Available courses

• Ecclesiology

  • Teacher: Kristen McGann

  In the Nicene Creed, which we recite at Mass each Sunday, we profess our belief in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.  This course will examine the origin, purpose, nature and mission of the Catholic Church.  Participants will focus on the doctrine of the Church presented by the Second Vatican Council and the post-conciliar Magisterium.

• Morality

  • Teacher: Kristen McGann
  • Teacher: Anne Mrs

  Based on Scripture and theological principles this course will focus on our call to holiness. It will explore the teachings of the Church on freedom and moral decision making, human sexuality, social justice and the applications of Christian morality to current issues, such as: human life and death, genetic experimentation, war and peace, care of the earth, etc. Participants will be challenged to think globally and act locally.

  

• WO217 - Presiding at the Eucharist

  • Teacher: Douglas Martis

  This course serves as a practical preparation  for the celebration of the Mass. Focus on intelligent use of the Roman Missal, an understanding of rubrics and prayer, the ars celebrandi, and the theology that lies behind the Eucharistic Liturgy are of  utmost importance. Using the official liturgical books and their accompanying documentation, students are prepared to celebrate the Eucharist with pastoral competence, to lead the assembly in the worship of God and prayer for the world.

  

• HI215 - Medieval Church History

  • Teacher: Paul Hilliard

  

• LI521 - History of Sacramental Theology

  • Teacher: Paul Hilliard

  This course provides a brief overview of the history of Sacramental thought, particulary in the West.

  

• CL214 Special Moral 2

  • Teacher: Melanie Barrett

  This course examines sexuality, marriage, and family from the perspective of Catholic morality.  God’s nature as Trinitarian love, the person as imago dei, the intrinsic goodness of the human body (attested to by both Incarnation and Resurrection), the human vocation as self-gift, the grace of baptism, and marriage as an indissoluble spiritual sign of the union between Christ and his church, all instantiate the redemptive possibility of sex as a true language of love.  At the same time, the wounds of original sin, the dividedness of the human will, and various “structures of sin” pervading modern culture instantiate the possible misuse of sex to objectify, degrade, and abuse both self and others.  After clarifying the Church’s understanding of the problem, students in the course will discuss creative pastoral solutions for future use in their vocation as priests.

  

• Theological Research and Composition

  • Teacher: Lorraine Olley

  Theological Research and Composition is a basic course introducing students to theological reading, composition and research skills.

  

• CL212 - Special Moral I

  • Teacher: Melanie Barrett

  The purpose of this course is to deepen students’ understanding of the foundations of Catholic moral theology and then engage some practical issues. Part one explores the biblical foundations of moral theology and virtue as a path to holiness. Part two discusses the dignity of the human person and its practical implications for human life in society. Topics to be discussed include: war and peace; poverty and wealth; private property and the free market; international development and the environment; ethical issues in farming and agriculture; and the life issues of abortion and capital punishment.

  

• HI216 Reformation and Catholic Reformation Church History

  • Teacher: Paul Hilliard

  This course provides an introduction to Church history from roughly 1300 A.D. to 1600 A.D.

  

• Introduction to Spiritual Theology

  • Teacher: Lorraine Olley
  • Teacher: Rev. Michael Fuller

  This course is an graduate level introduction to Spiritual Theolgy in the Catholic tradtion.

  

• Theology of Holy Orders

  • Teacher: Rev. Michael Fuller

  This course explores the theology of Holy Orders. 

  

• 2011 CADEIO Institute on Interreligious Leadership

  • Teacher: Thomas Baima

  2011 CADEIO Institute 
  on Interreligious Leadership