As a Catholic graduate school, St. Bernard's is delighted to offer the opportunity of auditing one of two Spring 2026 courses for $35. We are committed to featuring courses that enhance the truths of our faith, and as such, wish to share our offerings with as many people as possible:
Theology of the Body: Sexuality and the Sacred
OR
Mary, Mother of God
The location of this course is designated below by one of four geographic areas, indicating the location from which the live course is taught. Students who are within commuting distance to that location are encouraged to attend class in person. All Catholic theology courses online can be accessed synchronously for those unable to attend in person or not in commuting distance. Live course times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (EDT/EST). Further details on distance learning can be found here.
Discounted Spring 2026 Audit
Discounted auditor application deadline for Spring is January 9th
ROC indicates Rochester Campus
C/D365: Theology of the Body: Sexuality and the Sacred (Lisa Lickona, S.T.L.)
Today we find ourselves struggling to understand and navigate everything that has to do with gender and sexuality. Why is this? Why is life in the body so hard? In fact, we live in the wake of a profound modern divorce between God and his creation, meaning and matter (Descartes), that has facilitated the vast expansion of man’s technological mastery over his world (Bacon). And even as post-modernity has decried modernity’s worst fruits—world wars, the arms race, the destructive global consumerist culture—we find ourselves nevertheless unable to re-discover the inherent purpose of the material order. A struggle to impose meaning has ensued—with the body as its most sensitive battleground. This course seeks to understand the malaise in which we find ourselves and to explore in depth an answer that has been proposed from the heart of the Church. In Pope St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, we will consider the human body as “sacramental” and the human person as inherently structured to express and receive love. We will discover a corresponding depth in the vocations to marriage and celibacy. And we will consider what this means for our experience lived “in” the body and not despite it.
3 credits | ROC and Online
Mondays, 6:30pm — 8:30pm EST, 1/5, 1/12, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30, 4/13, 4/20
C344: Mary, Mother of God (Matthew Kuhner, Ph.D.)
An introduction to Mary, the Mother of God and the Mother of the Church. The course will explore Mary’s historical and theological significance from a Catholic perspective, providing an overview of her role in Scripture, doctrine, and devotion. Particular attention will be given to dogmatic formulations and artistic expressions over the centuries.
3 credits | ROC and Online
Every other Tuesday, 6:00pm — 9:00pm EST, 1/6, 1/20, 2/3, 2/17, 3/3, 3/17, 3/31, 4/14
