With the anticipated continuation of the COVID situation, more and more university courses are going online. Holy Spirit College, which has its campus in Atlanta, GA has just announced three new offerings that will now be available online. They will be offered in real-time. The three courses are as follows:

1. Catechist Certification ( an introductory course open to all)

2. Catholic Bioethics (graduate level)

3. Fundamental Theology (graduate level)

Catechist Certification Course - Online

Saturdays, September 12 – November 14, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. via Zoom

The Basic Catechist Course is intended to equip beginning catechists with sufficient background knowledge and skills to begin teaching elementary-aged children. Topics of discussion include the spirituality of the catechist, overviews of scripture, of Catholic morality, of Church history, and of liturgy and the sacraments, among others.

For details, please see the college website, www.holyspiritcollege.org.

(Course fee:  $100)

THEO 675: Catholic Bioethics - Online

Fr. Paul Burke, JCL, Mondays, August 31 – December 14, 9:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. via Zoom

In contemporary society, Catholic moral teachings pertaining to health care ethics (bioethics) are frequently misunderstood or misrepresented. This course provides an in-depth exploration of Catholic teachings concerning the ethics of medical care, including the ethics of reproductive health care (sterilization, contraception, abortion, artificial procreation) and the ethics of end of life health care (palliative care, assisted suicide and euthanasia, artificial nutrition and hydration). Fundamental principles will be considered such as double effect, moral cooperation, the distinction between therapeutic and non-therapeutic care, the distinction between ordinary and extraordinary care, and burden/benefit analysis in relation to extraordinary care. This is a companion course of THEO 560

– Theological Anthropology and THEO 650 – Moral Theology.

(1.5 credit hours)

THEO 515: Fundamental Theology - Online 

Tuesdays, September 1 – December 15, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. via Zoom

Sacred theology takes its starting point with Divine Revelation, God’s self-communication to the Hebrew Patriarchs, Prophets, and the original Apostles, a historical event which culminates in the Person of Jesus Christ. This course will explore the event of Divine Revelation, consider the means whereby this Revelation is transmitted (Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium), examine how doctrine provides a symbol of this communication and develops over time, and investigate the 55 theological virtue of faith which is oriented toward God through the medium of his historical self-revelation. The course will also treat the distinction between public and private revelation, inspiration and prophecy, the fides quae and the fides qua, as well as that between faith and works.

(1.5 credit hours; $150 audit fee)