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The Pontifical Beda College in
Rome
COMMUNITY
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Students
and Staff May 2006
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The
Beda College is a self-contained community
within a spacious and modern building.
Built on Vatican territory in
1960, the College remains an "extra-territorial
enclave" and is opposite the
Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls. |
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Beda's Day: May 2006 |
With good public transport and easy access to the
heart of Rome and Vatican City, the Beda provides
a daily encounter with the rich heritage of the
city and the earliest beginnings of the Christian
community and the Church from apostolic times, as
well as the daily bustle of a modern European city.
The Beda programme of formation lasts four years
and includes programmes of human, spiritual, intellectual
and pastoral formation. As required by the Church,
the course includes Scripture, Philosophy, Liturgy,
Dogmatic Theology, Moral Theology, Spiritual Theology,
Pastoral Studies, Homiletics, Canon Law and Church
History. The courses are designed to provide a thorough
and balanced preparation for the priesthood, taking
into account the age and experience of each student.
In addition to lectures, all participate in seminars
and tutorials. Where extra tuition is needed, students
receive individual attention.
In October 2002, after fruitful negotiations with
senior university officials, the College entered
into partnership with University of Wales, Lampeter
(http://www.lamp.ac.uk/trs/).
Students are now able to study for degrees awarded
by the University of Wales. All of our students
will now normally register for a degree in their
first year - either the degree of Bachelor of Theology
(BTh), or the degree of Bachelor of Divinity (BD,
to include Latin and Greek). The College will, of
course, remain entirely in charge of its own curriculum. |
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pattern for the coming year will be that each new
student registers for one of the above Degrees and
should graduate at the end of Year 3. In his fourth
year he will be eligible to embark on the Graduate
Certificate.
This partnership will require continued academic
rigour (within the overarching priorities of formation
for priesthood), and will be the preferred academic
course that each student follows. |
The option for a student to study for a Pontifical
Baccalaureate Degree at the Angelicum (or another
Roman university) still remains open. This, however,
would not be the norm. Such a course of study would
be at the specific request of a bishop and in keeping
with the good interests of the student and the College. (FMDM Community at the Beda: back row, from left to right, Sr. Assumpta, Sr. Fedelis, Sr. Monica; front row, left to right, Sr. de Luce, Sr. Janet, Sr. Catherine)
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