MARYVALE INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC DISTANCE LEARNING COLLEGE AN ECCLESIASTICAL DEGREE UNIQUE TO MARYVALE LICENCE IN DIVINITY: INSTITUTE PATHWAY IN CATECHETICAL SCIENCES VALIDATED BY THE FACULTÉ NOTRE DAME, PARIS COURSE COMMENCES EACH JANUARY APPLICATIONS NOW BEING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [email protected] or visit www.maryvale.ac.uk The Licence is a postgraduate ecclesiastical PROGRAMME STRUCTURE AND CONTENT degree, distinct from an STL, which is To gain the Licence, students first complete a awarded through Maryvale’s Higher Institute Master of Arts in Catholic Applied Theology of Religious Sciences (HIRS) and validated by (Religious Education and Catechesis) at the the theology faculty of the Ecole Cathedrale Institute. After successful completion of the of Paris on behalf of the Congregation for 30-month MA Programme students submit Catholic Education in Rome. It is especially an application for admission to the Licence suited to: those in diocesan positions of and matriculate into the final year of the catechetics or adult faith formation; those Licence Programme. involved in the creation, or oversight, of catechetical resources; those involved in During this final year students take three work related to the new evangelization; specialist modules in which they study: those in Catholic chaplaincy or Catholic school leadership positions. • A classic text in the area of catechetics taken from a selection offered • A key figure in the area of catechetics Admission to the Licence programme • A contemporary debate in catechetics. is available for all those who have the Ecclesiastical B. Divinity, or an equivalent Three residential weekends at the Institute qualification. The Institute welcomes support these three modules of study and students whether or not they are from the prepare the students for an oral defence of Catholic community. their MA dissertation, which occurs at the end of the Licence Programme. AIMS OF THE PROGRAMME This programme aims to facilitate FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the students’ growth in wisdom and understanding through systematic and MA & Licence Academic Administrator comprehensive study of the science of Maryvale Institute, Maryvale House, pastoral theology and, in particular, the Old Oscott Hill, Kingstanding, study of Catechesis and Religious Education, Birmingham B44 9AG, United Kingdom helping them to discover and realise, T: 0121 360 8118 through in-depth study and reflection on E: [email protected] the Catholic faith, each person’s vocation www.maryvale.ac.uk in the church, whether as a lay person or a religious. Maryvale Institute is part of the Birmingham Diocesan Trust, Registered Charity No. 234216.