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CALL Online Courses

The Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership’s (CALL) online courses are offered throughout the year and are designed so that you can participate at your own pace and at your own time.

Each course is seven weeks, each week a separate interactive lesson featuring discussion with your classmates and instructor. Continuing Education Units are offered at the rate of 2 CEUs per course. Students from across The Episcopal Church and beyond join experienced online instructors in creating a classroom environment of respect and mutual learning.

  • Courses are open to anyone, lay or ordained, of any denomination or none.
  • Review our CALL FAQs for more information about how online classes work.
  • All courses are subject to cancellation should the minimum registration limit not be met.

Course Fees

$245 Standard Rate
$215 Partner Rate (Includes members of AED and students from our partner local formation dioceses. For more information on this rate, please contact your diocesan local formation coordinator)

Please contact the CALL office via email with any questions.    


Class Offerings for 2023-24

Winter 2024 (January 22-March 11)

Registration is now closed.

  • The Pentateuch with Rev. Kamilah Sharp 
  • New Testament Introduction with Rev. Laurent Lokitakatshi-Odjango
  • Church History: Wisdom for Mission with Dr. Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook
  • Images of Diakonia with Rev. Phina Borgeson 
  • Liturgical Leadership with Dr. Melissa Hartley Registration for this class is closed
  • God & Climate Change: A Biblical Perspective with Dr. Donn Morgan
  • Pastoral Care with Marginalized Communities with Rev. Dr. Sarah Price
  • Celtic Spirituality and English Mysticism with Rev. Daniel London Registration for this class is closed
  • Theology of the Cross with Dr. Stephan Quarles Cancelled

Spring 2024 (April 8-May 27)

Registration opens February 8

  • The Prophets with Rev. Kamilah Sharp
  • What We Believe: Theology in the Anglican Tradition with Dr. John Kater Registration for this class is closed
  • Changing Church: Missional Practices and/for Beloved Community with Rev. Kyle Oliver
  • Preaching the Prophets with Dr. Donn Morgan
  • The Diaconal Hermeneutic with Dr. Rod Dugliss
  • Attitudes of Care: Ecotheology in Practice with Rev. Phina Borgeon
  • Sacramental Theology with Rev. Melissa Hartley
  • Church History: Reformation Roots to Episcopal Church with Dr. Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook
  • Practical Preaching in the Digital Age with Rev. Cathie Caimano

Registration Notes

For New Students: You will be prompted to set up a new account. If you have any issues with logging in once your account is created, DO NOT set up another account. Contact the CALL office.

For Previously Registered Students: Use the same SONIS login to register, not your Moodle login.

For New Local Formation Students: If you are new to the program, your local formation coordinator will contact us and we will create your account and notify you. Please do not create another another account.

Please note that we are using a new registration system for CALL and we will no longer be able to accept registrations without credit card payment.

Contact call@cdsp.edu if you have questions or need assistance.

Please let us know at the time of registration if you have special needs for vision or hearing accessibility.

For AED members, please note that we are using a new system for registration. Register with the Standard Rate and we will confirm your membership with the Rev. Dcn. Catherine Costas, Membership Director. Once we have confirmed your membership, we will refund the discount amount to your credit card. Questions? Contact call@cdsp.edu

The Association for Episcopal Deacons, as a partner with CALL in developing and providing resources for diaconal formation and continuing education, recommends those courses marked “AED” for deacons and candidates for vocational diaconate.


Constitution & Canons: An Overview – Online Video Course

This online class will provide a general introduction to the function of canonical law in the Episcopal Church, including the historical roots and scope of law in the church as well as the larger legal context of the church institution.

Successfully completing each of the four modules will fulfill the requirements in Title III, Canon 6, Section 5.g (for those pursuing ordination to the diaconate) and Title III, Canon 8, Section 5.h (for those pursuing ordination to the priesthood) for training in

  • “civil requirements for reporting…evidence of abuse.”
  • “the Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church, particularly Title IV thereof”

Materials recommended: Constitution and Canons, 2018 edition available in print from Church Publishing or on line on The Episcopal Church website.

Fee for currently enrolled CDSP students: free. Please contact call@cdsp.edu.

All others: $80. Please make payment here 

Upon receipt, you will be enrolled in the course and sent further instructions within two business days.