HARTFORD, Conn.--With the number of ordained priests declining nationwide, a Connecticut college is launching a master's degree program to train lay persons to become parish administrators.
Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell recently received the state Board of Governors for Higher Education's unanimous approval to offer the degree, a master of arts in pastoral studies.
It will be the first of its kind in Connecticut, where about 1.3 million of the state's 3.5 million residents are Catholic.
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