Internships
Berkeley students have ample opportunity for internships in a wide variety of church, school, prison, and other ministry settings. In and around New Haven are parishes representing every variety of the Episcopal tradition, from inner-city Anglo-Catholic, to traditional low-church, to evangelical, to large suburban "corporate size" churches. Other internship opportunities include serving as sacristan at Berkeley, or teaching in a secondary school, or serving as a hospital chaplain. Some students even elect to do field work in New York City, in order to experience the intensity of urban church life there. Students may also choose to do summer internships, either locally or elsewhere in the Episcopal Church or wider Anglican Communion.
At least one unit of "Supervised Ministry" (field placement) is required for the MDiv degree: either Clinical Pastoral Education, or an internship. Many dioceses require both, and in addition most students choose to do two full years of internship experience. More information is available through the Office of Supervised Ministry.