Press Statement: The NCBC partners with Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary’s School of Theological Studies on new Master of Arts Degree in Catholic Health Care Ministry

BROOMALL, Pa., June 3, 2026—The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) is pleased to announce its partnership with the School of Theological Studies (STS) at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary (Philadelphia) in the STS’s new Master of Arts degree in Catholic Health Care Ministry.  This unique collaboration unites the human, spiritual, intellectual, and pastoral formation of the STS with the NCBC’s extensive on-the-ground experience with health care ethics education and consultation for bishops, diocesan ministries, health care institutions, health care professionals, clergy, chaplains, and patients and families.

A full press release prepared by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Office for Communications can be found here.

For more information on the Master of Arts degree in Catholic Health Care Ministry program, please click here.

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The National Catholic Bioethics Center provides education, guidance, and resources to the Church and society to uphold the dignity of the human person in health care and biomedical research, thereby sharing in the ministry of Jesus Christ and his Church. The NCBC envisions a world in which the integral understanding of the human person underlying Catholic teaching on respect for human life and dignity is better understood and more widely embraced in America and worldwide. More information can be found at www.ncbcenter.org. 

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Contact Name Joe Zalot, PhD

Phone 215-871-2014

Email jzalot@ncbcenter.org

Website www.ncbcenter.org

For a PDF of the document, click here.