The Institute in Pastoral Ministries (IPM) serves pastoral practitioners, ecclesiastical administrators, and educationally-motivated Catholic adults.
This two-year graduate certificate is designed for persons who do not seek a pontifical degree in canon law (JCL, JCD) but seek canonical knowledge for administrative and pastoral duties, general knowledge of Church teaching, or to enhance one's pastoral ministry.
Program Objectives
Our 16-credit program in canon law strives:
- to equip participants with a deep understanding of Roman Catholic canonical principles, relevant doctrines, and consequent relationships to cultures and societies;
- to demonstrate juridical skills of inquiry, discovery, and reflection relevant for professional employees in the Roman Catholic Church and church-related organizations; and,
- to inspire attitudes and skills that are compatible with lives of Roman Catholic ministerial service, especially practical participation in the polity of the Church.
We adhere to the guidance of John Paul II when he promulgated the current Code of Canon Law (Apostolic Constitution Laws of Canonical Discipline [Sacrae Disciplinae Leges], January 25, 1983):
[I]t appears sufficiently clear that the Code is in no way intended as a substitute for faith, grace and the charisms in the life of the Church and of the faithful. On the contrary, its purpose is rather to create such an order in the ecclesial society that, while assigning the primacy to faith, grace and the charisms, it at the same time renders easier their organic development in the life both of the ecclesial society and of the individual persons who belong to it.
Learner Outcomes
Graduates are expected to:
- Understand and demonstrate the Catholic Church's salvific mission in terms of canonical structures, principles, and practices;
- Understand and advocate the rights and duties of members of the Roman Catholic Church;
- Reconcile essential Catholic doctrines, canonical structures, and the exigencies of civic life; and,
- Be conversant with the canonical norms associated with various pastoral ministries.
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Curriculum (two years, 8 credits per year)
Canon Law Core (all of the following, two per year)
PM 680 Introduction to Canon Law (first year, 3 credits)
PM 681 Church Structure: Universal and Particular (3 credits)
PM 682 Persons and Rights in the Church (3 credits)
PM 683 Sacraments in Canon Law (3 credits)
Electives (two of the following, one per year)
PM 685 Temporal Administration of the Church (2 credits)
PM 686 Chancery Ministry (2 credits)
PM 687 Tribunal Ministry: Processes and Cases (2 credits)
PM 688 Penal Law and Disciplinary Proceedings in Canon Law (2 credits)
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