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2018-19 Seminary Catalog (.Pdf) ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/19 SEMINARY CATALOG (revised fall 2018) Mount St. Mary’s Seminary - 2018/2019 Catalog – p. 1 MESSAGE FROM THE RECTOR On behalf of the entire seminary community I welcome your interest in our program and in the formation we provide for future priests. Mount St. Mary’s Seminary is truly a national seminary whose alumni have been serving as priests for many dioceses across our great country. Since our humble beginnings in 1808 we have continued to thrive in partnership with bishops and religious superiors in preparing candidates for the priesthood who strive for holiness, are devoted to the Holy Eucharist and the Blessed Mother, and are totally loyal to the Gospel and the teaching of the Church. Our fully accredited academic programs are taught with the perspective of forming the mind, heart and soul of future shepherds. We offer degree programs in Theology including the Master of Divinity and the Master of Arts (theology) with concentrations in Systematic Theology, Moral Theology, Sacred Scripture, and Church History. Our S.T.B. program offered in conjunction with the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, invites students to focus their program on the study of Thomistic Theology. Imbedded in our two-year pre- theology program is the option of earning a Master of Arts in Philosophical Studies. We also offer a certificate in Hispanic Ministry and recommend a summer language program in Guatemala. It is truly an honor to be a part of such a sacred and important endeavor forming men to become priests. I pray this catalog will be a help to you in finding out more about the great legacy of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary. Rev. Msgr. Andrew R. Baker, S.T.D. Mount St. Mary’s Seminary - 2018/2019 Catalog – p. 2 Table of Contents Mount St. Mary’s University Mission Statement ................................................................................................................... 4 Seminary Mission Statement ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 Accreditation ................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Statement of Educational Effectiveness ................................................................................................................................. 5 Our 200-Year History ................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Mount St. Mary’s Campus .......................................................................................................................................................10 Academic Support & Other Services .....................................................................................................................................15 Student Life ................................................................................................................................................................................16 Admissions .................................................................................................................................................................................18 Financial Information ...............................................................................................................................................................21 The Formation Program ..........................................................................................................................................................25 Certificate and Degree Programs ...........................................................................................................................................37 Academic Policies .....................................................................................................................................................................60 Courses of Instruction .............................................................................................................................................................62 Key Calendar Dates for Academic Year 2018/2019 (as of 4/4/2018) ......................................................................... 101 Grotto of Lourdes, Statue of Mary overlooking the University campus, May Crowning - 2016 Mount St. Mary’s Seminary - 2018/2019 Catalog – p. 3 MOUNT ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY MISSION STATEMENT Mount St. Mary’s is a Catholic university committed to education in the service of truth; we seek to cultivate a community of learners formed by faith, engaged in discovery, and empowered for leadership in the Church, the professions, and the world. SEMINARY MISSION STATEMENT1 Mount St. Mary’s Seminary prepares men for the Catholic ministerial priesthood in the Third Millennium; men who love with the heart of the Church, think with the mind of the Church, and are formed to have an integrated core of human, intellectual, spiritual, and pastoral virtues modeled by Jesus Christ, our High Priest. VISION STATEMENT To invite men to “go up to the mountain” (Haggai 1:8), so that we might send down holy, self-sacrificial shepherds for the people of God, to light a fire on the earth for the salvation of souls. STRATEGIC GOALS 1. CLEAR COMMUNICATION. To promote habits and procedures of effective communication. 2. CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE. To foster a culture of personal and institutional excellence to further our mission. 3. INSTITUTIONAL GROWTH AND STRENGTH. To advance the Seminary by the best use of our time, talent, and treasure. 4. SPIRITUALITY OF SACRIFICE. To cultivate a spirituality of sacrifice within the Seminary community in pursuit of our mission. Bl. John Henry Cardinal Newman ACCREDITATION Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, an integral part of Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland, is accredited by the Maryland Higher Education Commission of the State Board of Education of Maryland (MHEC) and the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (MSACSS). We are also accredited by the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS), which approved the following degree programs: M.Div., M.A. (Theology). Mount St. Mary’s Seminary’s ESL Program is accredited by the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation for the period August 2017 through August 2022 and agrees to uphold the CEA Standards for English Language Programs and Institutions. CEA is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency for English language programs and institutions in the U.S. For further information about this accreditation, please contact CEA, 1001 North Fairfax Street, Suite 630, Alexandria, VA 22314, (703) 665-3400, www.cea-accredit.org. Concerns regarding compliance with accrediting standards may be addressed to: The Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, 10 Summit Park Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1103 (Telephone: 412-788-6505; Fax: 412-788-6510; Website: www.ats.edu) or Commission on Higher Education of the Middles States Association, 3624 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2680 (Telephone: 215-662-5606). Mount St. Mary’s Seminary on January 4, 2007 (Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton) was affiliated with The Pontifical Faculty of Theology of the Immaculate Conception, at the Dominican House of Studies, in Washington, D.C. which is authorized to grant the first-cycle ecclesial degree Bachelor of Sacred Theology (S.T.B.). This affiliation was reapproved by the Vatican’s Congregation for Education in 2017. 1 Revisions to the Seminary Mission, Vision and Goals statements approved by the Seminary Committee of the Board of Trustees, spring 2016. Mount St. Mary’s Seminary - 2018/2019 Catalog – p. 4 STATEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS Mount St. Mary’s Seminary provides education and formation for candidates for the Roman Catholic Priesthood. In compliance with ATS Educational Standards, the seminary has developed a variety of direct and indirect measures to assess the extent to which the students are achieving the outcomes described in our catalog for the various degrees and programs they are pursuing. Faculty and Administration regularly review this data in the ongoing assessment of the educational effectiveness of the Seminary and to measure the success and timely completion of its degree and certificate programs. The following is a summary of the recent data: Pre-Theology Certificate Program This two-year formation program has as its purpose the preparation of candidates for entry into the theologate. The achievement of the goals of the program are measured by the formation team using direct and indirect measures of achievement in intellectual, spiritual, pastoral and human formation. As a demonstration of the effectiveness of the pre-theology formation program, the percentage (by recent academic years) of those who completed the pre-theology formation program at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary and who subsequently entered a graduate theological formation program the following fall is shown below: Master of Arts in Philosophical Studies (M.A.P.S.) The two-year M.A.P.S. degree program has as its purpose to offer an opportunity for advanced graduate study of philosophy emphasizing
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