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INSIDE YOU'LL FIND:
FREE AUDIT - SUMMER 2021
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ST. BERNARD'S MAGAZINE
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
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GRADUATE DEGREES
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BLOG & STUDENT TESTIMONIAL
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DONOR TIERS
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Should you have any questions regarding our enclosed offers, programs, or donor tiers, please feel free to contact either our Admissions Director,
Matt Brown ,
or our Registrar and Development Coordinator,
Sophia
Zdanowski.
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Free Audit Invitation We invite you to
audit one course
of your choosing from our list of
summer 2021 courses that can be found on our website: www.stbernards.edu/course-catalog
Once a course catches your eye, you can follow the below instructions to activate your free audit opportunity!
1. Complete our auditor application page on our website: www.stbernards.edu/auditor-online-application 2. When you fill out the application, there will be a field that asks if you're hoping to audit a Summer 2021 course for free. Simply click "yes" to this question on the application 3. Any questions, please contact our Admissions Director! www.stbernards.edu/staff/matthew-brown
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St. Bernard's Magazine Each semester, St. Bernard's publishes its Magazine and sees it as an opportunity to update its community of alumni, students, donors, faculty, and others with our news, events, student and alumni spotlights, and faculty writings. We were thrilled to give our publication a refreshed look and invite you to view it by clicking the image below!
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Upcoming Events St. Bernard’s exists for the building up of Christian disciples in our age, in our region and beyond. It is also a place where conversation, discussion, and engagement occur on important issues related to our faith. We offer many and varied events, lectures, and speaker series for our students, constituencies, and the wider community. Due to COVID-19, all of our events have been held virtually. We invite you to join us!
Join our St. Bernard's virtual community as we
discuss
Thursday,
the
classics
March 18th,
Bernard's
Associate
and
at
faith
on
pm.
St.
7:30
Professor
of
Systematic Theology, Dr. Nancy Hawkins, IHM, who will lead us through a reflection of the background and history of the story and making of the film, Of Gods and Men. More information is available here!
We're excited to pick up where we left off with
our
monthly
Theology
series. Join us on Thursday,
and
Culture
April 8th,
at
7:30 pm for our next virtual Theology and Culture event featuring Sister Dr. Miriam Usala experience as as both an internal medicine physician and a religious sister during
the
COVID-19
pandemic.
Learn
more here!
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Certificate Programs Here at St. Bernard’s, anyone who comes to study with us will find a wonderful and varied community of learners. We have those seeking to pursue Master’s degrees, but also those who desire to go deeper in an aspect of their faith without having to commit to a degree program.
Our
Certificates
seek to enrich those wanting to learn more – who desire to
be formed and informed so as to offer a well-formed witness to the world. Below you’ll find a summary of our programs. Note that a bachelor’s degree is not required. More on our certificates can be found on our website here.
We have four programs:
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CERTIFICATE IN CATHOLICISM AND FINE ARTS (CCFA) .
This
certificate program seeks to explore various art forms and their relation to and revelation of the faith. It is comprised of four courses (12 credit hours) 2.
CERTIFICATE IN CATHOLIC PHILOSOPHY (CCP) .
This certificate
program seeks to provide a basic introduction to the practice of philosophy as realized within the Catholic intellectual tradition. It is comprised of six courses (18 credit hours) 3.
CERTIFICATE IN CATHOLIC BIOETHICS (CCB) .
This certificate program
will provide an introduction to the realm of bioethics from the Catholic perspective. It is comprised of five courses (15 credit hours) 4.
CERTIFICATE IN CATECHETICAL LEADERSHIP (CCL) .
At the heart of
St. Bernard’s exists the desire to form those discerning ministry – being Christ’s hands and feet to those around them. This certificate program provides a basic introduction to the tenets of the faith and ways to discern calls to ministry. It is comprised of five courses (15 credit hours) 6
Graduate Programs St. Bernard’s academic offerings assist students of all ages in coming to know and to love
the
Lord
and
his
Church
through
theological,
philosophical,
and
pastoral
engagement. Men and women, cleric and lay, ecclesial ministers and those seeking personal formation and edification enroll in our programs, seeking the good, the true, and the beautiful alongside one another. More on our
graduate programs
can be
found on our website here.
We have four programs:
1.
MASTER OF ARTS (THEOLOGICAL STUDIES) .
This degree seeks to
provide students with a thorough understanding of theology that simultaneously increases knowledge of the faith and incites the humble adoration of the mysteries of divine revelation. 2.
MASTER OF ARTS IN PASTORAL STUDIES .
This degree seeks to
provide students with a dynamic combination of theological and ministerial formation, which prepares them to offer an engaging, wellformed witness to the world. 3.
MASTER OF DIVINITY.
This degree seeks to provide students with an
extensive and dynamic combination of theological and ministerial formation, which prepares them to offer an engaging, well-formed witness to the world, usually through professional ministry. 4.
MASTER OF ARTS (CATHOLIC PHILOSOPHY) .
This degree seeks to
engage students in a systematic study of philosophy as realized within the Catholic intellectual tradition at a graduate level. Students will become historically informed, independent thinkers who can engage in the discipline of philosophy as practiced within Catholic intellectual circles and outside of these within contemporary culture for the sake of the goods for which the Diaconate, priesthood, or other ministries within the Roman Catholic Church exist. 7
St. Bernard's Blog & Student Testimonial St. Bernard's
blog
is an opportunity for students, alumni, and professors to
engage current events and topics of faith and culture. We invite you to peruse our blogs, found on our website and by clicking the image below:
Student Testimonial After being the student representative at a number of St. Bernard open houses for prospective students, I have had much time to think about St. Bernard's mission. In educating men and women to serve the Church through the personal development of academic, ministerial, interpersonal, and spiritual qualities, St. Bernards embodies the essence of "Catechesi Tradende:" truth is revealed in the intersection of orthopraxis and orthodoxy. Being a disciple calls for action on the part of the believer. We should not be stationary vessels waiting to filled. We need to seek those things that will not only fill us but fill us to overflowing so that we truly live in the intersection of conviction and action.
- Lisa Vignogna, Syracuse Campus and Alumna '20, Master of Divinity
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Donor Tiers & Giving We are very proud of the support that our school and its mission have been to the wider Catholic community. Over the years, we have benefited greatly from the constant faith, prayerful support and generous sharing of our alumni, friends of the school, and other dioceses, all of which have allowed us to challenge, inform and foster the gifts of those called to serve. We invite you to contact our Development Coordinator here or click here to give a monetary donation to St. Bernard’s. Our
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donor tiers
include:
St. Kateri Tekakwitha Society ($1000-2499)
Cistercian Society ($1-99)
St. Isaac Jogues Society ($2500-5000)
St. John Neumann Society ($100-249)
St. elizabeth Ann Seton Society ($5000-9999)
St. Marianne Cope Society ($250-499)
St. Bernard Society ($10,000, Pledges, Estate,
St. Rene Goupil Society ($500-999)
and Scholarship Foundation Gifts)
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