Santa Clara University Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries
Connections
Notes from the Director
October 2014
As a new academic year begins, the GPPM is busier than ever. The Program is now offered in five different dioceses. One can now attend classes not only on campus but also in Monterey, in San Bernardino, in Fresno and most recently in Sacramento. Sacramento has the largest class with nearly twenty students. We also have twenty students who are taking the Hispanic Ministry Emphasis. They will all be attending the Instituto Hispano which itself had a banner summer course with seventy-five students attending. Both the Instituto and the GPPM are now growing in leaps and bounds. We are struggling to keep up with our good news. We have been greatly blessed in this mission, however, by an amazingly generous grant to provide fellowships to women taking the GPPM in the dioceses of Monterey or San Jose. Applications for the Rev. Francis L. Markey Women in Ministry Fellowships will soon be available and first Markey Fellows will be chosen to start classes in the Fall of 2015. We want to thank our alumni for all their prayers and support during this exciting time. You planted the seeds and harvest is bearing fruit – a happy thought for this Fall season.
“Where are they now?” We would like to feature short stories and reflections by GPPM alumni in future newsletters. This is a chance for alums to let all of us know what you’ve been up to and, especially, how your work at SCU in the Pastoral Ministeries program has influenced your path in life. If you have something to share, please let us know by contacting Lynne Lukenbill at llukenbill@scu.edu.