St Marys Seminary Baltimore, MD SOT catalog 2019
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Vatican Council (1962-1965). The<br />
Ecumenical Institute holds evening and<br />
Saturday courses in theology and ministry for<br />
the general public. The Archdiocese of<br />
<strong>Baltimore</strong> utilizes the Ecumenical Institute<br />
for the theological training of many of its lay<br />
ecclesial ministers.<br />
In response to Pope John Paul II’s Apostolic<br />
Exhortation Pastores Dabo Vobis, <strong>St</strong>. Mary’s<br />
<strong>Seminary</strong> & University established its residential<br />
Center for Continuing Formation in<br />
1996, furthering its mission by adding programs<br />
for the ongoing formation of ordained<br />
priests. The Center also provides an ideal setting<br />
for meetings of bishops, clergy conferences,<br />
parish groups, and ecumenical organizations.<br />
In 2002 <strong>St</strong>. Mary’s <strong>Seminary</strong> & University created<br />
the Raymond E. Brown Center, expanding<br />
the Knott Library and providing further<br />
classroom resources. It also houses the late<br />
Father Raymond Brown’s Johannine research<br />
collection, and the Associated Archives,<br />
which include the historical records of <strong>St</strong>.<br />
Mary’s <strong>Seminary</strong> & University, the Society of<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Sulpice, and the Archdiocese of<br />
<strong>Baltimore</strong>. They jointly contain many of the<br />
most important documents of the history of<br />
the Catholic Church in the United <strong>St</strong>ates.<br />
Access to both is limited by appointment to<br />
qualified scholars and researchers.<br />
Our Lady of the Angels Chapel on the grounds of the former <strong>St</strong>. Charles College.<br />
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