En janvier 2008, à l'occasion de la célébration des 200 ans d'Ushaw College, à Durham, Royaume Uni, une conférence a été tenue à Durham.
Pendant cette conférence, plusieurs diacres de l'Europe du Nord se sont rencontrés dans l'objectif de fonder un cercle comprenant les pays nordiques, sous le nom de North European Circle (NEC).
Il s'agit d'un réseau de diacres provenant des pays suivants: le Royaume Uni, l'Irelande, la Scandinavie, les pays baltes, les Pays-Bas et la région flamande de la Belgique.
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COLLEGE COURSES on Permanent Diaconate
(enseigné en anglais)
Ushaw College, United Kingdom, offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Theology and Ministry, validated by Durham University, on a full-time or part-time basis.
USHAW ONLINE offers a growing programme of multimedia modules available for teachers, deacons, catechists, chaplains, youth workers and those in parish ministry as well as people keen to learn more about their Catholic faith.
The online modules are scheduled throughout the year and are accessible from a personal computer 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. An online induction is provided to ensure confidence and familiarity with using the website tools while a technical advisory and support email service is also available. Participants are placed into online tutor groups that aim at collaboration and shared reflection within an online learning community.
Online modules can either be taken as stand-alone modules for personal interest or for professional or ministerial continuing development.
USHAW ONLINE PERMANENT DIACONATE PROGRAMME
In partnership with individual dioceses, Ushaw College is gradually introducing a 4-year programme of modules in human, spiritual, pastoral and doctrinal formation for the permanent diaconate. All the modules will eventually be offered through our system of flexible online learning, but initially some will be available as residential weekends for those living near enough to travel to Ushaw.
All six modules for the Propaedeutic Year and some of the Year One modules are offered online. Diocesan directors of diaconal formation are invited to request further information from Rev. Mr. Vincent Purcell:
vincent.purcell@ushaw.ac.uk .