We created the program to offer everyone a means to receive an accredited advanced degree in the Word on Fire evangelical ethos. Drawing on Bishop Barron’s charism and broad appeal, we also created the program to supply the Church with intelligent, thick-skinned, high-spirited, and culturally agile evangelists who are well equipped to identify and engage with the “seeds of the Word” wherever they exist in the world, especially the digital world.
The Church has been hemorrhaging members the past few decades in the United States and much of the West. While the causes are complex, one of the most significant factors is, as Bishop Barron frequently notes, because the Church has lost confidence in embracing and sharing the beauty, truth, and goodness of her teachings, especially to young people.
Bishop Barron is an alumnus of CUA and a member of its board of trustees, and CUA shares his vision for evangelization. What sets CUA’s program apart is Word on Fire’s affiliation with renowned faculty in the School of Theology and Religious Studies and the setting of this graduate program in the only national university in the United States founded by the bishops with the approval of the Holy See.
Bishop Barron intends to be involved with the program but does not plan to teach at this time.
This Master of Arts in Evangelization & Culture is the only advanced accredited degree rooted in Bishop Barron’s Word on Fire ethos. Learning theology with a laser-sharp focus on evangelization is exactly how the apostles learned from Christ. Through this academically rigorous program, you will receive practical skills to fulfill the Great Commission in your own life.
