Certificates & Diplomas in Evangelisation and Ministry.
The four following one year distance-learning programmes have a common structure. Three modules are taken over the course of a year and each module requires about five hours study a week over a three month period. The programmes have been written in collaboration with the Agency for Evangelisation of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.
Certificate and Diploma in Evangelisation and Ministry for Youth.
This course provides essential formation for parish, diocesan and community-based youth leaders and workers, in the skills and understanding needed to support them in their vocation.
Course structure and content.
The modules cover the basic kerygma, the call to holiness and the imperative of evangelisation and mission, emphasising the development of a strong ecclesial identity, together with spiritual and human development. As part of the course participants undertake a placement related to the development of key youth work skills.
Certificate and Diploma in Evangelisation and Ministry for the Parish.
This course provides essential formation for those in parish ministries, parish groups and new communities who have a commitment to mission, in the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to support them in their vocation.
Course structure and content.
The modules cover the imperative of evangelisation and mission, knowledge and skills related to the communication of the basic kerygma, the importance of the call to holiness, and emphasises the development of a strong ecclesial identity, together with spiritual and human development. As part of the course participants undertake a placement related to the development of key parish evangelisation skills.
Certificate and Diploma in Evangelisation and Ministry for the Family.
This course supports parents who have a key role in the evangelisation of their children, and also those involved in family ministry at parish and supra-parish level, in the development of the skills and knowledge needed to support them in their vocation.
Course structure and content.
The modules cover the Church’s vision for family life and family ministry, the skills for evangelisation in and by the family, the call to holiness, and emphasises the development of a strong ecclesial identity, together with spiritual and human development. As part of the course participants undertake a placement related to the development of key skills in family ministry.
Certificate and Diploma in Evangelisation and Ministry for the Sick.
This course assists those in parishes who have a special commitment towards working with the sick, whether as extraordinary Eucharistic ministers, catechists or in their pastoral care; it also supports chaplains and visitors in hospitals and those involved in ministry to the sick at a supra-parish level, providing the skills needed to support them in their vocation.
Course structure and content.
The modules cover the basic principles of ministry to the sick, rooted in a strong ecclesial identity, together with issues concerned with spiritual and human development. The course also includes sensitive and considered principles concerned with the sharing of faith with others. As part of the course participants undertake a placement related to the development of key skills in ministry to the sick.
