Woodstock College

History

After unsuccessful efforts to establish a divinity school in Boston, New York, and Washington D.C., 249 acres were purchased in Woodstock in 1866, where construction of Woodstock College soon followed. The college was originally located along the Patapsco River in Woodstock, Maryland, west of Baltimore. It incorporated in 1867, and opened on September 22, 1869. At the time, the college was the only Jesuit seminary in the United States and was intended to be where the majority of all American Jesuit priests would be trained in the future.

In the 1960s, the college began considering affiliating with an urban university.{{cite news |first=Edward B. |last=Fiske |title=Jesuit Seminary Weighs Urban Tie |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0812F73A54157A93C4A81789D95F428685F9

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. New Haven, Washington D.C., and New York City were considered for the college's relocation. In consequence, the college closed its original campus and moved to New York City in 1969 where it operated in cooperation with the Union Theological Seminary

It was succeeded until 2013 by the Woodstock Theological Center, 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.

Campus

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.

Rectors and Presidents of Woodstock College

Notable people

:See List of people associated with Woodstock College

References

Citations

Sources

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