Woodstock College was a Jesuit seminary that existed from 1869 to 1974. It was the oldest Jesuit seminary in the United States. 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 .
6-736: The school closed in 1974. 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. In the 1960s, the college began considering affiliating with an urban university. The argument to move
12-864: The Union Theological Seminary and the Jewish Theological Seminary . Controversies over the merits of the move into the city, specific controversies arising over the lifestyle 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. It was survived 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
18-692: The Board of Trustees announced the center would no longer be an independent ministry, but that the library would be maintained as the Woodstock Theological Library , a part of the Georgetown University Library . This District of Columbia related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This organization-related article on the Catholic Church or a Catholic institution
24-548: The center took its name from Woodstock College , a former Jesuit seminary located in Maryland . The center was an associate member of the Washington Theological Consortium . Until it closed, the center was housed at Georgetown University . In February 2013, the center announced that it was scheduled to close on June 30, 2013, citing a lack of Jesuit staff as a reason. On July 1, 2013,
30-483: 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 . Woodstock Theological Center The Woodstock Theological Center (1973-2013) was an independent, nonprofit Catholic theological research institute in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1973,
36-521: 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 where it operated in cooperation with
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