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distance learning opportunities #291317 06/10/08 06:17 PM
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 16 arizona, USA W walterm Junior Member
walterm Junior Member W Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 16 arizona, USA	Will all of the online and distance learning opportunities and degrees available to Evangelical Christians, is there anything available for Eastern Catholic laity to pursue?? For example, degrees in Theology, Biblical Studies, etc. Bless you for your response, Walter

Re: distance learning opportunities walterm #291323 06/10/08 07:06 PM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,690 Likes: 8 Chicago Michael_Thoma Member
Michael_Thoma Member Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,690 Likes: 8 Chicago	Walter, Please see this site: http://jimmyakin.typepad.com/defensor_fidei/2005/03/distance_doctor.html

Re: distance learning opportunities Michael_Thoma #291335 06/10/08 10:05 PM
Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 10,930 Irondale,AL Pani Rose Member
Pani Rose Member Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 10,930 Irondale,AL	This is funny. I searched for someone else the other day that was wondering the same thing. I was supprised to find a list - which I didn't completely read - on the USCCB site. Maybe it will help http://www.usccb.org/laity/laysurvey/schools.shtml

Re: distance learning opportunities Pani Rose #291384 06/11/08 10:57 AM
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Aunt B Member Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 74 USA	I found this Ukranian Catholic site that might be helpful. http://www.iesdistance.org.ua/about_the_program Does anyone have any information or recommendation on them?

Re: distance learning opportunities Aunt B #291388 06/11/08 12:01 PM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,505 West Coast Stephanos I Member
Stephanos I Member Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,505 West Coast	There is planned a very good academic course on the Catholic Faith Online, as a powerful evangelisation source www.catholicscomehome.org [catholicscomehome.org] Check it out. Stephanos I

Re: distance learning opportunities Stephanos I #291547 06/12/08 10:59 PM
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,264 somewhere betwixt the Alpha an... ebed melech Member
ebed melech Member Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,264 somewhere betwixt the Alpha an...	Very good. Thanks, Father! Gordo

Re: distance learning opportunities ebed melech #291610 06/13/08 10:37 AM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 528 PA Byzantine TX Member
Byzantine TX Member Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 528 PA	I'm going to give the Ukrainian Catholic program a try. I'll post when the program has gotten underway.

Re: distance learning opportunities Byzantine TX #291616 06/13/08 11:16 AM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 638 Likes: 1 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Collin Nunis Member
Collin Nunis Member Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 638 Likes: 1 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Errm, for Eastern Catholics, and Eastern Christians in general, I'm not too sure apart from the St. Stephens' program. However, overall, there are some Catholic distance learning courses. If I'm not mistaken, there's a Steubenville M.A. in Theology program and I think there are some Jesuit universities who have come together to offer distance learning theology courses. If you'd want to Easternize it, I suggest having an Eastern Catholic priest to be an advisor or consultant of sorts. It can help, I suppose.

Re: distance learning opportunities Collin Nunis #291621 06/13/08 11:33 AM
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Orest Member O Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 501 Canada	I can only speak for the Eastern Orthodox, but I can not forsee getting an M.Div. online for candidates for ordination for the priesthood. Our candidates need to live in a seminary and participate daily in all the liturgical services of our church. Learning also comes through this. It is important for candidates to learn fromand to learn to love the liturgy. Also by living in the seminary for the years required, there can be an examination of the candidate's character and suitability for the priesthood. I know some Eastern Orthodox seminaries and theological colleges offer some courses by correspondence and maybe some by internet/online but there is always a residence requirmenet to live in the seminary itself. I can't see this ever changing.

Re: distance learning opportunities walterm #291634 06/13/08 12:21 PM
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Theologos Member T Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 100 PA	I am eastern Catholic and have done the MA program from Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Connecticut. They offer 2 programs entirely online, MA in Philosophy and MA in Theology. They are a Roman Catholic school but you could supplement with your own reading or simultaneously enroll in the St. Stephen's program. Doing both wouldn't be too expensive but it would give you a nice balance. For future reference though, if you plan on using your degree professionally or pursuing doctoral studies you need to choose a program that is accredited by a regional accrediting body. Catholic Distance University or the St. Stephen's are not fully accredited.

