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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

The academic curriculum of St. Patrick's Seminary & University teaches Roman Catholic theology from an integrated perspective. The primary goal of the curriculum is to help students integrate all aspects of their formation with a view to readiness for pastoral ministry in the Church. Thus, all of the theological courses incorporate the following themes:
  1. the Church as the people of God;
  2. the Church as a community of Word and Sacrament, with special emphasis on the Eucharist;
  3. the role of the priest as minister of Word and Sacrament;
  4. the prophetic call to social justice and its implications for contemporary living;
  5. Ecumenism and the promotion of understanding of and respect for other faiths;
  6. the importance of family life and the dignity of the human person as a basis for society;
  7. the implications of living in a multicultural Church and world.
These seven themes, which cut across the curriculum, are interwoven throughout the theological curriculum to promote a vision of the future and to help form priests with a truly "catholic" vision of the world.