This 8 Week, How To Grow In Patience Course Will Deeply Transform Your Life  

It Will Help You Know, Love and Live The Virtue of Patience Life Never Before... With Yourself, Others and The Sanctifying Challenges of Daily Life  

 

In This Course You Will Discover...

 

  1.  The 5 Principles of Patience
  2.  The 9 Rules for how to Grow in Patience
  3.  The 2 Great Evils of having a quick temper, AND THE REMEDY.  (page 114)
  4.  The secret to remain cheerful even when going through great trials. (page 239)
  5.  The Important Differences between The virtue of patience and the cardinal virtue of fortitude. (page 61)
  6.  The 4 evils of impatience and how it keeps the soul from growing in virtue.  (page 46) 
  7.  "Be angry and sin not." Understanding when and how to virtuously respond with anger.  (page 30) 
  8.  Why only a few men rise higher than the 4th Degree of the Spiritual Life (even after spending years of significant effort to arrive at the 4th Degree)
  9.  Why did St. Gregory the great call patience the   (page 30) 
  10.  The importance of dryness in prayer.  The causes of dryness in prayer, & HOW YOU MUST BEHAVE TO PROFIT FROM DRYNESS IN PRAYER.
  11.  Why are you having so many DISTRACTIONS IN PRAYER?  (the key remedies)  
  12.  THE DARK NIGHT of the senses and the dark night of the soul.  (WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW)
  13. The FAULTSIMPERFECTIONS, and TEMPTATIONS to expect at the different degrees of the Spiritual Life 
  14. Signs that you are going through the gentle and gradual transition from affective prayer to contemplative prayer  
  15.  THE HIDDEN FAULT OF EXPERIENCED SOULS that STOPS them from making faster progress.  (even if they are practicing daily mental prayer, and having frequent reception of the Sacraments)
  16.  THE TWO THINGS THAT ST. TERESA OF AVILA SAID, BLOCKED HER PROGRESS FOR 17 YEARS & THE REMEDY SHE USED (This is even more dangerous and necessary for us to know in 2020)
  17.  Special Rules to understand and follow depending on what degree of the Spiritual Life you are in.
  18.  (IMPORTANT)  HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE RECEIVING BAD SPIRITUAL DIRECTION.  & Why St. Teresa of Avila said, "Many spiritual directors cause great harm when they instruct advanced souls."
  19.  WHY MOST SOULS DON'T MAKE MUCH PROGRESS, (even if they are receiving good spiritual direction)
  20.  AND SO MUCH MORE (see The Course: A Week by Week Look below, for a more comprehensive breakdown)

Course Summary

 

  • COURSE TITLE:  How To Grow In Patience

  • INSTRUCTOR:  Christopher Carter 

  • COURSE DESCRIPTION:  A Comprehensive 10 Week Lecture series that is designed to help you accomplish two things... 1.  Help you develop a profound and deep understanding of the virtue of patience.  2: Help you practically grow in patience with yourself, others and the challenges of daily life.

     

  • COURSE DIFFICULTY LEVEL:  Beginner  /  Intermediate  /  Advanced
  • WHO IS THIS COURSE DESIGNED FOR:  Catholic men and women who are serious about deepening their relationship with Christ and who are ready to develop a practical plan for overcoming the vice of impatience and develop the virtue of Christ-like patience.  (Also, Catholics in uncommon positions of Leadership...  Cardinals, Bishops, Priests, Nuns CEOs and Entrepreneurs would also greatly profit from this course
  • BOOKS USED FOR THIS COURSE: The Primary books for this course is, Christian Patience by Abbe Saudreau, Buy Volume 1 Here and Buy Volume 2 Here  [Purchase Required]
Other Books That I will refer to in this course [Purchase NOT Required]

 St. Teresa of Avila (Collected works)

 St. John of the Cross (Collected Works)

 An Introduction To The Devout Life (St. Francis de Sales)

  The Catechism of the Catholic Church

  The Three Ages of the Interior Life (Garrigou-Lagrange)

  The Spiritual Life (Tanquerey)

  The Fire Within (Fr. Dubay)

  Fulfillment of All Desire (Dr. Ralph Martin)

  The Ways of Mental Prayer (Fr. Lehodey)

  The Discernment of Spirits (Fr. Gallagher)

  Introduction to the Science of Mental Health (Fr. Ripperger)

  • HOW WILL THE LECTURES BE DELIVERED: Each lecture will be held LIVE over Zoom, with time for Q&A after each Lecture 

  • LECTURE LENGTH: The weekly Lectures will approximately run 60 minutes, with time after for Q&A (I recommend scheduling 90 minutes for the weekly ZOOM Lecture and Q&A)

  • LECTURE SCHEDULE: 
WEEK 1__Tue, Nov 17_8pm EST 
WEEK 2__Tue, Nov 24_8pm EST
WEEK 3__Tue, Dec 1__8pm EST
WEEK 4__Tue, Dec 8__8pm EST
WEEK 5__Tue, Dec 15_8pm EST
WEEK 6__Tue, Dec 22_8pm EST
WEEK 7__Tue, Dec 29_8pm EST
WEEK 8__Tue, Jan 5 __8pm EST
WEEK 9__Tue, Jan 12 _8pm EST
WEEK 10_Tue, Jan 19 _8pm EST
  • LECTURE RECORDINGS:  All 10 Lectures and Q&A will be recorded and available to access for your convenience

  • HOMEWORK:  Each week there will be recommended reading to prepare for the next lecture, but it is not mandatory.
  • TESTS:  There will not be any tests for this course.
  • CERTIFICATE:  You are able to Earn a Certificate in Spiritual Formation, if you complete 2 requirements. -  Complete all 10 Lectures and Q&A sessions.  Submit a video detailing what you learned from the course.
  • TUITION:  $350 per family.  Over 50% off for the grand opening of this NEW course (Normal Tuition will be $525 per person)   

  • REFUND POLICY:  If you don't absolutely love this course, please send me an email at: [email protected] and I will give you a full refund, no questions asked. 

The Course: A Week by Week Look

Frequently Asked Questions