Continuing Education
Continuing Education
Enriching Faith, Improving Ministry, Enhancing Knowledge
As part of the STM’s mission to serve the community and the Church, our Continuing Education programs provide access to world-class theological and pastoral scholarship, online and on campus, for ministers and others who seek to deepen their engagement with the Catholic faith. Our priority is to create opportunities for people to participate in conversations on the faith tradition, contemporary theological issues, and ways to pray and serve in the 21st century. We offer an array of on-campus presentations, as well as online courses, videos, podcasts, and other resources for faith enrichment.
We encourage students, faculty, staff, alumni/alumnae, and the wider community to take part in a variety of contemporary theological discussions on campus. From lectures to ministry renewal days, these events are accessible, timely, thought-provoking, and free for everyone to attend.
With a focus on shared reflection in an online learning community, Crossroads offers noncredit courses for spiritual enrichment and faith renewal. Our courses foster conversation and participation that enhance understanding and encourage personal growth in faith.
Encore is a free, curated collection of digital resources covering a range of topics. This archive includes podcasts and videos of our on-campus events, as well as Encore Access—a guide to using selected videos for discussion with members of a faith community. Through Encore, we make the richness of STM excellence available to an even wider audience.
Interdisciplinary and intercultural, these courses, offered completely in Spanish, help Spanish speakers deepen their growth as Christians. On-campus and online options promote mutual enrichment and the common good.
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A Blog for and by High School Religion Teachers and Campus Ministers
Honor the Past and Move into the Future by Encountering the Present
When it is hard to imagine the future, looking to the past often gets us where we need to be. When I’ve hit a wall teaching, it helps me to remember that my job in the presen...
February 13, 2020
The Mid-Year Boost: how to reenergize your teaching in January
At this point you know your students well. You know their interests both in and out of class, you know the skills they struggle with and those they use to shine.
January 10, 2020
Teaching Ignatian Prayer through Chess
As our youth continue to plunge deeper into the tech ridden postmodern age and its information overhaul, self-centeredness, and omnipresent noise, silence and contemplative pr...
October 30, 2019
$25
Starting cost of some courses
50+
Number of courses offered
6
Number of certificates offered
Featured Course
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The Joy of the Gospel
Feb 26 - Mar 31, 2020 | $50
In Evangelii Gaudium, Pope Francis calls us to embrace a vision of a church that engages us in the joy of the Gospel. He suggests that such engagement can become an infectious invitation to those around us to join in this joy. Video segments featuring Jane E. Regan and Thomas H. Groome help us understand the continuity in the Catholic Tradition of the theme of evangelization, the meaning of “New Evangelization,” and some approaches to becoming an evangelizing community. Take this opportunity to read Pope Francis’s document and reflect on your own faith community as a local presence of Gospel joy in the 21st century.
This course has a required text: Pope Francis. Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel).