Opportunity to Visit Ukraine

The Pastoral School is pleased to announce that we have an opportunity for students, faculty or staff who do not speak Russian. One of the hierarchs of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (MP) is a friend of our school and has asked if we could provide an English conversation partner for 3 or 4 weeks per year. The reason this person can not speak Russian is that this makes it too “dangerous” - that English will not be used, but rather Russian. If someone does not speak Russian then the hierarch and the conversation partner will have to work things out in English. This is a great opportunity to acquaint oneself with church life in and visit the holy places of Ukraine. Those interesting in finding out more should contact me as soon as possible. We hope that we will establish a working relationship with this hierarch and his diocese that will allow for future opportunities of this sort, so if you can't do it this year, but you would be interested in the future, please let me know that as well.

Fr. Gregory

Faculty Input: Beginning of the Nativity Fast

This is an official call for submissions by our faculty. We are asking you to submit here or via email to me a one-paragraph essay: "The beginning of the Nativity Fast". Please provide your input not later than 11/15/16. All submissions will be published here on the Dean's List and shared on Facebook. 

Fr. Gregory

Student Input: Meeting of the Lord

This is an official call for submissions by our students. We are asking you to submit here or via email to me a one-paragraph essay: "What the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord Means to Me". Please provide your input not later than 12/1/16. All submissions will be published here on the Dean's List and shared on Facebook. 

Fr. Gregory

PSDCMA "Homecoming" is January 2, 2017 and Annually on that Date Thereafter

With the blessing of Archbishop Peter all Pastoral School alumni and students are welcome and encouraged to join His Eminence on Monday, January 2, 2017 at the Diocesan Cathedral of the Protection of the Mother of God in Des Plaines, IL for the annual commemoration of the Patron Saint of our Pastoral School, St. John of Kronstadt. Please save the date for now and begin to make travel plans. Evening Services will be on January 1 and the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy on January 2. Exact times of the Divine Services will be announced as the time for the feast approaches.

Fr. Gregory

Is there such a thing as "Orthodox Parish Management"?

Please find at the link below an outstanding paper from this summer's Non-Profit Small Business/Parish Management course. This paper was written by Deacon Arsenios Blain, and nominated by one of the guest lecturers of the course, Deacon Vladimir Pyrozhenko, Ph.D. We welcome discussion of the paper here and encourage our faculty and students to submit their best academic work for inclusion in this venue!

http://www.orthodoxtheologicalschool.org/pdf/deanslistblog/OrthodoxParishManagement.pdf

Fr. Gregory

Academic Schedule 2016-17

Please find the complete academic schedule for 2017-17 at this link:

http://www.orthodoxtheologicalschool.org/pdf/deanslistblog/2016-17academiccalendar.pdf

If changes are made to this calendar those changes will be posted here.

May the Lord grant a spiritually and academically profitable year to all students and faculty of our school!

Fr. Gregory

Annual Fund Kickoff on PSDCMA Facebook Page

Annual Campaign Kickoff With the blessing of Archbishop Peter, each year from the day we begin classes in the Pastoral...
Posted by The Orthodox Pastoral School of Chicago and Mid-America on Monday, September 12, 2016