knowledge.
🌿 “Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.”
Let this be your reminder today from St. Teresa of Avila. God's timing is always right—even when we can’t see the full picture.
06/28/2025
📖 Feel called to walk with others on their journey of faith?
Join us on July 3rd at 8:00 PM EST for an inside look at Divine Mercy University’s Spiritual Direction Certificate program.
Learn how this unique formation can equip you to become a spiritual companion rooted in Catholic theology, prayerful discernment, and deep listening.
✨ No matter who you are, this program offers a path to serve others with both heart and knowledge.
Spiritual direction isn’t about finding all the answers—it’s about learning to listen. In the stillness, we make room for God to be heard over the noise of the world.
Through prayer, interior silence, and obedience to His will, we begin to hear not only His voice, but His heart.
🕊️ Spiritual direction helps us hear with expectation and live with intention. Want to learn more about how?
Tap the link in bio to discover our Spiritual Direction Certificate program.
06/24/2025
🙌 Meet Fr. Edward Horning, DMU alum and spiritual director.
His journey highlights how spiritual direction can shape vocations and deepen a life of faith.
“Without spiritual direction, I might not have had the courage to enter seminary formation.”
Read more about his experience and how DMU helped form his ministry.
06/23/2025
St. Faustina teaches us that true strength begins when we let go of pride and put our full trust in God.
"A humble soul does not trust itself, but places all its confidence in God."
Humility isn’t weakness. It’s recognizing where your help really comes from—and choosing to rest in His goodness.
06/22/2025
🌟 Solemnity of Corpus Christi 🌟
Today, we honor the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ—a profound reminder of Jesus’ real presence in the Eucharist.
As Catholics, we believe that Christ gives Himself fully to us in the Blessed Sacrament, nourishing our souls and drawing us into deeper communion with Him.
🕊️ “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever.” – John 6:51
May today renew our reverence for the Eucharist and our desire to receive Him with open hearts.
06/21/2025
📢 "What are you letting into your heart today?"
In a world overflowing with noise, Jesus calls us to be intentional with what we hear and believe. His voice must be the loudest—because it’s the one that leads to truth, peace, and life.
"Take care of what you hear."
– Mark 4:24
🧡 Choose carefully. Let the Word of God be the filter for every message you receive. The voice of the Lord deserves a front-row seat in your heart.
06/21/2025
Jesus challenges us to look past what fades and invest in what is eternal. Earthly treasures decay, but heavenly ones endure.
"For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be."
Let your heart be anchored in heaven.
Keep your eyes fixed on light, truth, and eternity—because what you focus on shapes your soul.
🕯️ What’s one way you’re storing up treasure in heaven today?
Answering the Church’s call for Spiritual Directors
"As she has always done, today the Church continues to recommend the practice of spiritual direction not only to those who desire to follow the Lord closely but to every Christian who wishes to live responsibly his or her Baptism, that is, new life in Christ. Everyone, in fact, especially those who have heeded the divine call to follow Christ closely, needs to be accompanied personally by a guide reliable in doctrine and expert in the things of God, this guide can help people to watch out for facile forms of subjectivism, making available their own knowledge and experience lived in the following of Jesus."
Address of Pope Benedict XVI to the Pontifical Theological Faculty “Teresianum”, Rome, 19 May 2011
The Spiritual Direction Certificate (SDC) Program is designed to provide the knowledge, skills, and supervision for future spiritual directors. The Program seeks to respond to the ongoing need for the followers of Jesus Christ to assist one another on their path of becoming every day, more faithful disciples of the Lord.
The Spiritual Direction Certificate (SDC) Program is offered through Divine Mercy University (DMU) in collaboration with Regnum Christi. The Regnum Christi charism is imbued with a rich Christ-centered spirituality that seeks to meet individuals in their life situation and help them become missionary disciples, agents for the Christian transformation of society and culture. DMU has a proven method of developing onsite and online programs that are both academically rigorous and practical for working adults, deeply integrating the latest insights of the human sciences and the Catholic Christian view of the human person.
The goal of the SDC program is to prepare candidates with the requisite dispositions, knowledge of the theological and human sciences, interactions skills, and supervision tools that will enable them to be spiritual directors with the heart and mind of Jesus Christ and in the tradition of the Church’s tried experience. It seeks to respond to the ongoing need for the followers of Jesus Christ to assist one other on their path of becoming ever more faithful disciples of the Lord.
The spiritual direction cert program comprises; 6 courses offered fully online; 2 mandatory residencies of 4 days; three-day Spiritual Exercises; and practicum.
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