Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry

The Aquinas Ministry Formation program offered in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. The Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry degree provides formation for pastoral ministers to serve in a variety of parish, hospital, education and diocesan ministries. The program is designed to engage and complement the unique gifts of experienced pastoral ministers through graduate level theological and ministerial formation in the Catholic tradition. The degree offers a strong foundation in theological, ministerial, and spiritual formation that is sensitive to the unique needs of the local Church. Instituted in 1993, the program is offered in collaboration with the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. 40 persons in the Archdiocese plus 2 from neighboring dioceses are graduates of the program.

The MAPM degree is a 44 semester-hour program consisting of 18 courses in academic theology and ministry, a four-month, two-semester intensive in the supervised practice of ministry (field education), and a six-hour seminar in spiritual and personal formation that runs concurrent with the academic portion of the degree program. The MAPM degree is designed to offer the student an integrated experience of academic theology, field education, and spiritual formation for ministry. In the spirit of the Dominican tradition, moreover, the individual components of the program come together in the context of community-and, specifically, that of the student cohort of learners who matriculate together, and remain together through the entire program. The cohort experience serves as an integrating feature of the various components of the MAPM degree.

The "Cohort" Model of Education
Students and faculty in the MAPM program use a "cohort" model of learning. This model offers a stable community in which students study and grow together throughout the 3 1/2 year program. Each course is scheduled on three weekends over a period of two months.

For more information, or to apply, please call or email Sr. Diane Koorie, Program Director, Office of Pastoral Ministry, 405-721-4208 or 800-721-5651 x 118 or dkoorie@catharchdioceseokc.org.