Certificate in Lay Ecclesial Ministry Program Requirements

1. A minimum of 33 credits must be earned through completion of the course of study

2. A minimum of 22 semester hours must be earned at SHMS.

3. The student must maintain a C average (2.0).

4. The student must participate in three formation sessions on topics pertaining to lay ecclesial ministry during the course of study.

5. The student must participate in an assessment process of the program

Course of Study (33/34 credit hours)

THE 123 Intro­duc­tion to the Catholic Faith (2 cr)

THE 210 Intro­duc­tion to Litur­gy and Sacra­ments (2 cr)

THE 219 Intro­duc­tion to the Catholic Church (2 cr)

THE 243 Intro­duc­tion to Spir­i­tu­al­i­ty (2 cr)

THE 249 Intro­duc­tion to Sacred Scrip­ture (3 cr)

THE 274 Intro­duc­tion to Moral The­ol­o­gy (2 cr)

THE 337 Trin­i­ty, Chris­tol­ogy and Mar­i­ol­o­gy (3 cr)

THE 360 Sacra­ments of Ini­ti­a­tion (3 cr)

THE XXX Scrip­ture Elec­tive (3 cr)

MNS 101 The­ol­o­gy of Min­istry (2 cr)

MNS 271 Pas­toral Cat­e­chet­ics (2 cr)

MNS 300 Canon Law for Parish Min­is­ters (2 cr)

PHL 415 Phi­los­o­phy for The­ol­o­gy (3 cr)

HE/MNS The­ol­o­gy of Min­istry Elec­tive (23 cr)

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