St. Joseph of Arimathea Anglican Theological College will again be hosting an intensive Summer Seminary Session from Monday, July 20th through Friday, July 31st, 2020. Unfortunately, due to the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19), St. Joseph’s will host an on-line Summer Seminary Session this year. The Summer Seminary Session attempts to immerse participants in a typical course of study that would be experienced in a Seminary educational environment. Participants who register will be sent an invitation to join their daily classes via ZOOM, a platform which both the Council of Bishops and the Seminary have used with much success. Students can participate with the instructors in real-time and the classes will be recorded for future use. ZOOM’s new updating with better encryption and security will make this Summer Session possible, even in the midst of a pandemic. ZOOM is quite easy to use. There is nothing to download. Just click your invitation to join the daily classes and ZOOM will download the necessary software to your machine. Just be sure to have camera and microphone capabilities on your computer, I-pad, phone, etc.
This year’s session is designed specifically for Seminarians and younger (by date of their ordination) clergymen. Daily classes will be taught Seminar-style. We will meet for Morning Prayer at 9:00 am PDT, followed by instruction by the faculty until 10:30 am PDT. At that time students will then work on their specific assignments/coursework to be presented that afternoon to the class, beginning at 3:00 pm PDT through 4:30 pm PDT, when we will hold Evening Prayer/Evensong.
Final Exams will be given out on 31 July during a Summary Session, which will be due no later than August 6th. We will hold a Final Session Seminar and review of Final Exams together on August 24th from 9:00 am – 11:00 am PDT.
Instructors, this summer, will include The Rt. Rev. Donald M. Ashman, Provost of the Seminary and Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of the Western States (First Week), and The Most Rev. Dr. John E. Upham, Jr., Archbishop of the APCK (Second Week). The first week will focus on the 1928 Book of Common Prayer and the second week will focus on Holy Scripture. It is imperative that all clergymen know these two books thoroughly as they enter the Sacred Ministry!
Topics by their dates include:
WEEK ONE
July 20th - Lectionary, Calendar and Rubrics (Shepherd ix – lvii)
July 21st – Morning and Evening Prayer (Shepherd 1 – 33); the Litany (Shepherd 54 – 59)
July 22nd – The Development of the Offices of the Church from the Sarum Rite to the 1928 Book (Dearmer)
July 23rd – The 1928 Prayer Book Eucharist (Shepherd 65 – 89, Altar Service Book)
July 24th – The Missal, its Rubrics, and differences from the 1928 Rite of Holy Communion
WEEK TWO
July 27th – Historical Criticism and the J, E, D, P Hypothesis
July 28th – One Jesus, Four Gospels – The Synoptic Conundrum
July 29th – The Development of the English Bible
July 30th – Difficult Sayings of Jesus (examination of cryptic and difficult passages)
July 31st – Summary Session – Final Exam (ESSAY DUE BY AUGUST 6th)
Bishop Ashman has also submitted the following bibliography:
Percy Dearmer, Everyman’s History of the Prayer Book. London: Mowbray, 1912. (Amazon)
Massey Shepherd, American Prayer Book Commentary. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1950. (Handouts provided)
American or Anglican Missal, altar edition (for July 24th Session)
TUITION AND CREDIT
The Summer School Course of Study must be taken full-time with all assignments turned in and participation at the August 24th session in order to receive credit. Full-time (Credit) is $100 for both weeks and Audit (non-credit) is $50 for both weeks.
An Application for the 2020 Summer Seminary Session is included with this notice. Please fill it out and send it to:
The Rt. Rev. Donald M. Ashman, Provost – Provostsjact@gmail.com.
Please email your tuition payment made out to St. Joseph of Arimathea Anglican Theological College and mail it to:
St. Joseph Anglican Theological College
c/o The Rev. Canon Ben E. Jones, Registrar
2820 Exeter Circle
Raleigh, NC 27608
We look forward to seeing you at the 2020 Summer Seminary Session of St. Joseph Anglican Theological College. Thank you for your participation!
For Application click here.