"Fridays with the Faculty"

The next "Fridays with the Faculty" presentation will be on Friday, February 10 at 7:00 p.m., when Rev. Dr. C. Anthony Hunt, Ecumenical Institute professor of moral, practical, and systematic theology, will speak about "The Power of Love: Mohandas Gandhi and Nonviolence in the 21st Century." More information and a flier here.

Dean Candidates to Visit Campus

The Search Committee for the new Dean of the Ecumenical Institute of Theology has, with the approval of Mr. Bruce Behrens (Chair of the Ecumenical Institute Executive Board) and Fr. Thomas Hurst (President Rector of St. Mary's), invited four applicants to campus during January and February. The visits will include meetings with some of the key persons at St. Mary's with whom the new Dean will work.

Each candidate will also participate in an Open Session while on campus. Ecumenical Institute and seminary students, faculty, and administrators, as well as E.I. alums, are welcome to all of these Open Sessions. Each of the sessions will be held at 5 p.m. in classroom 103D.

Schedule of the Open Sessions (all at 5 p.m. in Room 103D)

Study Tour to the Cities of Paul and John

Join Dr. Michael J. Gorman, Professor of Scripture and Dean of the Ecumenical Institute, for an eye-opening and life-changing trip to Greece and Turkey April 9 (Easter Monday) to April 20, 2012. If interested, please contact either Dr. Gorman (mgorman@stmarys.edu) or Patty Rath (prath@stmarys.edu) immediately.
More information here.

Michael J. Gorman Appointed to
St. Mary's Raymond E. Brown Chair

October 11, 2011 — St. Mary's President Rector Rev. Thomas R. Hurst is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael J. Gorman has been appointed to the Raymond E. Brown Chair in Biblical Studies and Theology, which has been established at St. Mary's Seminary and University by the U.S. Province of the Society of St. Sulpice. The Society of St. Sulpice endowed this new chair to recognize Fr. Brown's outstanding contributions to New Testament studies, to seminary formation, and to ecumenism and interfaith relations. The appointment is effective July 1, 2012.

Over the last twenty years Dr. Gorman has contributed to the life of both the Ecumenical Institute and the School of Theology by his outstanding teaching, careful administration, and distinguished scholarship. More information here.

Introduction to the Ecumenical Institute

The Ecumenical Institute of Theology (E.I.) was founded in 1968 by St. Mary's Seminary & University, America's oldest Roman Catholic seminary, in cooperation with ecumenical leaders. St. Mary's is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools and by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The Ecumenical Institute encourages people of all denominations to explore theological studies in a serious, open-minded, and supportive environment.

Our students are mostly working adults who are part-time learners following the ancient motto of “faith seeking understanding.” They pursue individual courses, one of several certificates (biblical studies, parish nursing, religious education, spirituality, urban ministry, and youth ministry), and/or one of two master's degrees, the M.A. in Theology or the M.A. in Church Ministries. Classes are held mostly in the late afternoon and evening on week days. There are three terms per year: fall, winter, and summer. Tuition is very reasonable—the lowest in the region for accredited, graduate, theological education

Our student body of women and men is both interdenominational and interracial, as is our excellent faculty. Nearly all of the Ecumenical Institute's professors have earned doctorates, and a significant number are well-known published scholars. The faculty is drawn from neighboring academic and religious institutions as well as from St. Mary's.

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