+ Myers-Briggs Personality Assessment Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. – St. Augustine

+ Extraversion vs. Introversion How you relate to the world Extraverts  Get energy from spending time with people  Action-oriented  Prefer a breadth of knowledge and influence  Prefer frequent interaction Introverts  Get energy from being alone, are tired by socializing  Thought-oriented  Prefer a depth of knowledge and influence  Prefer substantial interaction

+ Sensing vs. Intuition How you gather information Sensing  Concerned with the actual and factual  Good at judging the situation here and now  Value common sense and practicality, realistic  Trust experience rather than hunches Intuition  Concerned with future possibilities and potential  Always looking for a way tom improve the present situation  Prefer to look at the whole picture and overlook details  Have frequent hunches, inspirations and insights that “come out of the blue”

+ Thinking vs. Feeling How you make decisions Thinking  Ruled by their head rather than heart  Are rational, logical and straightforward  Value logic more than sentiment  Need to be treated fairly and justly Feeling  Ruled by the heart and feelings rather than logic  Make decisions based on personal values  Keenly aware of others’ feelings  Warm-hearted, forgiving, sentimental

+ Judging vs. Perceiving How you make decisions that relate to the world Judging  Live a planned, orderly life, prefer structure, dislike improvisation  Enjoy following a schedule and meeting a deadline  Are active and decisive  Can be rigid, impose their control on others Perceiving  Are flexible and open- minded, reluctant to make final decisions  Live in a spontaneous, free- spirited manner  Make resolutions but seldom keep them  Dislike making tough decisions and doing unpleasant tasks

+ Why are we doing this? Grow in holiness Know your weaknesses to work on them, not to use them as excuses Help you to understand others and be charitable Practice the best type of prayer for you

+ SJ – Ignatian Carefully organized regimen of striving toward a relationship with God – orderly and planned. Strong emphasis on tradition, history, ceremony Continuity with the past and new growth toward a goal Make the Scriptures so alive and real that we can make a personal application of the teaching to our lives using the imagination and the senses

+ SP - Franciscan Emphasis on being free and unconfined to be moved by the Holy Spirit Like action, are impulsive and flexible, concerned with the present moment Prayer can be expressed through acts of loving service, spontaneous words and acts of praise to God as well as loving dialogue with him in prayer Uses all the senses and the physical world to experience Christ’s presence.

+ NF - Augustinian Searching for meaning, authenticity and self-identity – needs to find meaning in everything Wants to know they are important and be assured of God’s love. Intuitive and creative, concerned with future events. Uses creative imagination to transpose the words of Scripture to our situation today Prayer centered around reading the Bible as if it was a letter from God to us, historical context is not as important

+ NT - Thomistic Characterized by orderly progression of thought from cause to effect Logical and rational, like complicated and challenging things, thirst for truth Approach to spirituality is often the same approach a scientist would use to solve a problem Earnest pursuit of truth, goodness, beauty