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Continuing Education Program

The Continuing Education Series is designed for adults who would like to further their theological formation without embarking on graduate-level academic work. In addition to these general-interest students, high school teachers in the Diocese of Virginia and the Archdiocese of Washington may use these courses toward their VCEA or CEU requirements.

Classes are offered four times a year: one course in the fall semester, one in the spring semester, and two during the summer months. These courses are not part of the Institute’s regular graduate offerings but mirror such courses in theme and content.

During the fall and spring semesters, CE courses meet once a week on Wednesday evenings. During the summer months, each course is offered in intensive format—usually both mornings and afternoons of a single week, Monday through Friday.

To bring the curriculum of the Institute to a wider audience, class sessions are offered in hybrid format, both on campus and online.

Students are not required to have completed a bachelor’s degree to participate in CE classes.

Past courses have included:

Calendar-A-40-svg Fall '23 Course:
Faith and American Culture
Contact Elena Martín,
Admissions Officer

The Fall 2023 course in the Institute’s ongoing Continuing Education Series will be “Faith and American Culture” from September 6 until December 6. The course meets on Wednesdays, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. (ET).

The course “Faith and American Culture” will explore the question “Is American liberalism a heresy?” This course seeks to answer this question by pondering the Church’s traditional teaching on the relation of the Church to the political order, on the one hand, and America’s formative thinkers and interpreters, on the other.

The course will be taught in person and offered online simultaneously.

The course fee is $150. To register, please complete the online registration form. Payment can be submitted via check, cash, or credit card. To submit a credit card payment, please click here.

This course can be taken toward renewal requirements for VCEA licensure. Numerous high schools in the Archdiocese of Washington accept the course for CEU credits.

If you have questions please contact [email protected].

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