With a start-up grant from Lilly Endowment and generous support from others, the “Rebuild My Church” program, provides Marian College students with a unique educational experience depending on their aspirations for the future.

One group includes all of Marian College's 1,500 students, who are reached by the program through coursework, guest speakers, special retreats, and community service opportunities. The broader program affords all students, regardless of religious affiliation, the opportunity to explore their faith and the direction of their lives.

A second group consists of those students interested in church-related employment or serving their church in a significant volunteer capacity. For example, these students could be embarking on courses of study in pastoral leadership, religious education, Catholic school education, religiously-affiliated healthcare/nursing, or parish/church business management. Also, students pursuing other major areas of study, such as psychology or music, with a minor in pastoral leadership, are included in this group.

A third group is comprised of those students considering service to the church through ordained ministry or religious life.

San Damiano scholarships are available for students in the second and third group. To see if you qualify, go to the San Damiano Scholarship page.

Bishop Bruté House of Formation at Marian College
Marian College, through a new partnership with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, established the Bishop Bruté House of Formation at Marian College. Men discerning a vocation to ordained ministry participate in a formation program for the priesthood which includes community prayer, formation conferences and the study of philosophy and theology which will prepare them for the next level of priestly formation. The program focuses on four aspects:

• Human formation (growth as a person; communication; leadership skills; and relationship skills) Spiritual formation (becoming a man of prayer; being a disciple of Jesus; Mass and prayer; and spiritual direction) Intellectual formation (solid grounding in philosophy and theology)
• Pastoral formation (service to the poor; helping at a parish; and visiting the sick)

Men interested in living in the Bishop Bruté House of Formation have to be affiliated with their local diocese. For more information contact your Diocesan Director of Vocations.