Certificates in Pastoral Ministry

Diocese of Syracuse and

Le Moyne College

 

 

 

                               

Table of Contents

 

 

 

Rationale and Method

Finances

Application process

Ministries and Coursework Overview

Required course

 

Areas of ministerial preparation and corresponding courses

 

Catechetical Leader

RCIA Facilitator

Pastoral Associate

Parish Business Administrator

Social Justice Coordinator

 

Liturgical Ministers

 

Liturgy Committee Coordinator

 

Sacramental Preparation Ministers

 

Infant Baptism

Matrimony

Pastoral Care of the Sick

Music Minister

 

 

Paraliturgical Ministers

 

Eucharistic services without an ordained minister

Liturgy of the Word

 

 

 

 

Rationale

 

The number of ordained ministers, i.e. presbyters and deacons, is becoming insufficient to respond to the needs of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States in general and in the Diocese of Syracuse in particular.  Le Moyne College would like to establish a program which would respond to the need for ministers in the Diocese of Syracuse.

 

Method

 

Le Moyne College will establish a program to complement those of the Diocese of Syracuse to train pastoral ministers to promote the life of their parishes.  A “parish” is understood as a canonical entity under the immediate supervision of an ordained pastor, even if absent, and ultimate supervision of the bishop.

 

Academic Component at

Le Moyne College

 

Finances

 

Students may pursue this program in one of two tracks:

 

  1. one by which they are sponsored by their parish and have the approval of the Diocese.  The cost for each course will be divided in three: individual students will pay $489 per course; the parish will contribute $489 per course and Le Moyne College will contribute $489 per course.  Students will have an advisor provided by Le Moyne through the Sanzone Center who will provide academic advisement.  Students will be evaluated academically by Le Moyne instructors.  They will have a mentor provided by the Diocese who will provide spiritual formation.  Students will be evaluated regarding their capacity for ministry by the Diocese.  They will also have field experience supervised by someone appointed by the Diocese.  Successful students will receive a Certificate from Le Moyne and a commissioning by the Diocese to perform specific ministries.

 

  1. one by which students do the Certificate Program at Le Moyne without parish sponsorship or diocesan approval.  The cost to students will be $489 per credit, e.g. usually $1467 per course.  Tuition costs here are borne entirely by students.  Students will have an advisor provided by Le Moyne through the Sanzone Center who will provide academic advisement.  Students will be evaluated academically by Le Moyne instructors.  Successful students will receive a Certificate from Le Moyne.

 
Application process

 

Potential participants will submit their applications through the Center for Continuing Education at Le Moyne.  All applicants must meet minimum academic standards that demonstrate an ability to do undergraduate college-level work.  Applicants generally will have completed at least sixty credits but students may be evaluated individually.  Anyone who fits these criteria and who would like to offer his or her talents in particular ways to the life of the parish may apply to the program.  People who have done the Formation for Ministry Program are especially encouraged to apply.

 

To be eligible for track “A” applicants must also be sponsored by a parish and have the approval of the Diocese.

 

Anyone may apply to do Track “B”.

Ministries and Courses

 

Since many potential participants in the program will be unavailable to take courses during the day an effort will be made to provide courses in the evening.  Depending on the students’ needs and the instructors’ availability some classroom work may be substituted by long-distance learning through the Internet.  Use may be made of Blackboard.

 

Unless and until there is a sufficient cohort the College cannot offer special sections of courses for this program.  Certificate students who are enrolled in general undergraduate sections will be identified to the instructors, who may require certificate students to complete additional or different assignments in order better to prepare those students for ministry.

 

Credits obtained in this program may be applied to an undergraduate degree.

Required Course

 

All students are required to take one of the following courses:

  1. REL 375. Catholic Theology
  2. REL 384. Mystery and Symbol: The Christian Creed

 

 

 

Areas of ministerial preparation and corresponding courses

 

Students with the approval of their academic advisor and the director of the program will choose four courses in the field for which they are preparing.

 

Catechetical Leader

 

Needs training in

  • develop and implement a curriculum
  • recruit teachers
  • develop teachers’ skills
  • schedule classes
  • communication with parents
  • schedule liturgical celebrations
  • Catholic theology in general

 

Courses currently available at Le Moyne

    1. EDU 105.  Teaching in a Diverse Society
    2. EDU 315. Planning, Assessing and Managing the Inclusive Classroom
    3. EDU 325.  Teaching and Adapting Curriculum for Content Specialists
    4. EDU 326 Teaching and Adapting Middle Level Curriculum
    5. EDU 335. Literacy Development in the Content Area
    6. EDU 375 Strategies and Technology for the Inclusive Classroom
    7. EDU 400 Middle School Strategies and Technology
    8. EDU 401 Secondary Strategies and Technology
    9. Any other courses in the Religious Studies department

 


RCIA Facilitator

Needs training in

  • pedagogy
  • subject matter being taught

 

Courses currently available at Le Moyne

    1. EDU 105.  Teaching in a Diverse Society
    2. EDU 315. Planning, Assessing and Managing the Inclusive Classroom
    3. EDU 325.  Teaching and Adapting Curriculum for Content Specialists
    4. EDU 326 Teaching and Adapting Middle Level Curriculum
    5. EDU 335. Literacy Development in the Content Area
    6. EDU 375 Strategies and Technology for the Inclusive Classroom
    7. EDU 400 Middle School Strategies and Technology
    8. EDU 401 Secondary Strategies and Technology
    9. Any other courses in the Religious Studies department which would prepare the student for the material she or he will teach

