This program will begin in the 2012-2013 academic year. 

The Minor in Catechetics seeks to assist students first to a more profound understanding of the Catholic Faith as it is transmitted to us through Sacred Scripture, the living Tradition of the Church and the authentic proclamation of the Magisterium.  Second, the concentration also aims to prepare students to work in religious education programs in Catholic schools and parishes as well as assisting with programs designed for college students and youth ministry.  Students who have graduated in this concentration can expect that they will be able to fulfill the words of Pope John Paul II in his Apostolic Exhortation Catechesi Tradendae: “Every catechist should be able to apply to himself the mysterious words of Jesus: ‘My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.’” (CT 36; John 7:16).

Required Courses:

THEO 250 Foundations of Catechesis
THEO 350 Catechesis in the Church
Theology Elective in Apologetics (C. S. Lewis, Foundations of Apologetics, etc.)
EDUC 201 Educational Foundations or EDUC 202 Educational Psychology
PSYC 203 Human Development

Faculty:

Dr. William Riordan
Dr. Steven Matuszak
Fr. Robert Garrity
Dr. Michael Dauphinais