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Institute for the Formation and Ministry of the Diaconate
 | In Association With: The National Association of Diaconate Directors |  |
Special Offer for Remaining Seats Only!
Regularly $500.00 Per Course
NOW
$395.00
Until Remaining Seats are Filled
All Offerings are Twelve-Week Courses, Delivered via the Internet Each Earns Two Graduate Credit Hours (48 class hours) Fall Semester Offerings, beginning September 13:
- complete courses in 12 weeks or less;
- earn 2 semester-hours of credit from the Josephinum for each course;
- gain knowledge from a practical pastoral focus, including topics such as pastoral care of the family, medical morality, Hispanic ministry, hospital chaplaincy, and Canon Law for deacons; and,
- learn from experienced deacon-facilitators with both academic credentials and real-world experience.
- Diocese of Rochester deacons, remember your cost for a course should be paid by your assignment.
- Cost $250 per credit hour
The Fall 2010 Semester - begins September 14, 2010
- PA921DE: Catechesis of the New Roman Missal
- PA951DE: Good Practices in Parish Administration
Good Practices in Parish Administration New in 2010! Developed exclusive for the Josephinum by a cadre of experienced pastors, attorneys and accountants; this course provides a comprehensive overview of civil, legal and financial issues which may be encountered in a parish setting. It also provides a structured overview of various scenarios likely to present themselves in a parochial setting, and does so in both the context of civil and canon law. Topics include: overview of civil law, contracts, negligence and premise liability; land use and zoning, employment law, worker’s compensation and unemployment compensation; civil law regarding marriages and families, festivals, Bingo and games of chance; casinos, game-nights and liquor liability, tax exempt status, confidentiality and privileged communication; protection of children, and financial management. This course is open to all deacons, as well as to pastors and associates and pastoral administrators and parish business managers.
- PA883DE: Care of Marriage and the Family
Care of Marriage and the Family Our Emphasis is on solid marriage preparation and counseling couples and youth before in a family setting. We develop a vision for pastoral care of families which is firmly based on Church teaching, the dignity of marriage, the marital embrace, and the nuclear and extended family.
- PA967DE: Prison Ministry
This course is specifically designed for those deacons involved or with interest in ministry to the incarcerated. It has been developed by a cadre of deacons, each of whom is a full time employee of a correctional facility, as well as an experienced chaplain. It addresses issues which are specific to local, state or federal correctional facility. It will enable a deacon to:
- Employ appropriate programs and demeanor as a volunteer or contract chaplain within a correctional setting.
- Identify basic correctional procedures within Federal, State, and Local penal institutions.
- Examine and differentiate inmate mentality.
- Differentiate the role of a Catholic chaplain from an institutional chaplain.
- Provide effective Catholic services - liturgical and educational.
- Discuss the limits of confidentiality within counseling and basic religious counseling method
Deacon Robert Werner, a full time employee of the Bureau of Prisons at the Federal Medical Corrections Center in Fort Devens, MA, will return to facilitate this popular and most useful course.
- SP611DE: Spirituality of the Deacon
With particular emphasis on the formation and ministry of permanent deacons in the United States, this course correlates the sources, principles and practices of sound spirituality with the fundamental truths of Catholic faith, with the reality of human nature as redeemed and graced, and with practical aspects of spirituality in Diaconal ministry. It highlights development of sound spirituality in the context of the Church and emphasizes the need for, and spiritual benefits of, ongoing integration of spiritual reading, personal prayer, private devotion, liturgical worship, and pastoral practice throughout a deacon’s ministry to the faithful. We are fortunate again to have Monsignor Christopher Schreck, PhD, STD, of the Diocese of Savannah, GE as our facilitator for the fall 2010 term.
- PA868DE: Pastoral Counseling for the Diaconate
This course presents basic counseling theory, processes and skill development, focused on assessment, listening, and goal setting. This course briefly outlines various emotional/mental disorders which may assist the non-professional counselor to make appropriate assessment and professional referral. This course is specifically designed for those deacons in pastoral settings who have come from other disciplines, and aims to introduce students to a variety of tools, strategies, and methodologies. Special emphasis will be placed upon helping the deacon recognize some common issues and problems which they are likely to encounter. Personal counseling styles will be addressed as a means of enabling each participant to understand his or her own strengths and weaknesses in a pastoral care setting. This course will permit the deacon to identify the critical differences between pastoral care and professional counseling, particularly as it relates to the nature and limits of the pastoral counseling task. This course will also assist the deacon to understand the elements of the counseling process and gain experience of elementary counseling interventions through practice and role-play, and to help learners to understand their own personal style of relating and its influence on the counseling process. This course will also introduce deacons to a wide range of helpful resources relating to pastoral care and counseling. This class will be facilitated by Deacon Bob McCormick, a retired educator and deacon of long service in the Diocese of Rochester, NY.
- MO841DE: Medical and Health Care Morality
As a deacon, you may frequently be asked to assist the faithful as they grapple with emotionally charged medical issues. This course will present fundamental Church principles relating to health care morality and medical ethics that will provide you with confidence as you are called upon during these discussions. This course studies the theology of the human body, personhood, and human dignity in protecting life from beginning to end and in treating illness. This course will be of particular interest to deacons involved in hospital, nursing home, ministry to the aging, or other similar settings, and to those deacons who have completed our course in Hospital Ministry and who desire an in-depth examination of Catholic moral principals on this topic. Deacon Pete Gummere, a microbiologist and long-time writer and commentator on Catholic moral theology, and a deacon of the Diocese of Burlington, VT will return to facilitate this course during the upcoming term.
- CL612 DE: Canon Law for Deacons
This course has been especially designed for deacons and provides an in-depth analysis of those specific canons with which Deacons may become involved. This twelve module course is divided into four broad themes: An overview of this history, purpose, operation, and interaction with the Code of Canon Law; in depth discussion and analysis of those Canons which are operative in pastoral (parish) settings; Canons relating to the sacramental life of the Church, and those Canons which relate to marriage, including those of interest to those involved in Tribunal work. Designed and facilitated by Monsignor Michael Osborn, JCD, of the Diocese of Kalamazoo, MI, this course has been developed in response to many requests from the members of the National Association of Diaconate Directors, and from deacons throughout North America.
The Spring 2010 Semester (CLOSED)
- PA951DE: Good Practices in Parish Administration
- MO841DE: Medical Morality
- PA883DE: Care of Marriage and the Family
- PA967DE: Prison Ministry
- PA931DE: Hospital Ministry
Hospital Ministry This course introduces participants to the role of the hospital chaplain. Basic responsibilities and day-to-day tasks are discussed in detail. Participants will be required to frequently visit hospital, work with a chaplain as a mentor, complete assigned tasks relating to clinical visits, read assignments, and complete reflection papers. A vision for pastoral care of the ill and frail will be developed by focusing on Church teaching, the dignity of human life, the power of prayer, and the need for thorough and prayerful preparation by the deacon.
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