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History
- Sacred Heart Seminary founded in 1919. First graduating class in 1926.
- Ground broken for current seminary building in 1923, completed in 1924. English Gothic style structure.
- Twenty-two acre campus at Chicago Boulevard and Linwood, near Boston-Edison Historic District.
- Refounded as Major Seminary in 1988, when Graduate School of Theology added to the College of Liberal Arts.
- Institute for Ministry established in 1988 to educate and train individuals for the permanent diaconate and professional lay ecclesial ministry.
- Largest theological library of any seminary in the State of Michigan.
- Video conferencing distance learning suite completed in 2003 to expand theological education.
- Licentiate in Sacred Theology in the New Evangelization approved by the Congregation for Catholic Education in 2004. First of its kind in the United States.
- Six academic chairs established in 2004.
- $11.5 million Heartworks Capital Campaign completed in 2006 to fund endowed chairs and distance learning technology, as well as provide financial aid for students.
- Premier meeting/conference facility: 46,000 people utilized facilities in 2006.
- Twenty-three alumni elevated to episcopacy.
Enrollment (2006-2007 Academic Year)
- 93 seminarians enrolled; 37 for the Archdiocese of Detroit.
- Over 400 lay students enrolled through the Institute for Ministry.
- Nearly 600 students registered for continuing education courses.
Degree Programs
- Three undergraduate: Associate of Arts Ministry, Bachelor of Arts Philosophy, and Bachelor of Philosophy.
- Four graduate: Master of Divinity, Master of Arts Theology, Master of Arts Pastoral Studies, and Bachelor of Sacred Theology.
- One post-graduate: Licentiate in Sacred Theology.
- Two diploma programs: Basic Diploma in Pastoral Ministry and Graduate Diploma in Pastoral Ministry.
Major Accreditations
- Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association, 2004.
- Association of Theological Schools of the United States and Canada, 2004.
Administration
Chairman, Board of Trustees:
The Most Reverend Allen H. Vigneron, Archbishop of Detroit
President/Rector:
Msgr. Jeffrey Monforton
Vice Rector/Dean of Seminarians:
Fr. Michael Byrnes
Dean of Studies:
Fr. Todd Lajiness
Dean, Institute for Ministry:
Mrs. Patricia Rennie
Director of Graduate Seminarians:
Fr. Gerard Battersby
Graduate Spiritual Director:
Fr. Daniel Trapp
Undergraduate Formation Director:
Sr. Mary Finn, H.V.M.
Undergraduate Spiritual Director:
Fr. Robert Spezia
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