Seminary Formation: Recent History-Current Circumstances-New Directions
The past thirty years have witnessed tremendous societal and ecclesial changes that continue to inform ministry education in the 21st century. In Seminary Formation, Katarina Schuth, OSF, examines the many aspects of theologate-level schools including their structures and missions, organization and leadership, student enrollment, backgrounds of both seminarians and lay students, and the evolution and development of degree programs, including human and spiritual, intellectual and pastoral formation. Seminary Formation also helpfully includes substantial commentaries on Schuth’s research by Ronald Rolheiser, Thomas Walters, Leon M. Hutton, Barbara Reid, and Peter Vaccari.
An exploration of the changes in seminaries and schools of theology, with statistical analysis, from 1985 to the present, Seminary Formation anticipates the challenges ahead and considers new directions for the future.
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Seminary Formation: Recent History-Current Circumstances-New Directions
The past thirty years have witnessed tremendous societal and ecclesial changes that continue to inform ministry education in the 21st century. In Seminary Formation, Katarina Schuth, OSF, examines the many aspects of theologate-level schools including their structures and missions, organization and leadership, student enrollment, backgrounds of both seminarians and lay students, and the evolution and development of degree programs, including human and spiritual, intellectual and pastoral formation. Seminary Formation also helpfully includes substantial commentaries on Schuth’s research by Ronald Rolheiser, Thomas Walters, Leon M. Hutton, Barbara Reid, and Peter Vaccari.
An exploration of the changes in seminaries and schools of theology, with statistical analysis, from 1985 to the present, Seminary Formation anticipates the challenges ahead and considers new directions for the future.
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Seminary Formation: Recent History-Current Circumstances-New Directions

Seminary Formation: Recent History-Current Circumstances-New Directions

Seminary Formation: Recent History-Current Circumstances-New Directions

Seminary Formation: Recent History-Current Circumstances-New Directions

Overview

The past thirty years have witnessed tremendous societal and ecclesial changes that continue to inform ministry education in the 21st century. In Seminary Formation, Katarina Schuth, OSF, examines the many aspects of theologate-level schools including their structures and missions, organization and leadership, student enrollment, backgrounds of both seminarians and lay students, and the evolution and development of degree programs, including human and spiritual, intellectual and pastoral formation. Seminary Formation also helpfully includes substantial commentaries on Schuth’s research by Ronald Rolheiser, Thomas Walters, Leon M. Hutton, Barbara Reid, and Peter Vaccari.
An exploration of the changes in seminaries and schools of theology, with statistical analysis, from 1985 to the present, Seminary Formation anticipates the challenges ahead and considers new directions for the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780814648278
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Publication date: 10/04/2016
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 212
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Katarina Schuth, OSF, PhD, holds the Endowed Chair for the Social Scientific Study of Religion at The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity. Her other books include Priestly Ministry in Multiple Parishes; Educating Leaders for Ministry: Issues and Responses (with Victor J. Klimoski and Kevin J. O’Neil); Seminaries, Theologates, and the Future of Church Ministry: An Analysis of Trends and Transitions; and Reason for the Hope: The Futures of Roman Catholic Theologates.

Table of Contents

List of Tables ix

Foreword Archbishop Blase J. Cupich xi

Acknowledgments xv

Frequently Used Documents, Abbreviations, and Terms xix

Part I Context

Introduction 3

Chapter 1 The Effects of Vatican II on the Present State of Seminaries and Theologates 9

Part II Organization and Personnel

Chapter 2 Mission, Vision, and Structures 35

Chapter 3 Leadership: Boards, Administration, and Faculty 42

Part III Students Preparing for Ministry: Enrollment and Programs

Chapter 4 Seminarians and Lay Students 75

Chapter 5 Human and Spiritual Formation Developments 88

Chapter 6 Intellectual and Pastoral Formation Programs 100

Part IV Conclusion and Commentaries

Chapter 7 New Directions in the Future 117

Toward a Spirituality of Ecclesial Leadership, Ronald Rolheiser, OMI 122

Generational Differences: A Crucial Key, Thomas Walters 132

Human Formation: Fostering Happy, Healthy, and Holy Ministers to Be a Bridge to Christ in Service to God's People Leon M. Hutton 143

Trends in Scripture Study and Preaching Preparation in Roman Catholic Seminaries Barbara E. Reid, OP 154

The Culture of Encounter: The Future of Seminary Formation Msgr. Peter Vaccari 164

Appendices 174

Bibliography 185

Index 187

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