Candidates from the Archdiocese of Omaha will be the primary focus of the initial years of this program, but it is hoped that other neighboring dioceses will participate and that the program will attract representatives from other Christian denominations.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Admission to the program requires:
a bachelor's degree (or its equivalent) with at least a 3.0 grade point average;
two spiritual as well as two professional recommendations.
Applicants need not have any previous formal education in theology to be admitted to the program.
CURRICULUM
The interdisciplinary Master of Ministry degree consists of thirty-six hours of course work. The emphasis is on content knowledge followed by demonstration of how that content knowledge has personally affected the student and his/her ministry. With the assistance of the program director, faculty members carefully link and integrate courses to facilitate achievement of the desired outcomes of the degree program. Students will move through the courses as a cohort.
Theology
(24 hours)
MAM 620 - Introduction to the Old Testament
(3 hrs.)
MAM 621 - Introduction to the New Testament (3 hrs.)
MAM 630 - Christology (3 hrs.)
MAM 635 - Ecclesiology: Theology of the Church and Ministry
(3 hrs.)
MAM 640 - Moral Theology and Decision-Making (3 hrs.)
MAM 700 - Worship, Liturgy, and Sacrament (3 hrs.)
MAM 710 - Catholic Identity and Ecumenism (3 hrs.)
MAM 720 - Christian Prayer and Spirituality (3 hrs.)
Professional Education
(10 hours)
MAM 500 - Communication Skills (3 hrs.)
MAM 520 - Organizational, Leadership, Administration, & Management
Skills (3 hrs.)
MAM 550 - Internship I (2 hrs.)
MAM 551 - Internship II (2 hrs.)
Synthesis (2
hours)
MAM 730 - Ministry Synthesis (2 hrs.)
CONTACT
INFORMATION
For further information about the program, please contact:
Maureen Crouchley
Creighton University
University College
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, Nebraska 68178
(402) 280-2669
crouchley@creighton.edu
Dr. Eileen Burke-Sullivan
Director, MA in Ministry Program
Creighton University
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, Nebraska 68178
(402) 280-3285
thomaskelly@creighton.edu
Archdiocesan Contact Persons:
Fr. Thomas Greisen
Marge Koenigsman
Office of Lay Ministry Formation
3218 N. 60th Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68104
(402) 561-9274