“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few” (Mt. 9:37).
For those invested in the teachings of the Catholic intellectual tradition who want to further their education, St. John’s Seminary offers a Master of Pastoral Ministry degree designed to enhance ministerial skills. Our Catholic lay theology degree will help prepare you to work in varied areas of the Church and improve your professional and personal connections and abilities.
Read on to learn about how you can deepen your knowledge of the Catholic faith and its traditions with the help of our lay theology trainining.
For more information: mapm@stjohnsem.edu
Students within our online lay theology training program will take courses that include:
These 12 online lay theology courses total 36 hours and students choose the timeframe for their coursework.
For more information: mapm@stjohnsem.edu
Students who take part in our online lay theology degree program benefit from both the rich tradition of Catholicism as well as the expertise of our instructors. When you join our program, you will appreciate the rigorous model we have in place, which includes the following:
Along with all of these aspects, students within our lay theology program will appreciate that the coursework is completed 100% online at a student’s own desired pace.
For more information: mapm@stjohnsem.edu
Our M.A. in Pastoral Ministry is an online lay theology degree designed to prepare students for effective ministry in the Church. Within the coursework of our lay theology degree program, students learn and master how to do the following:
Students called to pursue their Catholic lay theology degree can expect the following program features:
These fellowships are generously funded by Haciendo Caminos. Haciendo Caminos is a partnership of 18 Catholic graduate schools of theology that seeks to identify and form the next generation of U.S. Latino/a Catholics. Under the leadership of Boston College and the University of Notre Dame, Haciendo Caminos brings together Catholic institutions of higher education, advocates, and other entities in the wider Church to accompany Latino/a Catholic students pursuing graduate theological formation for ministry.
All eligibility requirements to receive these fellowships were written by the University of Notre Dame and Boston College, not St. John’s Seminary.
The Haciendo Caminos website: https://haciendocaminos.nd.edu/
At St. John’s Seminary, we are blessed with a dedicated faculty and staff who have devoted their lives to the Church, so students considering the Catholic Theology Degree can trust they are in the hands of men and women called to form the next generation of lay ministers.
It is also important to note that our Catholic Theology Degree is a program that can completed 100% online, giving students the freedom to pursue and achieve their degree at their own desired pace. This means theology students can complete their degree in as little as two years or extend their studies and finish the program in six years.
When choosing our seminary for your Catholic theology degree, our mission is to help our students improve their ministerial and leadership skills— as well as their knowledge of the wisdom of the Church—in order to be evangelists for the 21st century.