Photo by Jennifer Hardy/CRS

Seminary Outreach

Photo by Jennifer Hardy/CRS

Seminary Outreach

Seminaries in the United States are a critical part of CRS’ clergy outreach continuum. Sharing in the task of forming future pastoral leaders for the universal Church, CRS has continued to engage seminaries, striving to more effectively integrate Catholic social teaching within the four dimensions of the Program of Priestly Formation.

Resources for Seminary Partners

Pastoral Formation

CRS Rice Bowl parish resources
Laudato Si'
Sacraments
"Preaching the Catholic Social Tradition" (a CST teaching syllabus)
Sacraments and Social Mission series
Preaching on the social dimensions of the Gospel
Homily helps

Spiritual Formation

Prayers
Rice Bowl Stations of the Cross
Laudato Si'
Examination of Conscience with Catholic Social Teaching Lens

Intellectual Formation

Laudato Si'
Themes of Catholic Social Teaching
Foundations of Catholic Social Teaching
"Integrating Catholic Social Teaching into the Intellectual Pillar of Formation"
Catholic Social Teaching Semester Project by Dr. Katy Leamy

Human Formation

Example: "Integration of Catholic Social Teaching into Orientation for Seminarians"

Seminary Initiative

Seminary Administration

Faculty Metrics for Catholic Social Teaching (to come)
Communion Ecclesiology/Catholic Social Teaching Rubric by Dr. Katy Leamy
Example: Seminary Steering Committee Structure for Catholic Social Teaching Integration

See Also:

Catholic Relief Services is currently in partnership with the following seminaries:

Assumption Seminary/Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, TX
Mt. Angel Abbey and Seminary, Saint Benedict, OR
Mundelein Seminary, Mundelein, IL
Pontifical North American College, Rome, Italy
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia, PA

St. Dominic’s Priory/Aquinas Institute, St. Louis, MO
St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore, MD
St. Mary’s Seminary, Cleveland, OH
St. Mary’s Seminary, Houston, TX
St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, St. Meinrad, IN
St. Paul’s Seminary, St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN

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