As a part of Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, the Wellness Center began to offer programs to the community as early as 1979. From the beginning, the Wellness Center's classes focused on helping people improve their lifestyle. The most unique aspect of Lourdes Wellness Program was the emphasis on the spirituality component of wellness. Seven years later, the Wellness Center incorporated classes in massage and other wholistic modalities into their repertoire. Then in 1993, these classes in wholistic modalities developed into certification courses offered by a new extension of the Wellness Center, Lourdes Institute of Wholistic Studies.
Students learn how intention and focus can raise their work to a more powerful and healing level.
Our Lady of Lourdes Institute of Wholistic Studies and Camden County College are cooperatively offering a degree and certification in Massage Therapy. This course of study will lead to an Associates Degree in Applied Science in Massage Therapy. The graduate of this program will earn a certificate in Massage Therapy from Lourdes Institute of Wholistic Studies. In addition, the graduate will also meet the qualifications necessary to sit for the national certification examination as set forth by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. Financial aid for the Associates Degree Program and Massage Therapy Certification is available for qualified students.