The Distance Theological Initiation Course began in 1997. Today it is offered in the semi-attendance and on-line modalities, in several places in the state and in the country, with the participation of professors, students and graduates of the Department, who also act as tutors for the classes. It is offered in partnership with PUC-Rio's Central Coordination of Extension (CCE). The course has been forming Christians to engage in the evangelizing mission, in the personal deepening in the experience of Jesus Christ, in the biblical-theological study, in the formation of Religious Education teachers, catechists, pastoral agents and others, providing them with a greater systematization of the contents of faith at the service of Evangelization. It also widens the horizon of extension of the Department, attending a contingent of interested people who are unable to access regular academic and face-to-face means.