Noted faculty featured in new Canon Law program at Saint Mary's
An innovative two-year Graduate Certificate in Canon Law program is now accepting applications for a summer, 2008 debut at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota.
The program, featuring noted experts as faculty, will be offered to a national student body by the Institute in Pastoral Ministries. Students will engage in a blended-learning format, with both an online delivery as well as a two-week summer residency.
The two-year program will run in conjunction with the Institute's master degree programs in Pastoral Ministry and Pastoral Administration. The first summer residency is June 16 - 28, 2008, with a second residency planned for summer, 2009.
The Graduate Certificate in Canon Law is aimed at Roman Catholic Church administrators at all levels, school and health-care administrators, and civil attorneys. The course of study is designed for those who do not seek a pontifical degree in canon law, but require canonical knowledge for administrative or pastoral duties.
The outstanding faculty include: Sr. Dominica Brennan, OP, JCL, chancellor for canonical affairs, Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis; Rev. Paul Golden, CM, JCD, Vincentian Canonical Services, Denver; Lawrence Price, JD, JCL, director of the tribunal, Diocese of Winona, Minn.; Rev. Daniel Smilanic, adjutant judicial vicar, Archdiocese of Chicago; and Prof. Greg Sobolewski, PhD, director of the Institute in Pastoral Ministries, Winona, Minn.
For more information on the Graduate Certificate in Canon Law, contact Prof. Sobolewski at 800-635-5987, Ext. 1767 or email gsobolew@smumn.edu. Or go online to www.smumn.edu/canonlaw.
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Sister M. Dominica Brennan, OP, MA, JCL has served as chancellor for Canonical Affairs and director of the Office of Conciliation for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis for the past 12 years. Sister Dominica is a member of the Canon Law Society of America and served as a consultor on its Board of Governors from 1996–1998, and as treasurer from 2005–2007.
Rev. Paul L. Golden, CM, JCD is a Vincentian priest who has taught canon law and published monographs and canonical advisory opinions since 1968. He is a past-president of the Canon Law Society of America, which honored him in 2005 with its annual Role of Law Award.
Prof. Lawrence Price, JCL, JD is licensed to practice law in state and federal court, and was a Judge Advocate with the U.S. Air Force for six years. At the Catholic University of Leuven, he received a Licentiate in Canon Law. Since 1998 he has been an ecclesiastical judge for the Diocese of Winona and is director of the Tribunal. He edited The Tribunal Handbook: Procedures for Formal Matrimonial Cases (Canon Law Society of America, 2005).
Rev. Daniel Smilanic, JCD is a priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago, where he has worked in the Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Chicago and is presently the adjutant judicial vicar. In 2003 he was appointed the Cardinal’s delegate to the Review Board and the Promoter of Justice in penal cases. In October 2007 he was elected vice-president/president-elect of the Canon Law Society of America.
Prof. Gregory Sobolewski, PhD is a professor of theology at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, where he has directed the Institute in Pastoral Ministries since 1996. He was an invited participant in the U.S. bishops' national consultations on Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord (2005), as well as a contributing writer for USCCB’s "Proposed Foundational Document on Lay Ecclesial Ministry."
