Curriculum

First Year

Wednesday Weekly Sessions

• Introduction to Sacred Scripture
• Old Testament
• New Testament
• The Church’s Understanding of God & Jesus
• The Church in the New Testament
• Basic Topics in Ecclesiology
• The History of the Church

Saturday Monthly Sessions

• Study Skills
• Ministerial Leadership / Preparing prayer 
• Presentation Skills 
• Church as Organization
• Ethnic Cultures Parts 1 & 2

Second Year

Wednesday Weekly Sessions and Discussion Groups

• Sacraments
• Liturgy
• Morality and Conscience Formation
• Social Justice
• The work of Catholic Charities

 Saturday Monthly Sessions

• Prayer and Spirituality Parts 1 & 2
• Adult Faith Formation
• Social Justice
• Restorative Justice / Ecology
• Human Development/ Faith Development

 Third year

Third year classes meet on Wednesday evenings. Students, in consultation with their pastors, will choose an area of ministry from the courses offered. These have included Catechetics, Catechumenate, Canon Law, Liturgy, Pastoral Care, Spirituality, Social Justice, and Youth Ministry. Click here for 2010-11 course offerings.

In addition, all third year students meet together for a general session five evenings during the year. Among the topics that have been covered: Spiritual Direction, Detention Ministry, Ethics in Ministry, Liturgy in a Multicultural Setting, Pastoral Plan and Stewardship.