*July 6-10 registration period for continuing students. Please check your Workday account and register on your specific enrollment date. Open enrollment begins on July 11 and must be completed by July 31st to avoid a pre-payment hold.
Students must pay tuition in full for any one of all Fall sessions by August 21st.
2026-2027 Course Delivery Modalities and Definitions
| MODE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| In-Person (IP) | Students attend only in-person in the classroom. |
| Online | Students participate fully online from any location. |
| Mixed-Mode | Some students will attend in-person in the classroom and others will attend fully online from remote locations. |
| Class | Title | Days/ Times |
Instructor | Delivery/ Schedule |
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| PMIN 201 |
Theological Foundations for Ministry |
M |
Paul Schutz | Mixed Mode |
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Course Description: This course teaches the skill of theological reflection, introducing students to what Catholic theology is, how we do it, and why it matters for ministry. A core Course. |
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| PMIN 212 |
Catholic Social Teaching |
Th |
Nicholas Hayes-Mota | Mixed Mode |
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Course Description: This course studies the fundamental principles of Catholic Social Teaching and considers how Christians are called to live in light of these principles. A core Course. |
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| PMIN 213 |
Liturgy and Sacraments |
M |
Gene Schlesinger | Mixed Mode |
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Course Description: This course explores how Christians celebrate the mysteries of faith in symbol and ritual and considers what it means to have a sacramental vision of the world. A core Course. |
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| PMIN 231 |
Canon Law for Pastoral Ministers |
M 6 PM - 9 PM |
Karla Felix-Rivera | IP |
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Course Description: Pastoral ministers will be introduced to the nature, history, and function of Church law. The course surveys the norms of the 1983 Code of Canon Law in the areas of general norms, the rights and obligations of the Christian faithful, Church structures, the teaching and sanctifying offices the Church, temporal goods, sanctions and procedural law. An elective course. |
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| RJUS 220 | Introduction to Restorative Justice |
T |
Suzanne Neuhaus | Online |
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Course Description: While retributive justice models focus on the criminal and the government, restorative justice widens the circle of stakeholders to victims, offenders and community members, whose needs may be met through the justice system and through pastoral ministry. This course introduces three pillars of restorative justice: harms and needs (to/of victims, communities and offenders), obligations resulting from and contributing to the harm (the offender’s obligations, but also the communities’), and engagement of those who have a legitimate interest or stake in the offense and its resolution. A required course in the Restorative Justice & Chaplaincy emphasis (an elective for other students).
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| RJUS 225 | Art of Spiritual Accompaniment |
W |
Amanda Quantz | Online |
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Course Description: The art of spiritual accompaniment is a praxis-based form of theological reflection. Always contextual, the applied process of spiritual accompaniment focuses on helping others discern God’s movement in their lives, and to respond to the still, small voice. This course offers an opportunity for ministers to recognize and appreciate their own spiritual affinities and longings as well as their assumptions about caregiving. Integrating tools for greater self-awareness as well as essential pastoral skills, we will learn to attend more effectively to patients, inmates, clients, parishioners and others within our communities of accountability. An elective course. |
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| THEO 239 | Scripture and Spirituality |
W |
Fr. Robert Scholla | Mixed Mode |
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Course Description: Through an overview of the biblical canon, this course explores the relationship between historically diverse communities of believers and their sacred texts, and introduces students to complex and diverse spiritualities which emerge from the sacred writings of Judaism and Christianity. The course examines the relationship between Divine revelation and its transmission through written texts, which present and express the historical and cultural context of believers. As such, this course initially considers the watershed document that was formulated in the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, Dei Verbum, and its articulation of the dynamic character of God’s self-disclosure and the transmission of Divine Revelation, as well as its treatment of the inspiration and authentic interpretation of God’s Word, and how this privileged experience of God is ultimately realized in the life of believers—as individuals and communities. An elective course. |
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| YMIN 220 | Evangelization and Discipleship |
Th |
John Rinaldo |
Online |
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Course Description: In Evangelii Gaudium, Pope Francis locates the call addressed to all Christians to become "missionary disciples" in the encounter with God’s love in Christ Jesus and the mission to "Go and make disciples of all nations" (Mt. 28:19). This course examines how that shared call is embodied by missionary disciples in ministry to youth and young adults. The first part of this course examines the scriptural and historical roots of evangelization and discipleship. It then explores the challenges of missionary discipleship in parishes, schools, and the world today as ministers discern the needs of those they serve and identify how those needs should shape ministry. Finally, it explores how disciples might be formed to be agents of interfaith cooperation in our religiously diverse world. A required course in the Youth & Young Adult Ministries emphasis (an elective for other students).
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