Training & Learning Opportunities

Please click on any of the title links below for more information on each topic.

Education for Ministry

Education for Ministry (EfM) is a four-year distance learning certificate program in theological education based upon small-group study and practice.

Eucharistic Visitor Training

Eucharistic visitors are lay people who have been trained to give the Holy Eucharist to those who are unable to attend church services. Eucharistic visitors must be licensed by the diocese.

Safe Church Training

This training is designed to increase awareness regarding sexual misconduct and abuse of power, to outline steps toward preventing abuse, to offer ways to intervene when misconduct occurs and to equip anyone in a position of parish leadership with ways of healing and rebuilding the body of Christ.

The St. Paul Center for Theology and Prayer

The St. Paul Center for Theology and Prayer exists to form disciples of Jesus in every congregation, and seeks to do this by equipping and resourcing local congregations for the tasks and joys of faith formation, teaching and learning, catechesis and the life of prayer. It focuses on continuing education for priests and deacons, as well as training opportunities for lay leaders.