Advanced professional doctorate for ministry leaders seeking specialized expertise and effectiveness.
(30 Credits Post-M.Div.)
Our Doctor of Ministry provides advanced professional formation for experienced ministers seeking enhanced pastoral effectiveness, specialized expertise, and leadership development.
This practice-oriented doctoral program combines advanced theological reflection with practical ministry application through intensive seminars, peer collaboration, and substantial ministerial research projects.
Graduates demonstrate enhanced competence in preaching, teaching, pastoral leadership, spiritual formation, and strategic ministry development while contributing original insights that advance pastoral practice within the Catholic Church and benefit the wider Christian community.
Core Seminars
DMN 801 Advanced Ecclesiology and Episcopal Ministry
DMN 802 Advanced Canon Law for Church Leaders
DMN 803 Strategic Planning for Diocesan Ministry
DMN 804 Advanced Homiletics and Teaching
DMN 805 Crisis Leadership in the Church
DMN 806 Formation and Supervision of Clergy
Specialized Tracks (Choose 2)
Track A: Episcopal Leadership
Track B: Educational Leadership
Track C: Missionary Leadership
Ministry Project
DMN 899 - Doctoral Ministry Project
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