• Demonstrate a basic knowledge of scripture, liturgy, Church history, Christian morality.
• Grow in their own faith commitment to Christ enabling them to live a life of service according to Gospel values.
• Apply ministerial skills necessary for individual and team ministry in a pastoral setting.
• Exercise ethical decision-making and values-based leadership development

We provide a quality, contemporary, competency-based education for students seeking careers in pastoral ministry. Our curriculum is developed and delivered by modeling the Benedictine tradition of the University of Mary. As a student, you are prepared to take your place in a faith community or another institution as a servant-leader.

Philosophy

In our courses we are committed to search for truth and to explore modes of thought by which humans seek the meaning of life.

As a division of a Christian, Catholic, Benedictine university, we affirm that, in Christ, the world continues in transformation. Fullness of life and salvation are rights of every person (Constitution on the Church, 1:2), and every human activity is part of God's design (The Church in the Modern World, 3:34-35).

While our convictions spring out of Roman Catholic tradition, we respect each person's freedom of conscience as well as the right to choose a personal mode of belief and practice.

Outcomes

As a student completing the program, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate solid grounding in  theological areas like  scripture, Church history, Christian morality, spirituality, liturgy, sacramental theology.
• Articulate a keen understanding of Christian values.
• Apply Christian values to your own life and to your ministry to others.
• Think effectively in ministerial situations, some of which are counseling, administrative duties, community building, and liturgical planning.
• Communicate effectively with others.
• Demonstrate aesthetic sensibility, especially in liturgical settings.
• Show servant-leadership based on the model of Jesus and on Benedictine values.

Faculty

Sister Agnes Reinert, O.S.B., M.A.; Jayne Hardy, Ph.D.; Father Valerian Odermann, O.S.B., Ed.D., M.Div.; Patrick Hall, D.Min.; Sister JoAnn Krebsbach, O.S.B., M.Min.; Father Daniel Maloney, O.S.B., M.A.; Christopher McMahon, Ph.D.; Steve Jensen, Ph.D.; and Reverend Jim Sorenson, M.Th.