Theology

LMI Seminarians study Theology for 4 years at San Carlos Seminary Graduate School of Theology, EDSA Guadalupe Viejo, Makati City. Seminarians of the Lorenzo Mission Institute follow the courses leading to the Degrees Master of Arts in Theology, Major in Missiology and Religious Studies. The two Masters Programs offered in the Seminary will equip seminarians for mission and evangelization. Some of the courses offered are: Introduction to Missiology, Theology of Mission, Inculturation, Developments in Mission, Theology of Religions, Asian Ancient Religious Traditions, Missiological Anthropology, Biblical Foundation of Mission, and Introduction to Islamology. The Updated Philippine Program for Priestly Formation underlines the following goals for the Theology Department:
1. A deepening of personal relationship with Jesus Christ and of the desire to appropriate his values
2. A vibrant sense of ecclesial belonging and commitment to service with and for the Christian community
3. A growing animated and critical awareness of the contemporary would of the Filipinos in which God’s Spirit is powerfully at work.
4. A deepening of personal faith and discernment of God’s will
5. A lively and critical understanding and appreciation of the Christian faith through a solid grasp of the Christian tradition related to contemporary culture.