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Martha Korienek '06 with Bishop Thabo of the Diocese of Grahamstown, South Africa
A Baptism performed by the Rev. Amy Denney Zuniga '05 at San Andrés Apóstol, El Salvador.
Pilgrimage
Berkeley Divinity School is committed to providing every student with international experience as a part of their theological training. To this end, the senior class makes an annual pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral, where they are immersed in both the historical depth and contemporary breadth of the Anglican Communion.
Mission and Study Trips
Some students participate in the travel study seminars that are part of the Yale Divinity School curriculum. Recent destinations have included Ghana and Jerusalem. The School also helps students to plan and fund individual mission trips abroad, working in partnership with the Seminary Consultation on Mission and the Episcopal Evangelical Education Society. Many students arrange to travel to Africa to participate in the life of the church there. Others choose to go to Latin America—especially those whose dioceses encourage Spanish language ability. Still others journey to work toward reconciliation in the Middle East, or to the investigate contemporary religious communities in Europe such as Taize, Iona, or the Community of Jersusalem.
Exchange Programs
Through Yale Divinity School, a number of exchange programs are available with universities around the world. Of particular interest to Anglicans is the exchange opportunity with Westcott House at Cambridge University.
Campus Visitors
In addition to travel abroad, students experience the global church through a steady stream to New Haven of bishops, lecturers, and missionaries from around the world. Many of these visitors come as part of the program of the adjacent Overseas Ministry Study Center, while others are themselves students at YDS. Moreover, given Yale's own commitment to global engagement, the University is host to many world leaders whose presence shapes day to day life on campus.
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"The academic study has been held together for me by the rhythm of the Daily Office in St. Luke's Chapel."
Ann Bonner-Stewart '06
"I have received several study and travel grants that have allowed me to explore religious and political life in the Holy Land, the medieval churches and music of Germany, chaplaincy to a mission in the Dominican Republic, and a summer in Panama receiving parish ministry training as well as facilitating their Diocese's establishment of a prison ministry program."
Whitney Zimmerman '07
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