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How Does One Become a Chaplain?

How Does One Become a Chaplain?louise@louiselight.net2022-06-06T00:25:58+00:00

Chaplaincy training at Maitripa College starts with cultivating one’s own inner resources and bodies of knowledge, and proceeds to putting this into practice in the classroom, in our learning community, and then beyond.

Maitripa College offers a Master of Divinity, the degree which most commonly fulfills the graduate education criteria for professional chaplaincy: click here for general degree program description, faculty, course schedule, application links. and more.
Click here to explore in detail how the Maitripa College MDiv provides excellent preparation for professional chaplaincy and other information on paths to professional chaplaincy, including clinical training and endorsement.
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