Woodstock_College
Woodstock College
Former Jesuit seminary in Maryland
Woodstock College was a Jesuit seminary that existed from 1869 to 1974. It was the oldest Jesuit seminary in the United States.[2] The school was located in Woodstock, Maryland, west of Baltimore, from its establishment until 1969, when it moved to New York City, where it operated in cooperation with the Union Theological Seminary and the Jewish Theological Seminary.
Woodstock College, c. 1920 | |
| Type | Seminary |
|---|---|
| Active | 1869–1974 |
| Affiliation | Jesuit |
| Founder | Angelo Paresce |
| Location | , , 39°20′08″N 76°52′12″W[1] |
The school closed in 1974.[3] It was survived by the Woodstock Theological Center, an independent, nonprofit Catholic research institute located at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Woodstock College was originally located along the Patapsco River in Woodstock, Maryland, west of Baltimore. It incorporated in 1867, and opened on September 22, 1869.[4]
In the 1960s, the college began considering affiliating with an urban university.[5][6]
The argument to move the school into a city and place it in affiliation with a broader network of institutions of higher learning received decisive support from the newest ideas of theological education and priestly formation emerging from the Second Vatican Council and the Jesuits' own Thirty-First General Congregation. In consequence, the college closed its original campus and moved to New York City, New York in 1969[7] where it operated in cooperation with the Union Theological Seminary[8] and the Jewish Theological Seminary. Controversies over the merits of the move into the city, specific controversies arising over the life style of the Jesuits in training in New York, and a general desire of the order to consolidate its theology schools nationally led to the school's closure in 1974.[3]
It was survived until 2013 by the Woodstock Theological Center,[9] an independent, nonprofit Catholic research institute located at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. The theological library retains its independence through an affiliation with the library at Georgetown University, where it is still housed.
The original campus buildings in Woodstock, Maryland are now used as a Job Corps Center, while the campus grounds are part of Patapsco Valley State Park.
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| No. | Name | Years | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angelo Paresce SJ | 1869–1875 | |
| 2 | James Perron SJ | 1875–1881 | |
| 3 | Joseph E. Keller SJ | 1881–1883 | |
| 4 | Pierre O. Racicot SJ | 1883–1890 | |
| 5 | Edward V. Boursaud SJ | 1890–1893 | [10] |
| 6 | Joseph Jerge SJ | 1893–1897 | |
| 7 | Burchard Villiger SJ | 1897–1901 | [11] |
| 8 | William P. Brett SJ | 1901–1907 | |
| 9 | Anthony Maas SJ | 1907–1912 | |
| 10 | Joseph Hanselman SJ | 1912–1918 | [12] |
| 11 | William Clark SJ | 1918–1921 | |
| 12 | Theodore Daigler SJ | 1934 | [13] |
| 13 | Edward J. Sponga SJ | 1957–1960 | [14] |
| 14 | Michael F. Maher SJ | 1963 | |
| 15 | Felix Cardegna SJ | 1965–1970 | [15] |
| 16 | Christopher F. Mooney SJ | 1969–1974 | [16][17] |
Citations
- "Feature Detail Report: Woodstock College". Geographic Names Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. 1979-09-12. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- "A Death in the Family". TIME. 1973-01-22. Archived from the original on November 1, 2008.
- Blau, Eleanor (1973-01-09). "Woodstock Jesuit College Here, Experimental Seminary, to Shut". The New York Times. p. 1.
- "Leading Catholic Seminary". The Times (Ellicott City). 31 March 1965.
- Fiske, Edward B. (1966-12-16). "Jesuit Seminary Weighs Urban Tie". The New York Times. p. 52.
- Doty, Robert C. (1967-09-02). "Jesuit Seminary May Move to City". The New York Times. p. 15.
- Fiske, Edward B. (1968-02-28). "Jesuit Seminary From Maryland To Move to Morningside Heights". The New York Times. p. 16.
- Lissner, Will (1969-10-23). "Protestants Greet Jesuits Here". The New York Times. p. 49.
- "Jesuit College Plans Transfer". The New York Times. 1973-12-02. p. 105.
Woodstock College, the Jesuit theology school being phased out here, will transfer some of its resources and assets to a new Jesuit research center to be established in Washington.
- "Presidents - Hanselman". College of the Holy Cross.
- "Archbishop v. Sun". TIME. 1934-07-23. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010.
- "What I Wanted as a Person". TIME. 1968-07-26. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008.
- "The Jesuits' Search For a New Identity". TIME. 1973-04-23. Archived from the original on January 10, 2008.
- "Mooney Is New Head Of Woodstock College". The New York Times. 1969-10-18. p. 9.
- Saxon, Wolfgang (1993-09-28). "C. F. Mooney, 68, Religion Professor And Noted Author". The New York Times.
Sources
- "Obituary: Father Edward V. Boursaud" (PDF). Woodstock Letters. 31 (2): 277–280. October 1902. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2022 – via Jesuit Archives & Research Center.
- Woodstock Letters collection
