Mount Saint Mary's University
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Mount St. Mary's University, also known as The Mount, is a private, liberal arts
, Catholic
university in the Catoctin Mountain
s near Emmitsburg, Maryland
. It was founded by French émigré Father John DuBois
(Père Jean Dubois) in 1808 and is the oldest independent Catholic college in the United States. (It is the second oldest Catholic college in the United States, after Georgetown
.) The school became co-educational in 1972. In addition to its undergraduate school, the university includes five graduate
programs, including a seminary
. Dr. Thomas H. Powell is the University's president.
The seminary's rector and president is the former vicar general of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, Monsignor Stephen P. Rohlfs. Rohlfs's immediate predecessor as rector and president was Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades
. The chancellor of the seminary is the former Archbishop William Henry Keeler
.
, saint
and founder of the Sisters of Charity
, came to the Mount. She attended Mass there until her death in 1821.
The first charter for a university was obtained in 1830. However, until the early 1900s, Mount Saint Mary's University also acted as a boarding school
. Some remnants of the boarding school, such as Bradley Hall (one of the oldest buildings on campus), still exist.
, Mount Saint Mary's College was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program
which offered students a path to a Navy commission.
(5.7 km²) campus, which includes the National Shrine Grotto of Lourdes, a popular pilgrimage
site. The campus contains five, new or completely renovated residence halls and three apartment buildings. Academic classes are held in the Knott Academic Center, the COAD Science Building, and Borders Learning Center. Bradley Hall is the campus administration building. The fine arts department is located in the newly rneovated Flynn Hall now known as the Delaplaine Fine Arts Center. The ARCC, the main Division 1 athletic facility, contains Knott Arena
and is used to hold athletic and special events on campus. The student center and cafeteria are located in the recently renovated McGowan center.
apparitions. The Grotto has been in use since 1805 when the university's founder Father John DuBois chose it as a place of prayer and devotion.
Simon Bruté, who later became the first bishop of Vincennes, Indiana
, was an important early steward of the Grotto, beginning to care for the site in 1812.
The Grotto was proclaimed a Public Oratory
on December 8, 1965, by Cardinal Lawrence Shehan, archbishop of Baltimore
. Hugh J. Phillips, who had formerly been a student and then president of the university, was appointed its chaplain. The library at Mount Saint Mary's is named in his honor.
and 33% come from other Mid-Atlantic States, while 30 total states are represented, as well as 12 foreign countries. Of the freshmen who attend the Mount, 90% stated that Mount St. Mary's was either their first or second choice.
On October 28, 1923, the editors of the revived Mountain Echo published Volume I, Number 1, taking for themselves the responsibility to report on news and issues of concern to the College community, while The Mountaineer was to be devoted to alumni news and literary pursuits. The Mount Magazine took the place of the Mountaineer and is now published twice a year, once in the Spring and once in the Fall.
Early issues of the newspaper were four pages each, and reported on significant campus events, sports, and education. The issues also contained death notices, news from classes and alumni, campus changes, personals, and advertisements. The 1878/1880 issues featured poetry, literary works, and articles on the history of the College.
During the academic year 1974/1975, the paper was restructured under the name of The
Mountain Review, but resumed its long-standing name the following year. By the 1995/1996 academic year The Mountain Echo was printing a 24 page issue on a biweekly schedule. That year the Echo also had expanded into other formats with Echo Online, which was the first incarnation of The Mountain Echo website, as well as Echo Weekly News with Vince Chesney, which was a radio show hosted by the newspaper's editor-in-chief on the college radio station, WMTB.
Although the internet company that maintained Echo Online folded within a few years, The Mountain Echo would reemerge in cyberspace in 2002 with a new internet provider. Since that resurrection, The Mountain Echo has been both in print and online each week.
On March 18, 2008, the Mountaineers defeated Coppin State University
in the play-in game
of the NCAA Tournament
. This win was Mount Saint Mary's first as a Division I school in the NCAA Tournament.
Babe Ruth
was discovered at Mount St. Mary's by Joe Engel
, a student and baseball
player
at the school, when the St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys of Baltimore (which Ruth attended) team came to Emmitsburg to play. Engel informed minor-league
Baltimore Orioles
manager Jack Dunn of Ruth and his prodigious pitching ability.
was appointed the founding bishop of the Diocese of Vincennes
, modern day Indiana
and Eastern Illinois
. His experience of developing Mount Saint Mary's would have been highly prized as Notre Dame was being formed. Like the Mount, in its early years Notre Dame was a university in name only. It encompassed religious novitiates, preparatory and grade schools and a manual labor school, but its classical collegiate curriculum never attracted more than a dozen students a year in the early decades. This is a model that Bruté could have impressed on the Holy Cross Brothers
who founded the university. Again, there is a French connection in the Congregation of the Holy Cross and Bruté who both held deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. While Bruté was a modest man, leaving no published works behind, his influence can be seen in the University of Notre Dame
and its sister school Saint Mary's College
.
