🕊️ Through reading, residency, prayer, and presence, Marie discovered the profound beauty of listening—with humility, with heart, and with God.
From her role as a wife, mother, and friend, to her vocation as a spiritual director, her time at DMU shaped not just what she does, but who she is.
“As Ignatius of Loyola says, ‘Speak little, listen much.’” 💬
05/16/2025
📖 Spiritual direction is more than advice—it’s a sacred gift from the Church to help us grow in faith, prayer, and discernment.
We’re not meant to walk this journey alone.
05/15/2025
Celebrate with us, the Feast day of St. Dymphna!
Join us TODAY for a special Mass celebrating the feast of St. Dymphna, patron Saint of Mental Health, where we will offer all prayer intentions (link in bio) as we spread mental health awareness. We will be hosting a mass at our St. Dymphna Chapel which will be live-streamed and listed on our YouTube page for anyone who can't join us!
💛 Happening TOMORROW! 💬
Loneliness is more common than we realize—and it’s time we talk about it.
Join us Thursday, May 15 at 7:00 PM EST for an honest and hope-filled conversation led by DMU Alumna Marnee Weisbrod. As part of our campaign, Marnee will dive into the emotional realities of college life, mental health, and the quiet struggles many carry alone.
🎙️ With her background in theology and counseling, plus her work as a therapist and soon-to-be author, Marnee brings both compassion and clarity to this important discussion.
Let’s unlock loneliness—together. 💬 Tap the link in bio to register!
05/13/2025
🌿 May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and at Divine Mercy University, we’re committed to supporting mental wellness—not just through conversation, but through action.
From equipping our students to serve those facing mental health challenges to providing resources to those who need it, we’re here to walk alongside you.
Applications for our Summer 2025 Spiritual Direction Certificate cohort are due TOMORROW by 11:59 PM EST!
Answer the call. Grow in faith. Walk with others.
🔗Head to our website to apply!
05/11/2025
🌸 Happy Mother’s Day from Divine Mercy University! 🌸
Today, we honor the incredible strength, love, and sacrifice of mothers everywhere. Whether by birth, adoption, or spiritual motherhood, your nurturing hearts and steadfast faith reflect the love of Christ in the most beautiful ways. 💗
To all the mothers in our DMU community—students, alumnae, faculty, staff, and families—thank you for the light you bring into the world and the lives you touch every day.
May God bless you abundantly this Mother’s Day and always. 🙏
05/10/2025
🌅 “Have no anxiety at all…”
In the quiet moments, in the anxious ones, and in all the in-betweens—we are invited to bring everything to God in prayer.
Philippians 4:6–7 reminds us that when we approach the Lord with thanksgiving and trust, He responds with a peace that surpasses all understanding.
🕊️ May this truth bring comfort to your heart today.
You are never alone.
05/09/2025
🕊️ “The importance of shutting out the noise and going ever deeper with God...” — Donna Anderson, SDC Alumna
Through the Spiritual Direction Certificate program at Divine Mercy University, Donna experienced deep personal healing, growth in prayer, and a renewed awareness of the Holy Spirit’s presence in daily life.
💬 From mapping her spiritual journey to uncovering sacred truths, her story is a powerful reminder that God is always at work in us—especially when we take time to listen.
If you're discerning a call to accompany others in their walk with Christ, perhaps this is your next step too.
📅 Apply by May 13 to join our Summer 2025 Cohort.
🔗 Link in bio to learn more.
05/08/2025
Loneliness is real—and more common than you think.
Let’s talk about it. 💬💛
Join us on May 15, 2025, at 7:00 PM EST for a powerful conversation led by DMU alumna Marnee Weisbrod as part of our campaign. Marnee will explore the often-overlooked experiences of loneliness in college students and beyond—how it affects our mental and physical health, and why so many struggle to talk about it.
🎙️ About Marnee:
A lifelong Catholic with degrees in theology and clinical mental health counseling, Marnee is a telehealth therapist, mom to a sweet 2-year-old, and co-founder of Genesis Counseling. She’s also a soon-to-be published author of Conversations for the Modern Catholic Woman—a beautiful collaboration of faith and reflection.
Spiritual direction is more than personal growth—it’s a response to the Church’s evangelical mission. As we deepen our relationship with Christ, we are also sent out to walk with others in theirs.
At Divine Mercy University, we believe that spiritual direction plays a vital role in forming disciples who are ready to accompany, encourage, and evangelize.
🕊️ Ready to take the next step in your own call to spiritual accompaniment? Learn more about our Spiritual Direction Certificate at the link in bio.
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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.
A Catholic Christian hybrid (online and in person) training program for future spiritual directors in Sterling, VA (USA)
