Ordination and Master of Divinity Degree Programs
Ordination to the Priesthood and the Master of Divinity
(M.Div.) degree are the normative credentials promoted
by the School of Theology of the Pontifical College
Josephinum for its seminarians, and are conferred
after the successful completion of Fourth Theology
(i.e., four “academic years” of full time
work). These programs, which are intended to prepare
candidates for the Catholic priesthood in parishes
and other settings, are only open to those students
who have been accepted as seminarians by the rector
of the Josephinum. The M.Div. program is considered
a first level professional ministerial degree program.
The Ordination Program is a more extensive program
of preparation, which consists of the M.Div. Program
and various advanced components. (These advanced components
are also applicable to the Master of Arts Program,
described separately).
The degree requirements are listed below, and include
the personal, vocational, spiritual, and academic
formation of the student. At least one year of full-time
academic study must be completed at the Josephinum.
Other details with regard to requirements, procedures,
rights, and responsibilities are explained in the
Formation Handbook and the Academic Handbook that
are made available to each seminarian at the beginning
of the academic year.
Page
28 of the Academic Catalog describes the required
courses/sequence for Ordination/Master of Divinity
Programs
