MASTER in THEOLOGY

OF EVANGELISATION

Domus Aurelia
Via Aurelia 218
00165 ROME
Tel : +39 06 45 43 28 66
Cell: +39 348 07 44 532
Fax : +39 06 39 37 64 80
e-mail: master@emmanuel.info

Programme Goals
The programme aims to provide a capability of analysis and discernment in the service of the New Evangelisation.
The contemporary world presents new challenges
The crisis of our times
«The split between the Gospel and culture is without a doubt the drama of our time…»
Paul VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi 20.

The Master in Theology of Evangelisation proposes a response to this challenge

It provides the foundations for theological reflection on evangelisation and insures a solid basis for discerning the positive action
It analyses the new context of evangelisation and the relationship between faith on the one hand and sociology, culture, psychology and political science on the other.
It allows students to integrate their own life and pastoral experience in their study
It is enriched by the missionary experience of many of the teachers, members of the Emmanuel Community

Rome

A unique encounter with the Church

The year of residency is marked by major events of Church life (Consistories, canonisations, synods etc)
Students from across the world study in the city: so many opportunities for enriching encounters
Rome is marked by the testimony of many saints through the ages, who are still venerated here.

The Pontifical Lateran University

The University of the Diocese of Rome, the Lateran depends directly on the Holy Father who calls it “The Pope’s own university”.

Four thousand students from one hundred countries study at the Lateran. They are spread across four faculties (Philosophy, Theology, Canon Law, Civil Law) and three specialised institutes (Utriusque Iuris Institute, Redemptor Hominis Pastoral Institute, John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family)

The faculties include teachers from new ecclesial realities (Opus Dei, Communion and Liberation, Emmanuel Community…).

All the daily needs of students are provided on campus: a large library is open from 8.00a n until 7.00 pm, a café and dining hall, computer rooms with on-line access to major roman university library catalogues.

The chapel, at the heart of the University’s life, gives students possibilities for personal prayer and for daily mass.

The Pontifical Pastoral Institute Redemptor Hominis

 « For the last thirty years a ‘pastoral institute’ has existed in this University, with a note-worthy programme whose goal is to bring the light and the taste of the Gospel into the many contexts of social life. »
Jean-Paul II, allocution at the Lateran University, November 10 th 1987
The Institute proposes a wide range of specialised study programmes: Theology of Evangelisation, Christian Education and Catechesis, Social Teaching of the Church, Theology of Communication.

MORE ABOUT THE MASTER in THEOLOGY OF EVANGELISATION

Course Structure

The Master is open to anyone having a degree equivalent to three years of post-secondary studies. If this is not the case, it is still possible to sit a the expert diploma or the annual diploma. The university asks that the students know Italian and two languages other than their mother tongue. This needs to be attested to by an official document (end of secondary studies grades, or university) or shown in an exam within the university. This consists reading and directly translating a text. The classes are normally in Italian. The exam will verify that students are able to understand courses in Italian. Should the student fail the exam, a compulsory course in Italian will be attended in the University with 100 hours of class between October and December. The university also gives foreign language classes (French, English, German)

To sign up candidates also need a previous theological training. If this is not the case, a crash course is available from the Emmanuel community in the summer. This consists of 100 hours of class within the month of August. (the courses are in French with simultaneous translation into English, information is available upon request) For those unable to attend, the 20010, 20011, 20012 and 20013 Teologia I, II, III, IV courses in the Utriusque Iuris institude of the Latran University is required. They shall therefore need to spend two whole years in Rome.

Signing up also requires the student pass an interview with the president of the Redemptor Hominis institute or with the program coordinator.

The total number of class hours towards the Master, other than the initiation to theology, includes 19 24-hour-long courses and 2 seminars in the first year, 3 correspondence courses and a two-week session in the second year. For the yearly diploma, at least 7 courses and 1 seminar are given (other than the initiation). For the expert’s diploma, at least 14 courses and 2 seminars are given (other than the initiation). The students who sign up for the yearly of expert’s diploma must necessarily attend the classes in bold caps in the first year programme. They can then complete their training with other courses of their own choice to obtain the required number of hours.

Residence in Rome is a requisite in the first year. The second year has an intense two week session in Rome, three correspondence courses. Moreover the memoir needs to be presented at the end of the university year, and only of all the courses’ exams have been successfully passed.

The expert’s diploma and Master’s require a memoir be written. It needs to be at least 50 pages long and will be defended in front of a 3-person jury, among which the memoir’s director. For the yearly exam, the student only needs to write a 15-20-page long memoir, that will be corrected and graded directly by the research director.

The student determines during the second semester what the memoir’s subject will be with one of the Master’s professors who will be the memoir’s director. The memoir’s subject matter will be communicated to the university administration using the adequate questionnaire before the end of the month of October of the second year.

At the end of the first year the students are followed by a tutor that they meet at least once a month. The tutor remains available should any other interventions be required. The second year, the memoir director will be the tutor. This personal tutorage is intended to help the student acquire the specific methods of theological research.

Academic Programme

Three Guiding Lines
Foundations of Evangelisation (Biblical Foundations, Theological Foundations, Historical Foundations etc.)
The Human Person (the Human Person in God’s Plan, Psychology, Sociology) and his environment (Philosophy, Political Science etc.).
Announcing the Gospel in Context: (Social Communications, the Gospel and Professional Life, Specific Pastoral Challenges: Parishes, Charismatic Renewal Youth etc.).

A Commitment to Personal Study

A personal tutor for each student
Seminar work for developing theological methodology
A final dissertation (50 –100 pages), based on personal research, defended in front of an examination jury

A Recognised Degree

The programme is given by the Pontifical Pastoral Institute Redemptor Hominis, part of the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome.
The programme is proposed in cooperation with the Emmanuel Community.
The degree is recognised by the Holy See

An Intensive Formation

First year full-time
496 hours of classes in 24 weeks
Second Year through distance learning (compatible with a full- time professional activity)

Why not me?

A Broad student base

Open to lay people (single or married), consecrated and priests.
No age limit (current students aged from 25 to 60 years old).
No prior theological formation required. A summer introductory programme is proposed by the Emmanuel Community

A Variety of Motivations

To be better equipped for dialogue with their contemporaries in daily life
To serve in a diocese (evangelisation ministry, catechetical ministry)
To prepare for mission ad gentes and complete a theological formation
To take a sabbatical year, a time for reflection on missions past and future.

Admission

Candidates must have a university undergraduate degree (three years minimum)
Candidates must provide a letter of motivation and undergo an interview with the programme coordinator, prior to being admitted
For further information:

Master in theology of evangelisation

Domus Aurelia
Via Aurelia 218
00165 ROME
Tel : +39 06 45 43 28 66
Cell: +39 348 07 44 532
Fax : +39 06 39 37 64 80
e-mail: master@emmanuel.info

Tuition

Fees: 1900 €, cumulative for the two years.