3.0 Credits

An overview of some of the seminal ideas of a Catholic educational philosophy, their relationships to concepts found in the literature of the philosophy of education, and their contribution to the New Evangelization project envisioned for the Church.

6.0 Credits

An opportunity for an experience based learning situation. During the term students will meet on regular basis in order to serve the integration of ministry experience with academic and personal growth.

3.0 Credits

The New Testament will be explored from a variety of perspectives, including historical and cultural background, discussion of communities for whom the various books were written, literary techniques, and theological themes. Notice will also be given to how the New Testament is used in the Liturgy, and its importance for ministry and spirituality. Emphasis will be on the four Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, and selected letters of Paul.

3.0 Credits

The contemporary experience of Church. Biblical foundations: the preaching of Jesus, and the Lord and the Spirit in the Christian communities of the New Testament. Historical development in the Christian tradition. The Church as Holy, Catholic, One and Apostolic. Word, sacrament and ministry. Mary in the Church: Mother of God; Virgin and other doctrines.

3.0 Credits

Classic Christian theological categories including anthropology, creation, revelation, Trinity, and salvation, among others, will be examined in the light of our contemporary understanding of cosmogenesis and biological evolution, and of the human impact on the environment.