NON-DEGREE CHURCH MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS

The Center for Church Management offers a Certificate Program in a webinar series. Twelve live, online seminars provide a high-level overview of church management for busy pastors, priests, business managers and other church administrators. 

Listen and view presentations from experts on topics ranging from leadership and financial reporting to parish security and pastoral planning. 

Qualified church ministers and employees can benefit from $600 scholarships, made possible by a generous grant from the Lilly Endowment’s National Initiative to Address Economic Challenges Facing Pastoral Leaders.

Key information:

• 2025 Certificate is now SOLD OUT.
• The cost of the Certificate is $899. 
• Scholarship applications open on July 1.  Apply for the Limited-Time Offer Lilly Scholarship price of $299.
• Registration opens on July 1.
• Classes begin each year in September. 

This one-week intensive course offers a curriculum designed specifically for Catholic men in formation. Coursework covers the fundamentals of church management, addressing both money and people, with current research, real-life case studies, group projects, and interactive class discussions. This residency course is offered in July on Villanova’s beautiful campus, bringing together men in formation from across the country to share fellowship, worship, meals, and learning.

Key information:

• This program is intended for Catholic men in priestly formation or recently ordained. Registration is open to men who have finished at least two years of theology studies through those ordained for 5 years.
  
• This non-credit certificate is a one-week (Monday through Friday) immersive on-campus experience held in July.
  
• Registration opens on January 5, the Feast of Saint John Neumann, and closes on June 24, the Feast of Saint John the Baptist.