School of Theology Catalog 2020

Admissions
The School of Theology is the program for the
theological formation of seminarians at St.
Mary's Seminary & University. The School of
Theology offers degree programs and courses
primarily to resident Catholic seminarians.
On a very limited basis, it may also admit fulltime
non-resident students not preparing for
the Roman Catholic priesthood with the clear
understanding that the School of Theology’s
academic and pastoral programs are specifically
designed for Catholic seminarians and
prescribed by the U.S. Bishops' Program of
Priestly Formation (PPF).
two graduate degree programs offered in the
School of Theology: the Master of Divinity
(M.Div.) and the Master of Arts (Theology)
(M.A.).
The Association of Theological Schools in the
United States and Canada (ATS) has accredited
two graduate degree programs offered in
the School of Theology: the Master of
Divinity (M.Div.) and the Master of Arts
(Theology) (M.A.).
By virtue of its charter, St. Mary’s students
can also earn from St. Mary's Ecclesiastical
Theological Faculty the ecclesiastical degrees
of Bachelor of Sacred Theology (S.T.B.) and
Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) concurrently
with civil degrees.
The Middle States Commission on Higher
Education (MSCHE) has accredited the
undergraduate Bachelor of Arts (B.A) and the
All incoming seminarians receive a special blessing as they arrive at
St. Mary’s. Rev. Mr. Malachi Clark (Diocese of Syracuse) bestows a blessing in the pew where
St. John Paul II prayed when he visited St. Mary’s in 1995.
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