Unitarian Universalist Ministers of Canada
The Canadian chapter of the
Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association
Training for Ministry Never Stops!
Training and education in ministry never stop. The following link will take you to the web page of the UUMA CENTER Committee. Look for program listings and links to many sources for continuing education. If you are considering ministry as a career, check the list of schools in Canada and in the States.
C.E.N.T.E.R.
The CENTER Committee (Continuing Education Network for Training, Enrichment and Renewal) of the UUMA is responsible for CENTER Day, a day of training and enrichment, as part of Ministry Days before General Assembly each year, as well as the Chapter Presenter Program, Preaching Seminars, the "Streams" and "Currents" broadsides, and other continuing education programs.
Schools in Canada
Some UU ministers have done their primary studies in preparation for the UU ministry at these schools. All have reported being satisfied with their choices.
Emmanuel College
75 Queen’s Park Crescent
Toronto ON
M5S 1K7
McMaster Divinity College
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton ON
L8S 4K1
Queens Theological College
Kingston ON
K7L 3N6
St. Stephen’s College
8810 112 Street
Edmonton AB
T6G 2J6
Faculty of Divinity
Trinity College
6 Hoskin Avenue
Toronto ON
M5S 1H8
United Theological College
3521 University
Montreal QC
H3Z 2A9
Religious Studies Department
University of Winnipeg
515 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg MB R3B 2E9
Vancouver School of Theology
6000 Iona Drive
Vancouver BC
V6T 1L4
Schools in the United States
Harvard Divinity School
45 Francis Avenue
Cambridge MA 02138
Meadville/Lombard Theological School
5701 Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago IL 60637
Starr King School for the Ministry
2441 Le Conte Avenue
Berkeley CA 949709
Harvard, Meadville and Starr King are schools with access to UU courses. For a list of additional schools attended by UU candidates for the ministry in the U.S., and for further information, see www.org/programs/ministry/credentials.
Meadville offers a Modified Residency Program in which a Master of Divinity is granted for taking three courses in four January intensive terms to meet the residential requirement. Students may take the rest of their studies elsewhere, but must take half their courses at Meadville.
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