The Sankofa Institute for African American Pastoral Leadership is an interdisciplinary, multidimensional academic, formation and professional leadership process for developing and supporting pastoral/church leaders committed to ministry and proclamation.
Learn more here: https://www.ost.edu/institutes/sankofa-institute-for-african-american-pastoral-leadership?rq=Sankofa
Focusing on Ministry to Black and Hispanic communities.
The New Frontiers in Preaching Academy forms permanent deacons and pastoral leaders to become master preachers in the Catholic Hispanic and Black communities through hybrid learning informed by expert faculty, peer preachers, and mentorship for parish vitality. For more information, visit www.ai.edu/continuing-education/preaching-academy or call (314) 256-8885.
EDUCATION – 2026 CONTINUING EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT (C&E) COURSE OFFERINGS
The IBCS offers limited tuition assistance. Scholarship information and applications will be posted in early 2026 on the website.
The 2026 IBCS dates are June 28, 2026 – July 17, 2026. The theme from Isaiah: 40:31 is “…those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength…”
For additional information, the website address is www.xula.edu/ibcs. Feel free to share this info with your community. If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to be in touch with me or IBCS Program Specialist Dana Lockett. Many thanks. Kathleen Dorsey Bellow, M.B.A., D.Min. Director, Institute for Black Catholic Studies kdbellow@xula.edu
Visit the IBCS website for more information: www.xula.edu/ibcs
LIVING OUR WITNESS IN THE WORLD
The mission of Catholic Theological Union is to prepare effective leaders for the Church, ready to witness to Christ’s good news of justice, love and peace.
Contact CTU (773.371.5400) for additional information, or click here to learn more.
EDUCATION – TOLTON SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY
The Augustus Tolton Pastoral Ministry Program provides an opportunity for Black Catholics to receive academic, personal, spiritual and professional education and training in preparation for professional ministry for the specific needs of Black Catholics.
Contact CTU (773.371.5400) for additional information about the scholarship, or click here to learn more.
WANT TO MAKE CHARISM DISCERNMENT A PART OF THE LIFE OF YOUR PARISH OR DIOCESE?
The Called & Gifted™ Discernment Process has been used since 1993 by over 200,000 lay, ordained, and religious Catholics and other Christians around the world. It is designed to help Christians discern the presence of charisms in their lives. Charisms, or spiritual gifts, are special abilities given to all Christians by the Holy Spirit to give them power both to represent Christ and to be a channel of God’s goodness for people. Whether extraordinary or ordinary, all charisms ought to be exercised in the service of God (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2003).