{"id":12272,"date":"2024-03-27T03:30:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T03:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studyhub.themewant.com\/?page_id=12272"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:08:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:08:53","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cuea.edu\/acetcl\/?page_id=12272","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12272\" class=\"elementor elementor-12272\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2e339e e-grid e-con-boxed     e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a2e339e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8ec384 elementor-widget__width-initial     elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c8ec384\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The African Centre of Excellence in Theology and Canon Law (ACETCL) initiative, housed in The Catholic University of East Africa (CUEA),  offers a platform for the voices of African theologians to be heard in the global theological and ecclesial discourse.\n\nTo achieve this, we offer research fellowships and doctoral scholarships to help experienced and upcoming scholars, especially women theologians.\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8cf307 e-flex e-con-boxed     e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a8cf307\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8f82a1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center     elementor-widget 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15.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCultivating African Scholarship\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo strengthen the intellectual and research capabilities of African theologians and Canon lawyers, empowering them to make meaningful contributions to the Church both in Africa and worldwide.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24d45ac e-con-full e-flex     e-con e-child\" data-id=\"24d45ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d7e4e1 elementor-position-left 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