Graduates and students of the Institute — CEO's, Industry Leaders, General Counsel, a postmaster, a religious sister now serving in Poland, a professor and mother of six — on the degree that changed how they live, lead, and pray.
The only online Master of Arts devoted to the life, thought, and leadership of St. John Paul II.
Study all fourteen encyclicals. Think with Wojtyła. Walk the streets of Kraków. Enhance your skills in ethics, decision making and risk management while remaining in your vocation — 100% asynchronous, built for working professionals - You don't have to Leave Your Faith at the Door; combine, faith, reason and profession
33-credit M.A. · $432 per credit · Optional Poland capstone · Newman Guide recommended university
2019
Institute founded
14
Papal encyclicals
100%
Online asynchronous
$432
Per M.A. credit
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Executive, industry, ministry, legal, educational, or entrepreneurial leadership.
Seminar-based graduate study designed by founder Dr. John Hittinger. Each course runs thirteen weeks: weekly readings, recorded lectures, substantial posts and replies, and a final paper or presentation. Take one seminar a term, or two.
Full Course CatalogJPII 5300
The Redeemer of Man — the hermeneutical key to his pontificate.
JPII 5302
Thomism, phenomenology, and the subjectivity of the person.
JPII 5305
Faith and reason: each without the other is impoverished.
JPII 5308
Wojtyła at the Council; Eucharist and Mary as sources of renewal.
JPII 5310
Person and Act, conscience, and Veritatis Splendor.
JPII 5315
Love and Responsibility, Evangelium Vitae, Familiaris Consortio.
JPII 5325
Dives in Misericordia, Dominum et Vivificantem, St. Faustina.
JPII 5330
Laborem Exercens, Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, Centesimus Annus.
Optional concentration
The same 33 credits, with specialized seminars and a supervised professional immersion alongside executives, educators, or nonprofit leaders in the United States or abroad.
Jasna Góra · the Black Madonna of Częstochowa
For students who participate, the program culminates in an unforgettable study tour — walking the places that formed Karol Wojtyła and shaped his mission. It is not academic tourism. It is an optional guided immersion into the formation of leaders that joins text to terrain, biography to theology, and study to lived encounter.
Wadowice
The home of Karol Wojtyła
Kraków
The quarry, the underground theater, the see
Częstochowa
Jasna Góra and the Black Madonna
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
The pilgrimage paths of his youth
Totus Tuus · 13 May 1981
The cassock stained on the feast of Our Lady of Fátima is kept as a reminder that John Paul II’s teaching was never abstract. He wrote Redemptor Hominis, then lived it — and forgave the man who shot him. Students study a saint whose philosophy was proven in public, in suffering, and in mercy.
“Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ.”
The M.A. in John Paul II Studies and John Paul II and Leadership (MAJP2) is $432 per credit hour. The Certificate in John Paul II Studies (GCJP2) is $288 per credit hour.
A focused encounter
$6,048
21 credits · $288/credit
Pass / fail. Credit does not transfer into letter-grade degrees.
$14,256
33 credits · $432/credit
Interdisciplinary liberal arts degree with a final project.
Lead as he led
$14,256
33 credits · $432/credit
Ethical leadership concentration with professional immersion.
Rates follow the University of St. Thomas graduate catalog (JPII programs). Tuition and fees are subject to change. Currently fees are $310.00 per semester Technology Fee plus a first-semester-only start fee of $100.00. Mini-courses are offered each semester, non-credit, and open to the public at various reduced rates.
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