We provide quality online courses grounded in the tradition of the Catholic Church.
Since 1999, the Satellite Theological Education Program at the University of Notre Dame has offered quality theological education to pastoral ministers and other adult Catholics across the United States and around the world. STEP provides a wide variety of online courses.
STEP is a part of the University of Notre Dame's McGrath Institute for Church Life. The Institute exists as an integral component of the University's larger mission of teaching, research, and service to society and to the Church. It reaches out to the whole spectrum of Church leaders, both ordained and lay, to provide training and service as well as opportunities for spiritual rejuvenation and personal growth.
Our courses include topics from Catholic doctrine, Christian life, Church history, liturgy, literature, and Scripture. We offer a certificates program for individual study. Course sessions for STEP start about six times per year, with open admission and enrollment. In addition, we schedule custom offerings to meet the needs of partnering organizations.
