Open Learning — for anyone wanting to learn more.

These short courses are free, open to everyone, and designed to help you learn at your own pace. You do not need a ministry role, formal qualification, or previous church experience. Simply enrol and begin when you are ready.

Although shorter than the Institute’s main formation programmes, each course is taught and assessed with the same care and academic seriousness. Successful completion includes a verifiable certificate.

New courses will be added as they become available.

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Purpose
Understand liturgical worship in the Western Rite tradition: where its shape came from, what the vesture and colours say, what the gestures mean, and why beauty belongs in worship.

Who it is for
Anyone at all. Enquirers and visitors, those newly arrived in a liturgical congregation, servers, readers and sacristans, and lifelong churchgoers who have understood perhaps a third of it.

Time commitment
About 10 hours across four units. Most people find three weeks comfortable and four unhurried.

Delivery
Online; self-paced; open self-enrolment; six months to complete from the day you enrol.

Assessment and award
Assessments: 4 quizzes; written work: none; pass mark: 80%; award: verifiable certificate on successful completion.

Fee
No fee

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