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Overview
of Educational Programs and Curricula
What educational programs does the Seminary offer?
The Seminary is structured into three divisions, and is accredited by the Middle
States Association of Colleges and Schools and the Association of Theological
Schools of the United States and Canada.
- The
College Division: serves men studying for the Priesthood
at the undergraduate level and prepares them
for entry into post-graduate study of Theology
- The
Theology Division: educates graduate-level seminarians in their
immediate preparation
for priestly ordination
- The
Pre-Theology Program provides college graduates newly-admitted
to Saint Charles Seminary
with adequate time to make a transition
from secular to formational
life, and to orient themselves to seminary living.
- The
Religious Studies Division: offers clergy, laity, and religious
men and women
the opportunity to pursue a
Master of Arts degree as well as graduate and undergraduate
certificate programs.
The
Certificate in Catholic Religious Studies and the Roman Catechetical
Diploma are offered under the auspices of
the Religious Studies Division.
Three other
certificates are provided in cooperation with Archdiocesan
Offices:
- Youth
Ministry: with the Office of Youth and Young Adults
- Liturgical
Studies: with the Office of Worship
- Pastoral
Service: Concentration in Ministry to African- American Catholics,
with the Office
of Black Catholics.
What are the curricula for the College Division and Theology Divisions?
The College Division of Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary offers
a four-year liberal arts program leading to a Bachelor of Arts
degree with a major in Philosophy and minors in Classical Languages,
English, and the Social Sciences.
The
Theology Division offers three degree programs: the Master of
Divinity, the Master of
Arts, and the Bachelor of Sacred Theology. The curriculum
includes courses in sacred scripture, systematic theology, moral
theology, church history,
homiletics, pastoral theology, and canon law.
Why
do you think Saint Charles Seminary has such an excellent
national and international reputation?
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary is world-renowned for the excellent
quality of its program of priestly formation which prepares candidates
for the Priesthood in human, intellectual, spiritual, and pastoral
dimensions of formation. This holistic formation program is intended
to aid the seminarian as he integrates growth and development in
the various aspects of his life, as directed in Pope John Paul
II's Apostolic Exhortation, Pastores Dabo Vobis.
Through more than
170 years of American history, in eras of growth and change, and
of accomplishment and challenge, the Seminary has been well suited
to carry
out its mission. Accelerated international recognition came to the Seminary with
the visit of Pope John Paul II during his first mission to the United States
in 1979. In 1999, the Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Education recognized
the excellence of the Seminary's faculty and curriculum by according the Seminary
the privilege of granting the Baccalaureate of Sacred Theology Degree (S.T.B.)
with the status
of a "free-standing, unaffiliated Theological Institute."
With its
long and venerable history, as well as its recognized consistency, continuity,
and stability in theological education for priestly service, Saint Charles
benefits from an invaluable resource of accumulated experience
in the four facets of priestly
formation.
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