An integral component of the United Episcopal Catholic Communion is the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. St. Borromeo embraces the ancient traditions of the church, with priest training priest to fulfill a calling in this organization.

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St. Charles Borromeo Seminary is fully integrated into the United Episcopal Catholic Communion and fulfills all of the requirement of new postulants to enter as active presbytery in the organization.

The seminary is designed based of one simple premise, for 1800 years of Christian History many clergy were trained by clergy outside of what we view as a university environment. For most of that history, university was only the preview of clergy that wished to debate theology. Practicing clergy commonly progressed through the monastic environment.

We boldly embrace this ancient training, as it removes the secular components (and secular distractions) from clerical training. This process of clergy training clergy embodies the removal of secular accreditation and secular/government intervention, with the removal of the extreme monetary indebtedness that results from those university practices. Within the context of the First Amendment of the United States, and the freedoms guaranteed by the signers of the Hague Convention, the removal of said secular components is right and just.

None the less, our organization reserves the right to accredit the seminary at a time of our choosing. Therefore it will not be secular accreditation, the process will be sought through a religious accreditation organization. This guarantees the theological training remains pure.

The training received is based on historical apostolic practices, current religious trends,  biblical study, specific liturgies, morality, practical training to perform the mass and general ethics. The training included many aspects that are unique to this organization.

The seminary is designed such that the postulant will be ordained into the United Episcopal Catholic Communion. It is not the intent of the seminary, real or imagined, to train any clergy to move to another organization. While it is true that many of the independent churches worldwide may recognize the seminary and the associated priesthood, this is not within the scope of our organization.

St. Borromeo Seminary provides only theological degrees. None the less, it is right and binding that upon completion the title of Bachelor, Master or Doctor of Theology is granted will all rights and privileges to use said titles. The Proper abbreviations of said titles shall be: Th.B, Th.M and Th.D

All curriculum is self study and self paced, with several components of "hand on" training that may be accomplished via video.

Below is a list representing the basic curriculum for each level of study. The official curriculum list is on the seminary site, none the less we will strive to keep the information on this page up to date.

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The following is the process and courses to meet the requirements of the Bachelors Level Studies:

1. A set time limit of prayer and discernment by the requester

2. Possible multiple telephone, Skype or written interviews by this organization

3. Course Materials: 

Specific Theological Categories (Bachelors Level)

3a. Mandatory courses specific to our organization from section Required for all levels of study (below) must also be completed.

3b. The applicant must choose from Option #1 (Anglican) or Option #2 (Old Catholic (below) to complete the curriculum.

4. Whereas the UECC follows the core beliefs of the Anglo-Catholic and Old Catholic Churches, the candidates will be required to do independent research regrading the beliefs, rubrics and canons of these global organizations. The candidate may use the core beliefs of this organization as a reference. The candidate must be aware that within the context of these organizations, there exist many independent church groups with varying degrees of conformity. This independent study is as crucial as all specific core subjects.

 

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The following is the process and courses to meet the requirements of the Masters Level Studies:

1. A set time limit of prayer and discernment by the requester

2. Possible multiple telephone, Skype or written interviews by this organization

3. Course Materials: 

Specific Theological Categories (Masters Level)

4. Whereas the UECC follows the core beliefs of the Anglo-Catholic and Old Catholic Churches, the candidates will be required to do independent research regrading the beliefs, rubrics and canons of these global organizations. The candidate may use the core beliefs of this organization as a reference. The candidate must be aware that within the context of these organizations, there exist many independent church groups with varying degrees of conformity. This independent study is as crucial as all specific core subjects.

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The following is the process and courses to meet the requirements of the Doctorate Level Studies:

1. A set time limit of prayer and discernment by the requester

2. Possible multiple telephone, Skype or written interviews by this organization

3. Course Materials: 

Specific Theological Categories (Doctorate Level)

4. Whereas the UECC follows the core beliefs of the Anglo-Catholic and Old Catholic Churches, the candidates will be required to do independent research regrading the beliefs, rubrics and canons of these global organizations. The candidate may use the core beliefs of this organization as a reference. The candidate must be aware that within the context of these organizations, there exist many independent church groups with varying degrees of conformity. This independent study is as crucial as all specific core subjects.

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Required for all levels of study (bachelors, masters or doctorate)