Vocations: Program of Priestly Studies

 

Year 1      

Introduction to Prayer (4 hours)
Marian Life (1 hour)
Lectio Divina - Old Testament (2 hours)
Catholic Spirituality (6 hours)
Canon Law for Religious (2 hours)
Saint Augustine (2 hours)
History of Apostolic/Canonical Life (2 hours)
Gregorian Chant (8 hours) 
Latin (6 hours)

Year 2      

Introduction to Prayer (4 hours)
Marian Life (1 hour)
Lectio Divina - New Testament (2 hours)
Religious Life (8 hours)
Norbertine Constitutions (2 hours)
Life of Saint Norbert (2 hours)
History of the Premonstratensian Order (2 hours)
Gregorian Chant (8 hours)
Latin (6 hours)

Year 3**

English Composition (4 hours)
English Literature (4 hours)
History (4 hours)
Math (4 hours)
General Science (4 hours)
Elective Courses (i.e. Astronomy, Psychology, Art History, etc.) (4 hours)

Year 4*    

Introduction to Philosophy (2 hours)
Philosophy of Nature (3 hours)
History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (6 hours)
Ethics (Seminar Reading of the Secunda Pars) (6 hours)
Latin II (6 hours)
Logic (4 hours)
Rational Psychology (3 hours)
Social Ethics (2 hours)

Year 5*    

Metaphysics (6 hours)
Epistemology (2 hours)
History of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy (6 hours)
Seminar Reading of the Prima Pars Q. 48-Q. 119 (4 hours)
Latin III (4 hours)
Natural Theology (2 hours)


*There are a total of 46 credit hours of Philosophy courses, not including Latin. In addition, each semester a paper of ten to twenty pages in length is required for a course of the student’s choosing.

**For those who have not had general education studies at college level.

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