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Desiring deeper and more responsible participation in the life and mission of the Church, increasing numbers of people seek an advanced, systematic understanding of their Catholic Faith. Although we have been blessed with the enrollment of a number of religious, priests and permanent deacons, the vast majority of our students are lay faithful. They range in age from 22 to 75; many of our students have families and typically are employed on a full-time basis.

• Many of our students seek to prepare for or advance in apostolates and services in areas such as family life, marriage preparation, evangelization, religious education and catechesis, RCIA, youth ministry, Catholic education, apologetics, liturgy, and social justice.
  
  
• Others participate for faith enrichment, to enhance the most fundamental form of service in the Church-a holy life, building the Kingdom of God in family, work, and culture.

Whether seeking an MTS degree for reasons of professional preparation, personal growth, or enriching the lay apostolate, our students are provided with a means of exercising the right and fulfilling the obligation to be formed in a way related to their role in the Church.

"Lay persons are bound by the obligation and possess the right to acquire knowledge of Christian doctrine…so that they can live in accord with that doctrine…and be enabled to assume their role in exercising the apostolate. Lay persons also possess the right to aquire that deeper knowledge of the sacred sciences which are taught in institutes of religious sciences by attending classes and obtaining academic degrees."
                             - Code of Canon Law