School of Theology Catalog 2021

School of Theology
Current students: CJ Wild, Brian Norris, Luke and Ben Daghir at Graduation 2021.
St. Mary’s School of Theology offers professional
and academic degree programs to resident
seminarians and non-resident day
students. The curricula for the several
degrees are integrated into the fundamental
curriculum required of all candidates for the
Roman Catholic priesthood. For this reason
all School of Theology courses have as their
focus the preparation for priesthood in the
Roman Catholic Church.
The Master of Divinity and Master of Arts
(Theology) degree programs follow the guidelines
of the U.S. Catholic Conference of
Catholic Bishops’ Program of Priestly
Formation and the degree standards of the
Middle States Commission on Higher
Education and the Association of Theological
Schools. By admission to the School of
Theology, all seminary students are degree
candidates. Non-degree seminarians are
admitted only by exception upon the Dean’s
recommendation. A detailed account of academic
policies and procedures is found in the
Student Handbook.
Master of Divinity
The Master of Divinity provides the knowledge
and skills needed to begin the practice
of priestly ministry.
Degree Requirements
1. Completion of the philosophical and
undergraduate theological coursework as
defined in the current edition of the
Program for Priestly Formation;
2. Completion of 125 semester credit hours
with a cumulative Grade Point Average of
at least 2.25;
3. Successful completion of comprehensive
examinations with an average grade of 2.5
toward the end of the student’s course
program;
4. The M.Div. program is designed to be
completed over an eight (8) semester
period. The number of semester credit
hours per course is three unless otherwise
noted.
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