Talk:Holy Apostles College and Seminary

Leadership & General Updates
Current Leadership1

President-Rector

Rev. Peter S. Kucer, M.S.A.2

Chancellor and Chairman of the Board of Directors3

Very Rev. Martin Rooney, M.S.A.

Vice President of Academic Affairs

Lesley DeNardis, Ph.D.

Updated History

After its founding, Fr. Menard entrusted the College & Seminary to the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles.4

Driven by its mission to cultivate Catholic leaders for evangelization, Holy Apostles welcomed its first non-seminarian students in 1972.5 In 1978, Holy Apostles College and Seminary was granted permission to operate as a major seminary, offering the Master of Divinity.6

Understanding the important role laity fulfills in ministry within the Church, graduate degree programs were offered beginning in 1982. As one of the front runners in distance education, the college opened its distance graduate-level programs (later becoming 100% online) to people all over the world. The online programs continued to grow with new offerings of post-masters certificates and graduate certificate programs.7

In 2012, recognizing the growing need for online undergraduate programs Holy Apostles added undergraduate-level programs. In 2014, the State of Connecticut Office of Higher Education approved the college for a 100% online undergraduate program (both in the Associate of Arts and the Bachelor of Arts degree programs). There are now 8 undergraduate programs (Associate of Arts and Bachelor of Arts) as well as the Take Credit! Program for high school juniors and seniors.8

Updated Academics

The college and seminary are accredited by the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education, and the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).9 In June 2017, Holy Apostles received accreditation from the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). All degrees are recognized by NECHE and the State of Connecticut.

The institution emphasizes the academic disciplines of philosophy and theology in the context of the Catholic honors liberal arts curriculum.

The Cardinal Newman Society ranked it as one of the 21 top Catholic colleges and universities in The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College. It has been part of the Newman Guide since its first edition in 2007.10 Jmurphy33 (talk) 15:56, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

Updates to Leadership, History, and Academics

 * What I think should be changed (include citations):

Current leadership should be changed to:

President-Rector

Rev. Peter S. Kucer, M.S.A.

Chancellor and Chairman of the Board of Directors

Very Rev. Martin Rooney, M.S.A.

Vice President of Academic Affairs

Lesley DeNardis, Ph.D.

Source: https://holyapostles.edu/about-us/administration/ and https://holyapostles.edu/about-us/board-of-directors/


 * Why it should be changed:

The college has recently appointed new leadership since the last updates to the Wikipedia page.


 * What I think should be changed (include citations):

Updated Academics information

The college and seminary are accredited by the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education, and the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).1 In June 2017, Holy Apostles received accreditation from the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS).2 All degrees are recognized by NECHE and the State of Connecticut.

The institution emphasizes the academic disciplines of philosophy and theology in the context of the Catholic honors liberal arts curriculum.

The Cardinal Newman Society ranked it as one of the 21 top Catholic colleges and universities in The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College. It has been part of the Newman Guide since its first edition in 2007.3

1. https://www.neche.org/institution/holy-apostles-college-and-seminary/ 2. https://www.ats.edu/member-schools/holy-apostles-college-and-seminary 3. https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/college/holy-apostles-college-seminary/


 * Why it should be changed:

New accreditation information since the last update to the Wikipedia page.


 * What I think should be changed (include citations):

After its founding, Fr. Menard entrusted the College & Seminary to the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles.1

Driven by its mission to cultivate Catholic leaders for evangelization, Holy Apostles welcomed its first non-seminarian students in 1972.2 In 1978, Holy Apostles College and Seminary was granted permission to operate as a major seminary, offering the Master of Divinity.3

Understanding the important role laity fulfills in ministry within the Church, graduate degree programs were offered beginning in 1982. As one of the front runners in distance education, the college opened its distance graduate-level programs (later becoming 100% online) to people all over the world. The online programs continued to grow with new offerings of post-masters certificates and graduate certificate programs.4

In 2012, recognizing the growing need for online undergraduate programs Holy Apostles added undergraduate-level programs. In 2014, the State of Connecticut Office of Higher Education approved the college for a 100% online undergraduate program (both in the Associate of Arts and the Bachelor of Arts degree programs). There are now 8 undergraduate programs (Associate of Arts and Bachelor of Arts) as well as the Take Credit! Program for high school juniors and seniors.5

1. https://msa-usa.org/mission-and-charism 2. https://books.google.com/books?id=KI72BgAAQBAJ&q=State+of+Connecticut+Office+of+Higher+Education%2C+Holy+Apostles+College+and+Seminary&pg=PA35#v=snippet&q=State%20of%20Connecticut%20Office%20of%20Higher%20Education%2C%20Holy%20Apostles%20College%20and%20Seminary&f=false 3. https://holyapostles.edu/about-us/our-history/ 4.https://holyapostles.edu/about-us/our-history/ 5. https://holyapostles.edu/academics/take-credit-program/


 * Why it should be changed:

There are errors on the current History section of the Holy Apostles College & Seminary Wikipedia page. There are new programs offered that are not mentioned.

Jmurphy33 (talk) 15:24, 25 May 2023 (UTC)


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