This course is designed to introduce participants to the ecumenical and interreligious movements from a Roman Catholic perspective. It will offer a historical and theological overview of the issues that divide Christians as well as the bonds that unite them. The program will explore relations with other religious traditions. The course, which is in English, is for men and women who are in preparation for ministry or religious life, who are in the mission field, who are ecumenical officers or members of ecumenical commissions, or who are looking for a sabbatical experience led by qualified professors and ecumenists.

The faculty includes, but is not limited to, staff members of the Centro Pro Unione (Rome) and the Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute (New York).

The Course is "Recognized and Endorsed" by the Graduate Theological Foundation (USA) which can grant up to 6 graduate credits for qualified graduate students.

The schedule for the three weeks is the same Monday through Friday: morning prayer followed by three 60-minute lecture segments.

The afternoons are for on-site excursions and lectures (Roman catacombs, Basilica of St. Peter and excavations, St. Sabina, St. Clement, Colosseum, "Roman ghetto," Synagogue and museum, Mosque and Islamic center, Japanese tea ceremony and others). Weekends are free.

An overview of the Reformation and catholic Reform movement, and exploration of the various dialogues which exist between the churches, their context and results.

Jewish-Christian relations; Christian responses to people of other faiths; fundamentalism as a worldwide phenomenon; Roman Catholicism and Islam in dialogue; religions of the sub-continent of India; new religious movements; grassroots ecumenism.