Santa Clara University

New Directions Classes

New Directions is for personal and professional renewal of those engaged in ecclesial ministry. You will meet with the Program Director as your Academic Advisor at the beginning of the semester, and he will guide you through the registration process to choose two courses for "audit". Audit means that you take the class without being required to take any tests or write any papers. Your two classes are for personal and professional enrichment, not for an academic grade. "No tests, no papers, no pressure"!

New Directions Spring 2013 cohort on a break during a workshop with Australian scripture scholar Fr. Francis Moloney, SDB (pictured at center in white shirt).

New Directions allows participants the remarkable opportunity to choose their two classes from more than 100 course offerings through the Graduate Theological Union. For a searchable list of GTU courses, by semester, please go to this GTU course list.

Workshops

Each Wednesday morning a sabbatical workshop is offered exclusively for New Directions participants. This is a privileged opportunity to enhance personal integration in companionship with one's peers, and to prepare for new directions in ministry. Additionally, there will be opportunity to address themes and topics of significance for the church fifty years after Vatican II. Themes addressed in recent years include: Art, Religion and Spirituality; Praying the Psalms; Transition and Transformation; Vatican II at 50 Years of Age; The Gifts of Aging; Enneagram; Identifying your Strengths; Compassionate Listening; Mary for the 21st Century; Preferential Option for the Poor; Praying the New Roman Missal; Jesus Kept Kosher; Theology, Spirituality and Aesthetics; Spirituality and Vulnerability; and the Gospel of John.

For a complete list of recent workshops, click on the semester link:

Fall 2012

Spring 2012

Fall 2011