C.O.R.E. Faculty

Hanh Van Pham, D.Min.

Venue: Good Shepherd Center for Theology and Religious Education, St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church, Corpus Christi, TX

Ten Course Listing:

  • A Short History of American Catholicism
  • Catechism of Trent Baltimore
  • Catechism
  • Catechism of The Catholic Church
  • Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
  • Mariology
  • Christology
  • Ecclesiology
  • Angelology
  • How to pray like the saints
  • Exit project 35-50 pages

Good Shepherd Center, St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church website

For further information about the registration process please fill out our contact form here.

Micah Hunter, D.S.M.

 
10 Course Listing:
 
(All courses are correspondence-based Distance Learning courses.)
Students must complete two of the following courses:
  • Music Theory I
  • Music Theory II
  • Music Theory III
  • Music Theory IV
Students must complete the following courses in sequence:
  • Music History I
  • Music History II
  • Historical Survey of Sacred Music Influences
  • Philosophy of Music and Ministry
  • Sacred Music Literature
  • Examining Issues in Sacred Music
  • Applied Music
  • Sacred Music Practicum
Before transferring courses into the Bachelor of Sacred Music degree program at the GTF, students must also complete the following:
  • Comprehensive College Equivalency Exams (These exams are administered on-site by a panel of faculty)   
For further information about the registration process please fill out our contact form here. 
 

Rev. Paul Hometowu, D. Min.

Venue: St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Accra, Ghana (West Africa)

Ten Course Listing:

  • Family of Origin: Genogram, Parenting, Pastoral Counseling & Caring
  • Family Counseling: Children, Basic Religious Doctrines, and Faith Formation Skills Training.
  • Children & Defense Mechanism: Disorders & Pastoral Counseling.
  • Basic Human Behavior Science: Anti-Social Behavior & Personality Disorder
  • Young People & Premarital Pastoral Counseling: A Christian Perspective.
  • Marriage & Basic Problems
  • Sexual Exploitation & Abuse: Pastoral Counseling & Caring
  • Mental Illness in Families: Pastoral Counseling & Caring
  • Church & Internal Breakdown of Fellowship: Church Renewal in Contemporary Troubled Times
  • Pastoral Counseling Theories, Techniques, Procedures, Tools, & Helping Skills

For further information about the registration process please fill out our contact form here.

Nancy Mason Bordley, D. Min.

Venue: St. John Fisher University Chapel Parish, Auburn Hills, MI

Ten Course Listing (B.R.E.):

  • The Church and the Vision of Vatican II
  • Theology as Sacred Tradition
  • Catechesis and Growth in Faith
  • Foundations of Sacred Scripture
  • The Call and Charism of Lay Ministry
  • Sacrament:  Sign and Symbol
  • Prayer and Spirituality
  • The Liturgy and the Liturgical Seasons
  • Leadership and the Ministry of Administration
  • Morality and Conscience Formation

Ten Course Listing (B.Th. with a concentration in Pastoral Ministry):

  • The Church and the Vision of Vatican II
  • Theology as Sacred Tradition
  • Foundations of Sacred Scripture
  • Sacrament:  Sign and Symbol
  • Prayer and Spirituality
  • Morality and Conscience Formation
  • The Practice of Pastoral Ministry
  • Spiritual Companioning
  • Contemporary Issues in Pastoral Ministry
  • The Church at Prayer

St. John Fisher parish website

For further information about the registration process please fill out our contact form here.

The Venerable Anthony Stultz 

Venue: Blue Lotus School of Theology, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 

Ten Course Listing:

  • Understanding Mythology and the Evolutionary History of Religion
  • History and Legends of Buddhism
  • Buddhist Scriptures and Sacred Writings
  • Western Buddhism
  • Buddhist Theology
  • Buddhist Psychology
  • The Four Directions School of Mindfulness/Pastoral Care and Counseling
  • Liturgy Arts and Sacred Languages
  • Fundamentals of Education and Teaching
  • Final Project

Blue Mountain Lotus Society website

For further information about the registration process please fill out our contact form here.

Scroll to Top