The mission of the Religious and Pastoral Studies department is to present religious and pastoral studies as an academic discipline and as an opportunity for personal growth. In its courses for general education, the department provides opportunities for the student to deepen his/her critical understanding of the spiritual and specifically Christian dimension of life.

The Religious and Pastoral Studies Department at the Mount provides students with the resources to:

• appreciate and analyze religion
• investigate the sources, development and practice of religious faith
• develop their own faith while appreciating that of others.

The department offers a curriculum in academic theology as a way to prepare students to meet the growing need in the church for religious educators and lay pastoral ministers. The program is Catholic in tradition, Christian in environment and ecumenical in composition.

On a professional level the department provides a comprehensive program to prepare laity and religious to fill the growing need in the Church for religious educators and lay ministers.

John Trokan, Department Chair
(513) 244-4272
john_trokan@mail.msj.edu