Professor Heather Vacca Voccola is an adjunct professor of Church History at Holy Apostles College and Seminary. She is the founding director of the Mary and Elizabeth ministry which provides formation and accompanied discernment for women in the Diocese of Memphis, Tennessee. Heather is a certified Spiritual Director and also teaches with the Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation.

Education

• Master of Arts Theology, concentration Church History, Holy Apostles College and Seminary, Cromwell, CT (2011)
• Bachelor of Arts, Sociology and English, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT (1992)

Certifications/Workshops

• Catholic Distance Learning Network Online Certification in Teaching & Learning, Summer 2012
• Concept to Classroom: Cooperative & Collaborative Learning Online Workshop, Thirteen ed Online, Summer 2012

Organizations

• Member, The Society of Catholic Social Scientists
• Member, Undergraduate Faculty Committee, Holy Apostles College and Seminary
• Member, Academic Committee for NECHE Reaccreditation

Courses Offered

• CH 300 Church History
• CH 325 The Catholic Response During World War II

Special Interest Publications

• Contrition:  A Novel 
  • available to order at heathervoccola.com
• Contributing Blogger to Lisa Duffy’s “A Million Unheard Souls” on Patheos, 2016
  • http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lisaduffy/
• Contributing Blogger to Catholicmatch Institute, 2013-present
  • http://www.catholicmatch.com/institute/author/hvoccola/
• Christmas Around the World. Faith and Family Magazine, Winter 2011
• From Our Ears to Our Hearts. Faith and Family Magazine, Summer 2011
• Band of Brothers. Our Faith in Action, April 2009
  • http://ourfaithinaction.net/2009/band-brothers/
• Evangelizer Magazine, Spring/Summer 2009
• Shattering the Myth. Our Faith in Action, March 2008
  • http://ourfaithinaction.net/2008/shattering-the-myth/
• Tim Tebow: Survivor to Superstar. Our Faith in Action, February 2008
  • http://ourfaithinaction.net/2008/tim-tebow-survivor-superstar/
• Evangelizer Magazine, Spring/Summer 2008
• Evangelizer Magazine, Fall/Winter 2008
• Join the Club. LeCristo Magazine, Fall 2008
• Caroline Aigle: Becoming a Gift of Love. Our Faith in Action, October 2007
  • http://ourfaithinaction.net/2007/caroline-aigle-becoming-a-gift-of-love/
• The Legend of the Easter Bunny. Faith and Family Magazine, March/April 2007
• Online Help Forms and the New Leader. Leaven Magazine, December 1998/January 1999