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Transform Catholic Health Care 

We welcome you to explore Aquinas Institute and discover the many ways you can strengthen your health care ministry.

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Ashley-O'Rourke Center for
Health Ministry Leadership

Part of the worldwide Order of Preachers and following in the footsteps of Saint Dominic, we are a Catholic, Dominican graduate school of theology located in Saint Louis, Missouri.


The singular focus of the Ashley-O'Rourke Center is to provide theological and spiritual formation programs for leaders in all levels of Catholic health care.

<span style='font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal;'>George Avila</span>
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I have been so thankful for the wonderful ways in which Aquinas Institute prepared me to preach the good works of God to his people, to serve the common good.
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- George Avila

System Vice President of Mission Integration at Christus Health
Graduate of Master's in Health Care Mission 2014

Renewing the World of Catholic
Health Care

The Ashley-O'Rourke Center for Health Ministry Leadership at Aquinas Institute of Theology is dedicated to providing theological and spiritual formation to prepare for contemporary issues in Catholic health care. Here’s what you can look forward to as a member of our thriving community.

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Personalized Academics

Our programs of study include a Graduate Certificate, a Master's degree, or a dual Master's and PhD, so you can choose the program that most fits your ministerial needs.

Programs
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Handing on the Tradition

Synthesizes the Dominican intellectual tradition and the moral thought of St. Thomas Aquinas with the dynamic requirements and competencies of health care mission leaders today.

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Committed Faculty

The members of the AOR faculty are specialists in the areas of Catholic health care mission and ethics which allows the programs to focus on contemporary concerns in the field.

Leadership and Faculty
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The Catholic health leaders of the future are those who have learned to integrate the ecclesiological, biblical, and ethical dimensions of their vocations. 
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- Dr. Stewart Clem

Director, Ashley-O'Rourke Center for Health Ministry Leadership

10:1

student-to-faculty ratio

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800

years of Dominican

intellectual tradition


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8

average class size

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20

years of educating and forming

Catholic health care professionals

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Aquinas Institute of Theology

23 South Spring Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108


admissions@ai.edu

314.256.8800


Aquinas Institute of Theology

23 South Spring Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108

admissions@ai.edu

314.256.8800


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