Episcopal Studies Program at Brite Divinity School

Much planning and preparation have taken place to launch the Episcopal Studies Program on the TCU campus at Brite Divinity School. Weekly Eucharists are already being conducted at Robert Carr Chapel. These Eucharists take place on Wednesdays and begin at 12:15 p.m.

The first course, entitled Special Topics: The Book of Common Prayer, is set to launch next semester, Spring-2010. Instructor for the course is David R. Brockman, Ph.D. of St. Luke’s in the Meadow Episcopal Church in Fort Worth. Click here for a complete course description. If you are interested in auditing the course, the deadline for application is mid-November. Click on the link to the right to download an audit application, and return it with your payment to Brite Divinity School.

Acting Director of the Episcopal Studies Program is the Rev. Fred Barber, Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church near the TCU campus. For more information about the program, you may contact him at 817-926-4631 or barberfred@sbcglobal.net.

For those who wish to be admitted to the program, you are encouraged to contact the Brite Admissions Office, which can be reached directly at 817-257-7513. The director of admissions is Dr. Valerie Forstman.

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