In Trust’s article about LMU’s Lilly Endowment Pathways grant quotes Amir Hussain, professor and chair of theological studies; Robert Hurteau, director of the Center for Religion and Spirituality; and Brett Hoover, associate professor of pastoral and practical theology. “In June 2021, LMU was awarded a $50,000 planning grant in the first phase of Pathways funding. In November 2021, the school was awarded a $1 million grant in the second phase to support Transforming Catholic Leadership in Southern California, an innovative set of efforts to make the conventional routes to college and graduate school more accessible; support more students to progress from the General Equivalency Diploma (GED) to the Bachelor of Arts; and experiment with ways to eventually allow people to directly pursue pastoral education offered in graduate school without having earned a bachelor’s or associate degree.”
Source: In Trust Magazine
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