If you are a new student who wants to take a single course, please contact Judy Fontenot Lavergne jflaverg@loyno.edu.
The spring semester runs from January 13 through May 2. View the graduate course rotation here.
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Courses
View the undergraduate course rotation here.
Session 1 runs from August 19 through October 17. |
Introduction to Ministry / RELM-C300-YA1 Required Texts (Note: please review syllabus above to see if any required texts are available as ebooks in Canvas.) Taking a broad view of ministry, this course introduces the study and practice of Christian ministry, grounded in Scripture and the historical tradition and focused on the contemporary challenges and opportunities. |
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Synodality / RELM-C494-YA1 Required Texts (Note: please review syllabus above to see if any required texts are available as ebooks in Canvas.) This is a three-credit online LIM course at the graduate and undergraduate levels. This course examines Synodality and explores its implications for ministry and the life of faith today. The course culminates in a week-long trip to Rome during the Second Session of the XVI General Assembly of Bishops in October 2024. Students will participate in public events connected to the General Assembly: prayer services, Pope Francis’s public audiences, and daily sessions with the other university students. This trip will form students in the spiritual practices of synodality, communal discernment, and co-responsibility for mission. It will support them in becoming synodal witnesses and animators back in their home faith communities. Students will participate in the programming with CENTERS (Catholic Education Network To Experience Rome and Synodality) along with other students at participating universities. NOTE: Permission of Instructor required. There are additional travel fees of $2,000 associated with this course which includes programming and lodging. Students are also responsible for airfare. Reach out to the course instructor, Dr. Jendzejec, for more details epjendze@loyno.edu. |
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Session 2 runs from October 21 through December 12. |
Ethics for Ministers RELM-C334-YZ1 Required Texts (Note: please review syllabus above to see if any required texts are available as ebooks in Canvas.) This course examines ethical conduct in ministry through an emphasis on Catholic ethics, personal spiritual formation, and formation of conscience that is foundational to one’s ethical life. Through a study of the biblical foundations of Christian ethics and ethical systems and their application, students will develop practical skills to address ethical issues and dilemmas they encounter in ministry. Through the development of a personal code of ethics, students will identify principles to guide their conduct in their lives and ministry. Through reflection on virtue ethics, students will practice ongoing spiritual formation that enriches and informs an ethical practice of ministry. |
Spring 2025 Undergraduate Courses
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