Bachelor of Sacred Theology

The Bachelor of Sacred Theology (STB) degree is an ecclesiastical degree program offered through an affiliation with the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. The purpose of this program is to provide the student with solid, organic, and complete instruction in theology at the basic level, enabling graduates to pursue further studies in the sacred sciences. Seminarians at St. Patrick’s may pursue the Master of Divinity Program (MDiv) and STB degrees concurrently.

St. Patrick’s Seminary & University is a Catholic educational community that forms priests of Jesus Christ who is teacher, priest, and shepherd.

St. Patrick’s Seminary & University seeks to serve the Roman Catholic Church in the ministerial context of the Pacific Region of the United States by forming priests whose lives are configured to the sacrifice of Jesus, rooted in His Word and Sacrament, and dedicated to serving the people of God with the pastoral charity of Christ.