Loyola Institute for Ministry
What are you called to?
Vocation is "where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet." Where is that for you? In learning more about faith? Drawing closer to God? Making a difference in the Church and the world?
LIM can help you discern your vocational call affordably. In addition, our courses are inspired by the best in Catholic theology and animated by Ignatian spirituality; they are transformative and practical. Dynamic on-campus and online learning communities make your studies come alive.
As you respond to God's call, you will have the chance to focus your studies in an area of specialization, such as, in Youth and Young Adult Ministry, Religion and Ecology, Religious Education, Spirituality, Digital Culture and Ministry, and more.
Our programs equip you for jobs in chaplaincy, teaching, or church and non-profit work. On their own or as part of dual degrees with Business, Counseling, or Criminal Justice, they can help you see work in any field as a ministry and so help you live out your baptismal call to Christian action that offers hope and healing to a world in such need today.
Faculty Success
Professor Emeritus Publishes Guest Column in the Advocate Times-Picayune
Michael Cowan, Ph.D., recently wrote a guest column entitled "Successful Coalitions Must Dispense with Purity Tests" for The Advocate'. In it, Dr. Cowan draws upon his experiences with collective action change efforts in New Orleans to explain the work that must happen to turn protest into progress and the conditions under which coalition-building across race will be successful.
Student Success
Sr. Charity Bbalo, LIM Student in Zambia, Leads Care for Creation
Sr. Charity Bbalo, Religious Sister of the Holy Spirit, earned the Certificate in Catholic Social Teaching through the project “Catholic Sisters in Partnership for Sustainability,” funded by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and is continuing her Loyola studies in our new project, “Living Charisms for Sustainable Human Development." In July, the Global Sisters Report published her article, "Preserving Trees by Making Charcoal from Paper Litter." Read it»
Additionally, Sr. Charity led her college in a tree planting as part of its first ever “Environment Day.” Coverage of the event by a local radio station prompted several schools to contact Sr. Charity to learn how they could host a similar event.
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Online Bachelor's Degree
Pursue your passion by earning a fully-online Bachelor of Arts in Ministry and Theology for working adults. Click on the image above for more information.