OVERVIEW
The school’s mission: “The fostering of Christian faith and the promotion of justice and reconciliation.” More.

The school's students: “Jesuits and other candidates approved for ordination studies, women and men for lay ecclesial ministries and for service rooted in faith.”

The school's commitments: “The Catholic theological tradition, rigorous academic inquiry, interdisciplinary study, ecumenical and interreligious dialogue, and the engagement of faith and culture”—and permeating these, a commitment also to forming a community that is contemplative, critical, and collaborative.

The school's inspiration: The Ignatian tradition and the rich diversity of its students and faculty who are lay, ordained, and members of religious communities.

STM HISTORY

The Boston College School of Theology and Ministry was formed on June 1, 2008, when the former Weston Jesuit School of Theology and the Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry joined to offer a full array of ministerial and theological courses and degrees. Both a graduate divinity school and an ecclesiastical faculty of theology regulated by the Apostolic Constitution Sapientia Christiana (1979), the school offers both master and doctoral degrees, civil and ecclesiastical degrees, New Testament Abstracts, and a wide variety of continuing education offerings, including online programs through C21 Online. More.

"The new School of Theology and Ministry will expand BC's commitment to serve the Church. Students will enjoy the close community of a small school with outstanding faculty and programs and the opportunities of a major Catholic university."

—William P. Leahy,
S.J., President, Boston College