Woodstock College

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name = Woodstock College


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established = 1869
closed = 1974
type = Seminary
affiliation = Jesuit
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head = Angelo Paresce
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city = Woodstock
state = Maryland
country = United States
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Woodstock College was a Jesuit seminary that existed from 1869 to 1974. It was the oldest Jesuit seminary in the United States.cite news |title=A Death in the Family |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903715,00.html |work=TIME |date=1973-01-22 ] 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. The school closed in 1974.cite news |first=Eleanor |last=Blau |title=Woodstock Jesuit College Here, Experimental Seminary, to Shut |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00914FF3C54137A93CBA9178AD85F478785F9
work=New York Times |date=1973-01-09 |page=1 ] It is survived by the Woodstock Theological Center, an independent, nonprofit Catholic research institute located at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C..

History

Woodstock College was originally located along the Patapsco River in Woodstock, Maryland, west of Baltimore. It opened on September 22, 1869.

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=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0812F73A54157A93C4A81789D95F428685F9
work=New York Times |date=1966-12-16 |page=52 ] [cite news |first=Robert C. |last=Doty |title=Jesuit Seminary May Move to City |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70C12FE3D5B117B93C0A91782D85F438685F9
work=New York Times |date=1967-09-02 |page=15 ]

As a result of decreasing candidates to the priesthood, the college closed its original campus and moved to New York City, New York in 1969 [cite news |first=Edward B. |last=Fiske |title=Jesuit Seminary From Maryland To Move to Morningside Heights |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30916FC3F5F127A93CAAB1789D85F4C8685F9 |work=New York Times |date=1968-02-28 |page=16 ] where it operated in cooperation with the Union Theological Seminary [cite news |first=Will |last=Lissner |title=Protestants Greet Jesuits Here |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50713F83D5E11738DDDAA0A94D8415B898AF1D3
work=New York Times |date=1969-10-23 |page=49 ] and the Jewish Theological Seminary. The number of students continued to decline, however, and the school closed in 1974.

It is survived by the Woodstock Theological Center [cite news |title=Jesuit College Plans Transfer |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F2071FF63E5D127A93C0A91789D95F478785F9 |work=New York Times |date=1973-12-02 |page=105 |quote=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. ] , an independent, nonprofit Catholic research institute located at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

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.

Organization

Rectors and Presidents of Woodstock College

*Angelo Paresce (1869-1875?)
*Joseph E. Keller (between 1877 and 1883?)
*Pierre O. Racicot (around 1884?)
*Burchard Villiger (1890-1893) [cite news |title=PROMINENT JESUIT VERY ILL.; The Rev. Burchard Villiger of Philadelphia Not Expected to Recover |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E06E1D61E3BEE33A25757C0A9679D946397D6CF |work=New York Times |date=1902-11-04 |page=1, ]
*Edward V. Boursand (1893) [cite news |title=BUILT BY MRS. DAHLGREN.; Dedication of the Chapel of the Sacred Heart at Washington |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9801E6DC1031E033A25754C1A9629C94629ED7CF |work=New York Times |date=1893-04-17 |page=2 ]
*William P. Brett (1902-?)
*Anthony Maas (1907-1912)
*Joseph F. Hanselman (1912- 1918?) [cite web |title=Presidents - Hanselman |url=http://www.holycross.edu/departments/library/website/archives/hanselman.html |publisher=College of the Holy Cross ]
*Theodore Daigler (1934) [cite news |title=Archbishop v. Sun |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,747573,00.html |work=TIME |date=1934-07-23 ]
*Edward J. Sponga (1957-1960) [cite news |title="What I Wanted as a Person" |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,841405,00.html |work=TIME |date=1968-07-26 ]
*Michael F. Maher (1963)
*Felix Cardegna (late 1960s?) [cite news |title=The Jesuits' Search For a New Identity |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,945242-3,00.html |work=TIME |date=1973-04-23 ]
*Christopher F. Mooney (1969-1974) [cite news |title=Mooney Is New Head Of Woodstock College |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20A10F8385F127A93CAA8178BD95F4D8685F9
work=New York Times |date=1969-10-18 |page=9] [cite news |first=Wolfgang |last=Saxon |title=C. F. Mooney, 68, Religion Professor And Noted Author |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0DE123AF93BA1575AC0A965958260 |work=New York Times |date=1993-09-28 ]

Academic profile

tudent life

Noted people

:"See List of people associated with Woodstock College"

References

External links

* [http://www.jesuits-mis.org/archives/Resources/Woodstock%20Letters.htm Guide to the Microfiche Collection of "Woodstock Letters"]
* [http://www.adamsaai.com/centers/Woodstock.aspx Woodstock Job Corps Center]