Prepares chaplains for Catholic healthcare, military, correctional, and institutional pastoral ministry.
(60 Credits Post-Bachelor's)
This specialized program prepares Catholic chaplains for ministry in healthcare facilities, military installations, correctional institutions, universities, and specialized pastoral settings.
Students receive comprehensive formation in pastoral theology, spiritual care, crisis intervention, ethical decision-making, and institutional ministry while remaining rooted in Catholic sacramental theology and moral teaching.
Our graduates bring Christ's healing presence to hospitals, serve military personnel and their families, minister to the incarcerated, and provide pastoral care in diverse institutional contexts.
CHP 501 Foundations of Chaplaincy Ministry
CHP 502 Theological Foundations
for Pastoral Care
PSY 501 Introduction to Counseling
Psychology
CHP 503 Spiritual Assessment and Care
Planning
ETH 501 Ethics in Pastoral Care
CHP 504 Hospital and Healthcare Chaplaincy
CHP 505 Crisis Intervention and Trauma Care
PSY 502 Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
CHP 506 Ministry to the Elderly and Dying
CHP 507 Interfaith Chaplaincy
CHP 601 Military Chaplaincy
CHP 602 Prison and Correctional Chaplaincy
CHP 603 Emergency Services Chaplaincy
PSY 601 Psychopathology and Mental Health
CHP 604 Addiction Ministry
CHP 605 Workplace and Corporate
Chaplaincy
CHP 606 Campus and Educational Chaplaincy
CHP 607 Sports Chaplaincy
CHP 608 Sacramental Ministry for Chaplains
CHP 690 Clinical Pastoral Education
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