M.A. in Pastoral Ministry for the Laity and Permanent Deacons
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“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few” (Mt. 9:37).
St. John’s Seminary offers an online Catholic Master of Arts in Ministry for directors of religious education, youth ministers, campus ministers, catechists, K-12 theology teachers, and anyone else interested in receiving formation for ministry, such as permanent deacons.
This program helps students improve their knowledge of the Catholic intellectual tradition and improve their ministerial skills for the life of the Church. Students will be prepared to work in different areas of ministry and make professional and personal connections with others of the same mind and spirit.
Learn more about how you can enhance your faith and further your divinity education with our Master of Arts in Ministry today.
For more information, please email Dr. Stuart Squires at mapm@stjohnsem.edu
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Students looking to be a master of pastoral studies will be grounded in the wisdom of the Catholic Church. The curriculum is divided into two parts. The first part exposes students to the depths of the Deposit of Faith. The second part exposes students to ministerial formation for practical application. A grounding in both the doctrinal and the ministerial is essential for any lay minister. Doctrine must always be in service to the People of God, and ministry must always be anchored in the Church’s teaching. The curriculum (12 Courses for 36 Hours) consists of:- The Old Testament and Its Interpretation
- The New Testament and Its Interpretation
- Dogmatic Theology
- Church History
- Moral Theology
- Catholic Social Teaching
- Pastoral Ministry in Theory and Practice
- Liturgical and Sacramental Theology
- Spiritual Theology and Practice
- The Nature and Order of the Church
- Pastoral Care for Marriage and Families
- Practicum
For more information, please email Dr. Stuart Squires at mapm@stjohnsem.edu
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Students will read and discuss the best texts that the Catholic Tradition has to offer, including St. Augustine’s Confessions, St. Francis De Sales’s Introduction to the Devout Life, documents from Vatican II, St. John Paul II’s Evangelium Vitae, Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’, and many others.
Students will watch video lectures. A studio with professional video, audio, and lighting equipment has been built to produce visually stunning content by our world-class faculty.