2010 Catalog cover - The Athenaeum Of Ohio

together Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, St. Gregory’s
College Seminary, the newly formed Teacher’s
College and a newly established graduate school
of scientific research called the Institutum Divi
Thomae. All four institutions were incorporated
under the laws of the State of Ohio as a degree
granting institution known as The Athenaeum of
Ohio. This arrangement prospered for about
twenty-five years. But in the early 1950‘s, the
Teacher’s College was discontinued and the
Institutum severed its affiliation. In 1980, St.
Gregory’s College Seminary was closed. At about
the same time, what had begun as a subsidiary of
Mount St. Mary’s, the Lay Pastoral Ministry
Program, was established as a separate division of
the Athenaeum.
After a period of consultation, it was decided that the
office of the Lay Pastoral Ministry Program and
Mount St. Mary’s Seminary should be moved from
Norwood to the campus of St. Gregory’s College
Seminary in Mt. Washington. Upon completion of
extensive remodeling, the move took place in the
fall of 1981. In the spring of 1982, the Board of
Trustees approved the gathering together of
existing and proposed programs of support and
development for those in ministry in a new division
of Ministerial Development and Support. In the
spring of 1992 this division was renamed the
Special Studies Division. In 1997 the Special
Studies Division assumed responsibility for the
Diaconate Formation Program.
Organization
Ultimate authority and responsibility for the
Athenaeum resides in the Archbishop of Cincinnati,
who is Chancellor of the Athenaeum. He is assisted
in the exercise of this responsibility by a Board of
Trustees who are consultive to the Archbishop with
regard to major policy decisions.
The Archbishop appoints all full-time faculty
members of the Athenaeum. The chief executive
officer of the Athenaeum, its President, is also
Rector of the seminary.
The chief decision-making body within the
Athenaeum is its Senate, which is composed of
faculty and student representatives.
The day-to-day affairs of the seminary are monitored
by the Rector’s Council, which is composed of
the Rector, academic dean of the seminary, director
of formation, dean of students, field education
director and the director of liturgy. There are also
four standing committees composed of faculty and
students (Academic Affairs, Student Life, Spiritual
Life, Liturgy) who advise, plan and carry out
programs in these four areas of seminary life.
The day-to-day affairs of the Lay Pastoral Ministry
Program are monitored by its Director and
Associate Directors.
The day-to-day affairs of the Special Studies
Division are monitored by the Dean of Special
Studies. The dean is assisted by the directors of
the Master of Arts in Pastoral Counseling degree
program and the Diaconate Formation Program in
administering these programs within the Special
Studies Division.
Accreditation and Membership
The Athenaeum of Ohio is accredited by the Higher
Learning Commission of the North Central Association
of Colleges and Schools, 30 North LaSalle
Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60602-2504, 800-
621-7440 and by the Association of Theological
Schools in the United States and Canada, 10
Summit Park Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1103,
412-788-6505. The Athenaeum is authorized by
the State of Ohio Board of Regents to grant the
following degrees:
Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Theology,
Master of Arts in Biblical Studies, Master of Arts in
Pastoral Ministry, Master of Arts in Pastoral
Counseling.
The Athenaeum belongs to the Greater Cincinnati
Consortium of Colleges and Universities. Through
this institutional cooperation, any Athenaeum student
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