 

 

 

 

Pastoral Associate

Needs training in

  • administration
  • physical plant
  • public relations
  • finance
  • ecclesiology

 

Courses currently available at Le Moyne College

  1. REL 377. The Church: Community in Christ
  2. HRM 301 Human Resource Management
  3. MKT 301 Principles of Marketing
  4. MIS 484 Accounting Information Systems
  5. MGT 301 Introduction to Organization and Management
  6. ECO 113 Principles of Microeconomics
  7. ECO 114 Principles of Macroeconomis
  8. ACT 201 Introductory Accounting
  9. ACT 202 introductory Accounting
  10. FIN 301 Managerial Finance
  11. FIN 401 Investments

Parish Business Administrator

Needs training in

  • bookkeeping
  • accounting
  • investments

 

Courses currently available at Le Moyne

 

  1. MIS 484 Accounting Information Systems
  2. ECO 113 Principles of Microeconomics
  3. ECO 114 Principles of Macroeconomis
  4. ACT 201 Introductory Accounting
  5. ACT 202 introductory Accounting
  6. FIN 301 Managerial Finance
  7. FIN 401 Investments

 

Social Justice Coordinator

Needs training in

  • ethics and moral theology
    • the social teaching of the Church
  • group organization

 

Courses currently available at Le Moyne College

1.      REL 325. Religion and Ecology

2.      REL 331. Christian Ethics

3.      REL 332. Catholic Social Teaching

4.      REL 336. Comparative Social Ethics

5.      REL 337. Christian Social Ethics

6.      REL 408. Advances Studies of Contemporary American Catholicism

7.      REL 410. Apocalyptic Worldviews, Religion and Politics

8.      REL 411. Public Religion and the Social Order

9.      SOC 341. Human Services Caseload Management

10.  SOC 403. Group Dynamics and Interpersonal Communication

Liturgical ministers

 

Liturgy Committee Coordinator

Needs training in

·        the liturgical cycle

·        sacramentology

·        art

·        Scripture

 

Courses currently available at Le Moyne

    1. REL 322. Ritual Performance
    2. REL 347. Christian Life: Symbol and Practice
    3. REL 406. The Theology of Christian Art
    4. ART 109. Survey of Art and Music
    5. REL 301. Old Testament
    6. REL 303 Old Testament Prophets
    7. REL 308 Old Testament Narrative
    8. REL 309. New Testament
    9. REL 310 Synoptic Gospels
    10. REL 311 The Johannine Literature
    11. REL 312 Paul and his Epistles

Sacramental Preparation Ministers

Needs training in

·        sacramentology

·        liturgy

Infant Baptism

Needs training in

·        sacraments of initiation

 

Courses currently available at Le Moyne College

1.      REL 322. Ritual Performance

2.      REL 347. Christian Life:  Symbol and Practice

Matrimony

Needs training in

·        marriage preparation counseling

·        canon law for matrimony

Courses currently available at Le Moyne College

 

1.      REL 322. Ritual Performance

2.      REL 347. Christian Life:  Symbol and Practice

3.      PSY 380. Counseling and Psychotherapy

4.      SOC 231. Marriage and Families

 

Pastoral Care of the Sick

Needs training in

·        CPE

·        counseling

·        spirituality

 

Courses currently available at Le Moyne

    1. REL 300. Religion and Healing
    2. REL 347 Christian Life:  Symbol and Practice
    3. REL 348. The Spiritual Journey
    4. PSY 101. Introductory Psychology
    5. PSY 350. Health Psychology
    6. PSY 380. Counseling and Psychotherapy
    7. SOC 365. Death and Dying
    8. REL 331. Christian Ethics

Music Minister

Needs training in

·        liturgy

 

Courses currently available at Le Moyne

1.      REL 322. Ritual Performance

2.      REL 347. Christian Life: Symbol and Practice

3.      ART 109 Survey of Art and Music

4.      ART 115 Introduction to Musical Style

5.      ART 116. Introduction to Music Theory

6.      MUS 312. Fundamentals of Singing

 


Paraliturgical ministers

Eucharistic services without an ordained minister

Needs training in

·        sacramentology

·        liturgy

·        Scripture

Courses currently available at Le Moyne

 

1.      REL 322. Ritual Performance

2.      REL 347. Christian Life:  Symbol and Practice

3.      REL 378. Jesus Christ through History

4.      REL 413. Religion and Imagination

5.      REL 301. Old Testament

6.      REL 303 Old Testament Prophets

7.      REL 308 Old Testament Narrative

8.      REL 309. New Testament

9.      REL 310 Synoptic Gospels

10.  REL 311 The Johannine Literature

11.  REL 312 Paul and his Epistles

12.  REL 377. The Church: Community in Christ

 

Liturgy of the Word

Needs training in

·        Scripture

·        Systematic Theology

·        public speaking

 

Courses currently available at Le Moyne

  1. THR 202. Training the Speaking Voice
  2. REL 301. Old Testament
  3. REL 303 Old Testament Prophets
  4. REL 308 Old Testament Narrative
  5. REL 309. New Testament
  6. REL 310 Synoptic Gospels
  7. REL 311 The Johannine Literature
  8. REL 312 Paul and his Epistles
  9. REL 313 Oral Tradition and Religion
  10. REL 376. The Theological Venture
  11. REL 377. The Church: Community in Christ
  12. REL 378. Jesus Christ through History