Saint Joseph of Arimathea Seminary Summer Session
The 2021 Saint Joseph of Arimathea Seminary Summer Session will be held during the last two weeks of July (19th to 30th) on the Zoom platform. Due to Covid-19 restrictions and other concerns we are not able to offer student or auditor “in-person” classes until next summer. But the internet and the Zoom Platform does allow for us to offer “at-distance” learning. Of course, expenses will be much less for “at-distance” learning, but students who wish to take classes for credit must set aside their 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. time slots to fully participate.
Auditors are warmly welcome and can pick and choose their classes.
Morning Prayer will be read at 9:30 a.m. and lead by various students and clergy. At 10:00 a.m., during the first week Bishop Ashman will guide a Directed Reading Class concentrating on difficult passages from Scripture and the Church Fathers; the second week Bishop Upham will teach Early Ecclesiology. After a short break, at 11:15, Bishop Ashman will teach a Deacon’s Practicum for all current deacons and postulants who are considering ordination in the next two years, even if they have already passed their canonical exams and been cleared by their Standing Committees and (for the priesthood) successfully passed their interview by the Council of Bishops. We will break for Lunch from 12:00 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. after which Dr. Paul Russell with conduct an interactive seminar until 2:15 p.m. Tentatively, the first week will focus on the Holy Trinity and the second week will focus on the Book of Daniel. Each day will close at 3:15 with Evening Prayer read by various students and faculty.
The cost for students is $100.00 and auditors $50.00. Students and auditors will need a computer, internet access and time to complete assignments. The provost would like to remind the clergy that this summer session is a great opportunity to academically grow and interact with your brother clergy. Send your fee to the Registrar, Canon Ben Jones at Saint George’s Anglican Pro-Cathedral, 1210 Dixie Trail, Raleigh, NC 27607 and he will send you an application form via email the student can fill out and return.
FALL SESSION – 2021
Starting in September 2021, five classes will be offered all via the Zoom Platform – and all available for credit or audit, for laity, postulants, and clergy. 1. Bishop Blair Schultz will teach an expanded year-long class in An Analysis of the Book of Common Prayer. This is an excellent refresher course for all clergy, even for senior clergy. 2. Archbishop Upham will teach Ecclesiology in the Fall and Ecclesiastical Polity in the Spring (2022). 3. And Bishop Ashman will teach Biblical Greek Five-Six, First-Year Ecclesiastical Latin class and College Level World History and Religions.