Licentiate in Canon Law
Ottawa, Canada
DURATION
2 up to 4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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TUITION FEES
CAD 8,377 *
STUDY FORMAT
Blended, On-Campus
* $8,377.03 per term, for full-time international students
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Introduction
The Licentiate in Canon Law degree (JCL) is an ecclesiastical program governed by the Apostolic Constitution Veritatis Gaudium and other norms of the Holy See. The program consists of 75 course credits, covering the fundamental principles and specific canons of the Code of Canon Law of the Catholic Church.
Throughout the program of studies, emphasis is placed upon the practical application of law. Students are required to do a major research project accomplished in the research seminar under the guidance of a professor of the Faculty of Canon Law.
The JCL degree enables clergy, religious, and lay persons to hold a variety of roles in tribunals and diocesan curias. It also prepares them to serve as key leaders and advisors in dioceses, religious institutes, societies of apostolic life, and various Catholic organizations.
The JCL is always pursued concurrently with the Master in Canon Law.
Admissions
Curriculum
Compulsory Courses (66 units)
- Universal and Supra Diocesan Church Structures (3 units)
- Particular Churches (3 units)
- Sanctifying Office (3 units)
- General Norms (3 units)
- Matrimonial Law (3 units)
- Christian Faithful (3 units)
- Administrative Institutes (3 units)
- Procedures I (3 units)
- Eastern Canon Law (3 units)
- Matrimonial Jurisprudence (3 units)
- Introduction to Canon Law (3 units)
- Teaching Office (1.5 units)
- Special Matrimonial Cases and Procedures (1.5 units)
- Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (3 units)
- Administrative Procedures (3 units)
- Temporal Goods (3 units)
- Procedures II (3 units)
- Penal Law (3 units)
- Foundations of Canon Law (3 units)
- Institutes of Law (3 units)
- Seminar on Tribunal Practice (3 units)
- Research Seminar – Preparation (0 units)
- Research Seminar (3 units)
- Canonical Latin / Latin canonique (3 units)
Optional Courses (9 units)
9 units from:
- Canon Law on Safeguarding Minors and Vulnerable Persons (3 units)
- Comparative Particular Law (3 units)
- Directed Studies I (3 units)
- Directed Studies II (3 units)
- Directed Studies III (3 units)
- Special Problems in Canon Law I (3 units)
- Special Problems in Canon Law II (3 units)
- Liturgical Law Outside the Code (3 units)
- The Laity and the Power of Governance in the Church (3 units)
- Special Problems in Canon Law III (1.5 units)
- Special Problems in Canon Law IV (1.5 units)
- Special Problems in Canon Law V (1.5 units)
- Special Problems in Canon Law VI (1.5 units)
- Special Problems in Canon Law VII (1.5 units)
- Selected Topics in Canon Law I (3 units)
- Selected Topics in Canon Law II (3 units)
- Selected Topics in Canon Law III (3 units)
- Field Practicum / Stage en milieu de travail (3 units)
- Study Visit to the Roman Curia / Voyage de formation à la curie romaine (1.5 units)
- Special Issues in Consecrated Life / Questions spéciales relatives à la vie consacrée (1.5 units)
- Victims of Sexual Abuse in Society and the Church (3 units)
- Perpetrators of Sexual Violence in Various Contexts and Prevention (3 units)
- Special Topics in Safeguarding Minors and Vulnerable Persons (3 units)