A Great Need in the Church

Perhaps part of the appeal of Fr. Benedict Groeschel is that he was trained as a psychologist, and he says we need many, many more Christian psychologists.

Perhaps then there's no greater need than for a school like a Catholic graduate school of psychology.

There are too few who can, in the words of Mary Beth Bonacci, "synthesize psychology with spirituality" as Fr. Groeschel can, who has taught at the Institute.

Why IPS?

The Institute for the Psychological Sciences (Institute) was founded in 1997 by a group of mental health professionals, academicians and clinicians, under the leadership of Dr. Gladys Sweeney, who perceived a need for a proper understanding of the interrelationship between psychology and its philosophical foundations.

IPS...is dedicated to the renewal of the Christian intellectual tradition and the development of a psychology consistent with the teachings of the Catholic Church and in constructive dialogue with the modern world."

In this time of the "triumph of the therapeutic" (in Philip Rieff's words), it is crucial there be witnesses to the truth that science and religion are not in competition but mutually helpful.