At Thorneloe University in Sudbury, Canada, Certificate for Anglican Lay Ministry (C.A.L.M.) is offered as a certificate in Religious Studies programme. The programme runs for 6 months, delivered fully online. Tuition is CAD 140 per credit for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Religious Studies
Duration: 6 months
Delivery: Online
Local tuition: CAD 140 / credit
Last checked September 2026 · Source: thorneloe.ca ·
Program details
Overview
The Certificate for Anglican Lay Ministry (C.A.L.M.) is offered through Thorneloe University's School of Theology for Anglicans exploring or deepening lay-ministry roles such as lay reader, warden, or Eucharistic assistant. Equivalent to half a year of full-time study, the certificate requires 15 credits across five mandatory courses covering biblical studies, Christian theology, Anglican liturgy and Anglicanism, and a course of supervised field education. Study begins with a non-credit foundational seminar and is normally completed part-time over one to two years, within a five-year limit. Courses are delivered mainly by correspondence with prescribed textbooks and manuals, with some synchronous online sessions offered via Zoom, and each course must be finished within a single academic term. Transfer credit from other institutions is not accepted except for two specific foundational courses. The program suits members of the Anglican Church seeking recognized preparation for lay ministry through flexible, distance-based study centred on the Anglican tradition.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Certificate for Anglican Lay Ministry (C.A.L.M.) page itself states no admission requirements and defers to Thorneloe's general admission section for details. There, applicants must submit a completed application form, official transcripts from any post-secondary institutions they have attended, a 200- to 400-word essay describing their motivations and objectives for the program, and pay the admission fee; the general page groups C.A.L.M. with the Bachelor of Theology (General) under this same document checklist. Neither page publishes a minimum secondary-school grade, a minimum GPA, or an English-language proficiency score such as IELTS or TOEFL for this program.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall, Winter and Spring
Application Deadline:Thorneloe University's School of Theology sets the same admission deadlines for all applicants, whether Canadian or international, applying directly to the Registrar rather than through a provincial service: for the 2026-2027 academic year the deadline to apply for the Fall term is August 15, for the Winter term December 15, and for the Summer term April 13. The university publishes no separate international deadline or process, and its handbook does not describe admission as rolling; each term's cutoff is treated as fixed, with non-degree applicants taking intensive summer courses permitted to apply as late as the first day of class. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
