Continuing Formation | Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology

Formation in the Mind and Heart of Christ

Lifelong Formation

While Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology is known for offering quality graduate theology education to lay people, deacons and priests, we also strive to serve the Church by providing additional opportunities for growth in ministry, for deepening conversion and for encouraging discipleship.

Who pursues continuing formation?

Directors of Religious Education
Parish musicians
Parish lay ministers
Teachers and Catechists
Lay People, young and old
Deacons

Certificates and Programs

Reflective Practices Certificate

A program that gives you the tools and competencies to provide support and care for those serving others.

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Spiritual Direction Certificate

An 18-credit, three-year program to give you intellectual and practical skills to be an effective spiritual director.

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Specialization Certificates

Each area of graduate-level study is designed to educate, develop leadership and promote competence.

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World Church

Enjoy cultural immersion experiences with lectures, seminars, and opportunities for liturgy, prayer and community.

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Pastoral Formation Workshops

Workshops designed for those wishing to practice their faith more deeply.

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Sabbatical

Saint Meinrad offers a place of peace and refreshment for those seeking rest from intensive work and ministry.

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I love it here! It’s not only the intellectual, personal, ministerial, and relational input and interactions that enrich me. The best is the spiritual growth I always experience each PCLI year.

- Ging Smith, Diocese of Owensboro, KY

I am convinced reflective practices are indispensable for all people engaged in pastoral ministry, especially the clergy because our ministry is often idealized. I also believe that the more responsibility a lay or ordained minister has, the greater ethical responsibility we have to know ourselves as the instrument through which Christ ministers, not just to avoid doing harm, but to provide the best pastoral care possible.

- Fr. Michael DeStoop, Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia

This program has done more for my spiritual life, and in particular my prayer life, than any other program that I have done – ranging from diaconate formation to Cursillo.

- Deacon Bill Remmert, Diocese of Birmingham, AL

When I came here last year [to Reflective Practices], I was struggling with physician burnout. And although those issues that were contributing to my burnout have not gone away, they don’t impact me like they did before. Having a chance to talk with my colleagues about what it is that fills you up, what it is that you struggle with, someone else to identify those emotions with, has allowed me to fill that joy of medicine again.

- Jennifer Stanley, MD

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Call Agnes M. Kovacs,
Director of Continuing Formation, at (800) 634-6723

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Continuing Lay Formation

Formation in the Mind and Heart of Christ

Lifelong Formation

Certificates and Programs

Reflective Practices Certificate

Spiritual Direction Certificate

Specialization Certificates

World Church

Pastoral Formation Workshops

Sabbatical

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