The Certificate in Catholic Studies engages students in the study of the global Catholic experience, practices, and teachings over the centuries and in the present. Through the certificate, students participate in both spiritual and intellectual formation within a cohort, helping prepare them for further Catholic studies and engagement or lay ecclesial ministry in the Catholic church.
Certificate Programming
The certificate, which can be earned as part of the residential M.Div. and M.T.S. degrees, combines academics with experiential and formational growth. Requirements include courses in Catholic Studies, participation in Catholic fellowship, and, for M.Div. students, a field education placement in a Catholic setting or other project of engagement in Catholic ministry, leadership, or education.
Students need not be Roman Catholic to earn the certificate; Catholic is defined as being in communion with the bishop of Rome even though it is recognized that many other tributaries besides the Latin and Roman one contribute to the Catholic tradition.
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