Lay Leadership Program (LLP)


This certificate is designed to empower laypersons for ministry to the many who are unable to attend liturgy in parish settings, such as the hospitalized, those in hospice or those in criminal rehabilitation centers, etc. as well as to assist parish leadership with ministries that are extensions of the parish community, such as scripture studies, prayer gatherings, and home visitations.

Program Length: 1 year (3 courses each semester) or at student’s discretion in consultation with the Rector.

Cost:  $525 ($87.50 per course) not including any required texts necessary for successful completion of course study.

Course Requirements
  • PT 102   Pastoral Care and Identity
  • PT 205   Pastoral Care of the Dying
  • SS 101   Introduction to Scriptural Studies
  • PT 213   Christian Teaching and Formation
  • SP 204   Spiritual Theology
  • LT 209   Homiletics 1

Certificate in Franciscan Spirituality (CFS)


This certificate is designed for persons seeking deeper knowledge of the Franciscan charism, its theology, history and spirituality for either personal enrichment, ministerial enhancement and/or a deepening of religious formation.

Program Length:  1 year (3 courses first semester, 2 courses second semester) or at student’s discretion in consultation with the Rector.

Cost:  $500 ($100 per course) not including any required texts necessary for successful completion of course study.

Course Requirements
  • SP 406   Franciscan Spirituality
  • SP 408   Franciscan Mysticism
  • CH 401  History of the Franciscan Movement
  • SP 410   Writings of Francis and Clare
  • CH 403   Franciscan Sources