Course Catalogue 2024-2025

This course will explore the content, meaning and pastoral application of catechesis in the Catholic Church according to the new Directory for Catechesis, with highlights from some other post-conciliar texts. Informed by the Catechism of the Catholic Church, emphasis will be placed upon the tasks, goals, and sources of catechesis, with special attention to our digital culture. It is designed to support and advance the work of catechists, religious educators, lay pastoral associates, and students who are preparing to engage in catechetical ministry.

This course explores the activity of God from creation to new creation, with special emphasis on the Spirit's work in the Church. We also examine the image of God in the human person and the nature of sin.

This course explores the activity of God from creation to new creation, with special emphasis on the Spirit's work in the Church. We also examine the image of God in the human person and the nature of sin.

This course explores the activity of God from creation to new creation, with special emphasis on the Spirit's work in the Church. We also examine the image of God in the human person and the nature of sin.

This course is a survey of the New Testament books in their historical and religious background with attention to hermeneutics, the patristic exegetical heritage, and modern biblical studies. The New Testament will be read in its entirety, along with commentaries by Church Fathers and writings by modern theologians.

This course is a survey of the New Testament books in their historical and religious background with attention to hermeneutics, the patristic exegetical heritage, and modern biblical studies. The New Testament will be read in its entirety, along with commentaries by Church Fathers and writings by modern theologians.

This course will investigate the sacramental celebrations, the liturgy of the hours and the liturgical year of the Roman Rite from their historical, theological, spiritual and pastoral dimension.

This course explores the faith or beliefs of the Orthodox Church in the light of both patristic and modern Orthodox theology. The Orthodox dogmatic tradition is an expression or manifestation of the living experience of the Church, reflected for example In the liturgy, icons and the lives and writings of the saints, and not only as propositions relating to God or as an Integrated logical "system" of thought. Major theological questions will be considered in terms of beliefs essential to the faith ("dogmas"), beliefs declared erroneous by Councils of the Church ("heresies"), and doctrines, teachings and private theological opinions ("theologoumena").

This course explores the faith or beliefs of the Orthodox Church in the light of both patristic and modern Orthodox theology. The Orthodox dogmatic tradition is an expression or manifestation of the living experience of the Church, reflected for example In the liturgy, icons and the lives and writings of the saints, and not only as propositions relating to God or as an Integrated logical "system" of thought. Major theological questions will be considered in terms of beliefs essential to the faith ("dogmas"), beliefs declared erroneous by Councils of the Church ("heresies"), and doctrines, teachings and private theological opinions ("theologoumena").

An overview of the history, theology and current practice of the Holy Mysteries (Sacraments) of the Byzantine Churches, both Catholic and Orthodox, with a view to examining and assessing their centrality in contemporary Christian life and ministry. In this course, the student will examine themes such as the world's sacramentality, the cosmic and personal transformation enacted in the Byzantine Christian Mysteries, and the Trinitarian foundation of all sacramental life. S/he will be able to list and identify many of the sacramental rites and texts and discuss and assess the works of several key Eastern Christian authors, both classical and modem. The student will be able to describe the evolution of these rites, and debate their possible reform today; and will be able to apply the theological vision emanating from these rites to contemporary situations.

This course will explore the establishment of Residential Schools in Canada and their impacts that shaped the current realities for many Indigenous communities and people (First Nations, Métis and Inuit); the role of Christian Churches in these schools; and the path(s) to relationship-building and “reconciliation”, as offered in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action. The goals of the course include: (1) introducing the ideology in developing residential schools and their relationship with colonization; (2) introducing resources available that address the TRC; (3) reflecting on the challenges with the idea and implementation of activities that focus on reconciliation and strategies that build relationships with Indigenous communities. The course will examine the Calls to Action, with focus on CTA 59 and 60.

This course will introduce students to diverse worldviews relating to Indigenous spiritual beliefs and practices, specifically focusing on: pre-contact traditions; the introduction of Christianity and missionaries; the banning and resurgence of ceremonies; and the survival and evolution of these practices within a Christian context. Students will also explore specific historical members of Indigenous communities engaged in different Christian traditions.