The Wider Church
We see ourselves as part of both the local and national Church, and also of the long and extensive tradition of Catholic theological education. The Institute is becoming known as a resource for local parishes and the diocese, both as a facility and a source of specialist theological knowledge:
Academic staff play a full part in the life of the wider Church as teachers and researchers, policy advisers, preachers and retreat givers. Staff are members of the:
- Catholic Theological Association of Great Britain;
- Society for Study of Christian Ethics;
- The European Society of Catholic Theology;
- The Ricoeur Society;
- Societas Ethica;
- Association of Teachers of Moral Theology;
- Royal Music Association Music and Philosophy Study Group;
- Centre of Theology and Philosophy;
- Higher Education Academy.
Staff act as external examiners in the UK and Ireland.