 History of the Institute worldwide
Unique opportunities at the Melbourne Institute
Objectives and academic programmes
Teaching modes and attendance requirements
Assessment modes
Prayer and liturgical life
Teaching, library and student facilities
Other local facilities and services
Calendar 2007
Enrolment, fees and scholarships
Friends of the John Paul II Institute and the John Paul II Foundation
Apostolic Constitution Magnum Matrimonii Sacramentum
Allocution of Pope John Paul II to the Faculty of the Institute
Respect Life Office
Miscellaneous
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Unique Opportunities at the Melbourne Institute
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The John Paul II Institute is located at the Thomas Carr Centre, a new Catholic theological complex at 278 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne. It shares its excellent facilities with the Archbishop's Office for Evangelisation, and the Mannix Library. Within the Thomas Carr Centre education at all levels is available in a complex which also provides a rich resource for academic research and teaching, prayerful reflection, and spiritual growth.
The Institute’s proximity to the Australian Catholic University (across the road) and other centres of philosophical and theological learning both for Catholics and non-Catholics further enriches the academic opportunities. The inner city location offers unique openings for interchange with a major regional centre of politics, commerce and culture. Located within a block of St Patrick’s Cathedral, the major Catholic hospitals, the Catholic Education Office, Catholic Social Services, and the various offices of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, the Institute situates its students in a centre of Church life in this region.
The Institute will enjoy the privilege of awarding Pontifical Degrees in its own right and in conjunction with the Pontifical Lateran University. Studies undertaken during the process of ecclesiastical integration of the Melbourne centre as a fully fledged "session" will be given full credit by the Pontifical John Paul II Institute on completion of the integration process. They will also be recognized as civil diplomas or degrees following the recent accreditation of the Institute as a higher education provider by the Victorian Government. Some programmes allow for collaboration with other tertiary educational institutions, especially the University of Notre Dame in Perth, Australia. The Institute in Melbourne enjoys the warm encouragement of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference and the enthusiastic patronage of Archbishop Denis Hart. Several bishops have agreed to teach in the Institute from time to time.
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Pope Benedict XVI greets Monsignor Peter J. Elliott (now Bishop Elliott) at the World Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist 2005, Vatican City, ROME
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The Institute recognises, however, that its distinctive character ultimately depends upon its teachers and students. To create an environment that is intellectually stimulating and characterised by generosity and mutual support, the Institute seeks men and women who are not only professionally competent but who will contribute to its religious, moral and cultural milieu. Lecturers are mandated for this task by the Church. Clerical and religious students are authorised by their ordinary or major superior; lay students are usually recommended by their parish priest or another cleric.
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