圣母大学的神学硕士课程为在罗马天主教堂服务的专业大臣做准备。该计划形成了以天主教传统为基础的领导人，他们忠实于教会见证耶稣基督的人，具有牧师般的技巧和智慧。该计划从其历史的早期开始就致力于非政府部门的建立，为这两种截然不同但互补的职业提供了全面的组建过程。神学硕士课程位于世界一流的神学系和天主教研究大学中，具有真正的全球影响力，它通过多领域的野外教育课程为最高质量的学术课程课目提供补充，并提供了多种传道和深入准备的机会在神学方面的反思，以及在人文和精神方面都具有个体和共同维度的程序。
The Master of Divinity Program at the University of Notre Dame serves the Catholic Church and its mission by preparing men and women for ministerial and apostolic service in, with, and for the Church. Focusing on the human, intellectual, pastoral, and spiritual dimensions of personal development in preparation for lay and ordained ecclesial ministry, candidates have the opportunity both to reflect on the Church's theological tradition and to experience and to share first-hand in its ministerial life. It is in this way that they personally engage and express in their own life and circumstances the Mystery of Faith, seeking to configure their life and ministry to Christ, their Lord and the Model for all ministry.