SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary
SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary | |
Orchard Lake Schools Historic District (ID82002859[1] ) | |
Designated CP | March 19, 1982 |
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SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary is a four-year private
Early history
Approval for founding such a seminary was granted on January 14, 1879, by Pope Leo XIII upon the petition of Father Leopold Moczygemba, a Conventual Franciscan, founder of the Polish settlement in Panna Maria, Texas, in 1854.
The establishment of the seminary was realized by Father Joseph Dabrowski, the first rector, who obtained approval from Bishop Caspar Borgess of Detroit for constructing a building on St. Aubin Avenue between Forest Avenue and Garfield Street and organizing the seminary program.
The move to Orchard Lake
Increasing enrollment and the need for additional space led the second rector, Father Witold Buchaczkowski, to transfer the seminary in 1909 from Detroit to the site of the former Michigan Military Academy in the rural village of Orchard Lake, northwest of Detroit.
The early program
The original academic program of the seminary consisted of ten years of studies: five in the preparatory classical department and five in the upper division, namely, two in philosophy and three in theology. In 1927, three four-year administratively independent schools were established: SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary, St. Mary's College, and St. Mary's Preparatory, known collectively at present as the Orchard Lake Schools.
Current academic programs
In 1968, the Seminary began to provide a training program for
Accreditation
In 1971, SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary became an associate member of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS). In 1992 the seminary was granted candidacy for accredited status in the association and undertook a two-year self-study as part of the process leading toward accreditation. SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary was granted initial accreditation by ATS in January, 1995.
Some of the graduates (diocese)
Rev. Tomasz Golab (2018, Biloxi, MS)
Rev. Adrian Frackowiak (2019, Manchester, NH)
Rev. Witold Kaczmarzyk (2019, Denver, CO)
Rev. Marcin S. Wiktor (2018, Biloxi, MS)
Rev. Imad Al-Banna (2020, Michigan, MI)
Rev. Paweł Łuczak (2020, Springfield, IL)
See also
- Polish Americans
- Polish Roman Catholic Union of America
- Roman Catholicism in Poland
- Polish Cathedral style