Area of specialisation: “Parish Catechetical Ministry and Evangelisation” (including fundamentals of pedagogy and Christian ethics)

Training programme “Become All Things to All People” (1 Corinthians 9:22)

The programme gives students an opportunity to acquire the necessary knowledge for catechetical and evangelistic ministry. To be a catechist is to testify to one’s faith, to pass it on, helping children, youth, adults, and special church pastoral groups to develop spiritually. In addition, students take an in-depth look at the evangelistic mission of the Church on the example of various communities and movements. They acquire the necessary skills to engage in evangelistic activities.

This programme contains elements of theological education, but also includes a lot of practical courses and seminars (in particular, on pedagogy, psychology and Christian ethics, social issues) aimed at teaching students to implement the knowledge they have gained in their daily lives.

Components of the programme

  • Formation retreats and seminars aimed at discerning personal vocation and deepening understanding of the chosen path.
  • In-depth learning of the Holy Scripture, practical biblical and theological modules, Christian anthropology. Professional ethics, Christian and social volunteering, fundamentals of social teaching and ministry of the Church.
  • Christian pedagogy and psychology (communication psychology, family pedagogy, fundamentals of Christian education, Christian ethics).
  • Fundamentals of theology: doctrine of the Holy Trinity, Mariology, moral theology and bioethics, doctrine of the Church, theology of the Liturgy, patrology, and the science of the last things (eschatology).
  • Organisation of catechesis and evangelisation, pastoral initiatives for various target groups. Methods and forms of preparation for the Holy Sacraments. Fundamentals of сanon law.
  • Practical classes and seminars (topical issues in theology, social challenges, catechesis and participation in the pastoral care of special groups; Christian leadership, use of media in evangelism, issues of pedagogy and psychology).