Re: distance learning opportunities Theologos #291641 06/13/08 01:01 PM
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Orest Member O Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 501 Canada	Good points about accreditation. It is the ATS: Association of Theological Schools that accredits graduate theological degrees. See their home page here: http://www.ats.edu/Pages/default.aspx There are only three Eastern Orthodox theological schools that are accredited: Quote Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology http://www.ats.edu/MemberSchools/Pages/SchoolDetail.aspx?ID=100 Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Member Status: Accredited 50 Goddard Avenue Brookline, MA 02445 Phone: 617-731-3500 Fax: 617-850-1460 Nicholas C. Triantafilou, President Ph: 617-850-1280 Thomas Fitzgerald, Dean Ph: 617-850-1212 Denomination: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Fall 2007 Data: Enrollment: 108 (105.0 FTE) Faculty Full-Time: 12 Faculty Part-Time: 4 Library Resources (000): 71 Approved Degrees: MDiv, MTS, ThM Year of initial accreditation: 1974 Year of last comprehensive evaluation visit: 2001 Year of next comprehensive evaluation visit: 2011 Orthodox Church in America St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary http://www.ats.edu/MemberSchools/Pages/SchoolDetail.aspx?ID=212 St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary Member Status: Accredited PO Box 130, St. Tikhon's Road South Canaan, PA 18459-0121 Phone: 570-937-4411 Fax: 570-937-3100 Bishop Tikhon Mollard, Rector Ph: 570-937-4411 Alexander Golubov, Academic Dean Ph: 570-937-4411 Denomination: Orthodox Church in America Fall 2007 Data: Enrollment: 106 (74.6 FTE) Faculty Full-Time: 9 Faculty Part-Time: 14 Library Resources (000): 46 Approved Degrees: MDiv Year of initial accreditation: 2004 Year of last comprehensive evaluation visit: Year of next comprehensive evaluation visit St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary http://www.ats.edu/MemberSchools/Pages/SchoolDetail.aspx?ID=518 St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary Member Status: Accredited 575 Scarsdale Road Crestwood, NY 10707 Phone: 914-961-8313 Fax: 914-961-4507 John Behr, Dean Ph: 914-961-8313 John Barnet, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Ph: 914-961-8313 Denomination: Orthodox Church in America Fall 2007 Data: Enrollment: 78 (71.5 FTE) Faculty Full-Time: 11 Faculty Part-Time: 10 Library Resources (000): 135 Approved Degrees: MDiv, MA, ThM Year of initial accreditation: 1973 Year of last comprehensive evaluation visit: 2003 Year of next comprehensive evaluation visit: 2013

Re: distance learning opportunities Orest #291655 06/13/08 02:46 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 638 Likes: 1 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Collin Nunis Member
Collin Nunis Member Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 638 Likes: 1 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	You can't use distance learning for ordination. It never works. It's a good aid for laypersons, but not for orders. You'd still have to enrol for a course and be physically present.

Re: distance learning opportunities Collin Nunis #291705 06/13/08 07:11 PM
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,264 somewhere betwixt the Alpha an... ebed melech Member
ebed melech Member Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,264 somewhere betwixt the Alpha an...	Bear in mind that the seminary as an institution is a fairly modern development. Gordo

Re: distance learning opportunities ebed melech #291716 06/13/08 09:14 PM
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Byzantine TX Member Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 528 PA	You can certainly take some courses towards and MDiv and then go to seminary. One just needs to convince ones wife...

Re: distance learning opportunities Byzantine TX #291728 06/13/08 10:39 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 638 Likes: 1 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Collin Nunis Member
Collin Nunis Member Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 638 Likes: 1 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	or just enrol part-time in any theological school and just have your parish priest as your director. Oh yes... get your wife's approval :p

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