Attached is our timetable. Classes begin this week 30-31 July followed by a 1 week retreat break and then resume on 10 August (last day of registration)
Download the timetable in pdf format here.

I have been teaching English Language in College General for the past eight years. Some of the seminarians that I have taught have been ordained as priests. Some have left of their own accord; others have had to leave.

The ages of the seminarians range anywhere from the early twenties to the late thirties. They are all adults with working experience so teaching them is nothing like teaching school children. While one has to impart knowledge to them and expect them to learn as one would of school children, one also has to constantly be aware that they are adults and should be treated as such. It is a delicate balance.

In so far as the language is concerned, every one of them has made progress though rather unfortunately not to the level of proficiency as to enable all of them to continue pursuing their vocation to the priesthood. Herein, paradoxically, lie the joy and the heartache. Joy when they make headway and when they are allowed to continue studying in the College; sadness when they are told that they have to leave.

Unlike in other institutions of learning, one does not feel any pressure to produce results. This does not mean that one is allowed to be lax; only that one works in a congenial environment where there is mutual respect and trust.

In College General, it is not merely the dissemination of information or the impartation of language skills that matters; it is also the retrieval of values.

I have benefited much from teaching in College General. I have grown spiritually and emotionally simply from observing and interacting with the priests of the College, the staff, the seminarians and my colleagues.

The experience is reciprocal.

Eustace Ulric Surin

What is Anthropology? That was the question that prompted me to attend Fr. Edwin Paul’s course on Anthropology – also called the philosophy of the human person. Before attending the class, I had no clue at all what to expect…. first session, a little knowledge…. second session, was feeling confused by all the philosophers and their thinking…… third session, more enlightened by Fr. Edwin’s clear explanation as he has this wonderful way of making the subject come alive! Looking forward to be further enlightened!

Lilian Cheah
Scripture (New Testament) External Student

“The Gospel of St Matthew is one of the first semester 2009 lectures conducted at College General for the seminarians and opened to the laity. With the intention of wanting to know the Word of God better, I decided to join. Fr Gerard’s lectures are clear as he takes time to explain the passages and allows us to field questions whenever we are in doubt. It is also an eye opener as reading the Gospel does not give us much depth but when events and its surrounding situations are being explained, we get a clearer picture and a better understanding of what St Matthew intended to put forward. Comparing similar events from the Gospel of Matthew with that of Mark and Luke, showed us that each writer had a different focus as their source of information may not have necessarily been the same. The Word of God continues to amaze us as a few friends and I find that each lecture has a learning spiritual growth for us.”

Fr Ignatius Huan is back soon in College General to conduct a course on DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH.

This course is open to the laity as well as seminarians of College General.

Classes will be held on Mondays at 9.40am -11.25pm & Thursdays 10.40am-12.20pm. Course Fee RM100.

For further information please contact Evelyn Ambrose on 8902002 in the mornings or email bookings( @ ) collegegeneral.org

The first class will be on Thursday 23 April. Please contact Evelyn as soon as possible to secure a place and also for further information on future courses (starting on 28 July when we begin our next semester).

This course was last taught in 2005 and 2007 under the title DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH.
Previous students of the course take note.

Further details are as follows:

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH

Aim of the Course

To verify that “grace builds on nature” by integrating the findings of developmental psychology with Christian spirituality. To understand the different stages of lifespan development the “crisis” of each stage and its impact on personal and spiritual growth. To trace the human journey towards self-actualization and to recognize its parallel in the spiritual journey.

Course Content

This Course covers:
1. An overview of developmental psychology: purpose of study, the life stages and outline of psychological theories of lifespan development
2. Freud’s theory of psychosexual development in childhood
3. Erikson’s psychosocial theories
4. Maslow’s theory of self-actualization
5. Psychological growth and Christian maturity

Assessment

A 10-15 page typewritten research paper

Select Bibliography

ERIKSON, Erik H. Identity and the Life Cycle. London: W. Norton &
Co., 1980.

HALL, Calvin S. A Primer of Freudian Psychology. New York:
Mentor Book, 1979.

HURLOCK, Elizabeth B. Developmental Psychology: and Life-Span Approach. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980.

LEVINSON, Daniel J. The Seasons of a Man’s Life. New York: Ballantine
Books, 1978.

RICHO, David. How to Be an Adult: a Handbook on Psychological
and Spiritual Integration. New York: Paulist Press, 1991.

WHITEHEAD, Evelyn Eaton & James D. Christian Life Patterns: the Psychological Challenges and Religious invitations of
Adult Life. New York: Image Books, 1982.

Lecture Hours

Intensive 32 hours in the 2nd Quarter 2009

Lecturer

Rev Fr Ignatius Huan