There is the obvious parallel between the three school's names (Notre Dame is 'Our Lady,' a term of endearment for Saint Mary). Second, and less obvious is a parallel between the three school's mottos. Mount Saint Mary's in Emmitsburg has the motto 'Spes Nostra' (Latin: Our Hope) similar to Saint Mary's College in Indiana's motto 'Spes Unica
' (Latin: the Only/Unique Hope) and Notre Dame's motto 'Vita Dulcedo Spes' (Latin: Life, Sweetness, Hope). Mount Saint Mary's in Emmitsburg, Notre Dame and Saint Mary's in Indiana are all unique in their use of focusing on their patron's attribute of a Catholic's hope.
Liberal arts
The term liberal arts refers to those subjects which in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free citizen to study. Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic were the core liberal arts. In medieval times these subjects were extended to include mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy...
, Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
university in the Catoctin Mountain
Catoctin Mountain
Catoctin Mountain, along with the geologically associated Bull Run Mountains, comprises the easternmost mountain ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are in turn a part of the Appalachian Mountains range...
s near Emmitsburg, Maryland
Emmitsburg, Maryland
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,290 people, 811 households, and 553 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,992.9 people per square mile . There were 862 housing units at an average density of 750.2 per square mile...
. It was founded by French émigré Father John DuBois
John Dubois
Bishop John DuBois was the third bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of New York. He was the first presiding bishop to reside in the diocese....
(Père Jean Dubois) in 1808 and is the oldest independent Catholic college in the United States. (It is the second oldest Catholic college in the United States, after Georgetown
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
.) The school became co-educational in 1972. In addition to its undergraduate school, the university includes five graduate
Graduate school
A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate degree...
programs, including a seminary
Seminary
A seminary, theological college, or divinity school is an institution of secondary or post-secondary education for educating students in theology, generally to prepare them for ordination as clergy or for other ministry...
. Dr. Thomas H. Powell is the University's president.
The seminary's rector and president is the former vicar general of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, Monsignor Stephen P. Rohlfs. Rohlfs's immediate predecessor as rector and president was Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades
Kevin C. Rhoades
Kevin Carl Rhoades is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the ninth Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, having served as Bishop of Harrisburg from 2004 to 2009.-Early life:...
. The chancellor of the seminary is the former Archbishop William Henry Keeler
William Henry Keeler
William Henry Keeler is an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Baltimore from 1989 to 2007 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994....
.
History
In 1805, DuBois laid the cornerstone for a church Saint-Mary's-on-the-Hill and bought land with the intention of constructing a school. In 1809, Pigeon Hall, a seminary of the Society of St. Sulpice was transferred to Emmitsburg and marked the beginning of higher education at Mount St. Mary. In the same year, Elizabeth Ann SetonElizabeth Ann Seton
Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church . She established Catholic communities in Emmitsburg, Maryland....
, saint
Saint
A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
and founder of the Sisters of Charity
Sisters of Charity
Many religious communities have the term Sisters of Charity as part of their name. The rule of Saint Vincent for the Daughters of Charity has been adopted and adapted by at least sixty founders of religious orders around the world in the subsequent centuries....
, came to the Mount. She attended Mass there until her death in 1821.
The first charter for a university was obtained in 1830. However, until the early 1900s, Mount Saint Mary's University also acted as a boarding school
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
. Some remnants of the boarding school, such as Bradley Hall (one of the oldest buildings on campus), still exist.
World War II
During World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Mount Saint Mary's College was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program
V-12 Navy College Training Program
The V-12 Navy College Training Program was designed to supplement the force of commissioned officers in the United States Navy during World War II...
which offered students a path to a Navy commission.
Merger with St. Joseph's College
In June 1809, Seton established the first parochial school for girls in Emmitsburg. That school grew to become Saint Joseph College, for women. In 1973, sagging enrollment numbers and rising operating costs forced St. Joseph's College to close its doors and to merge with Mount Saint Mary’s University. MOUNT SAINT MARYS UNIVERSITYCampus
The university is located on a 1,400 acreAcre
The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...
(5.7 km²) campus, which includes the National Shrine Grotto of Lourdes, a popular pilgrimage
Pilgrimage
A pilgrimage is a journey or search of great moral or spiritual significance. Typically, it is a journey to a shrine or other location of importance to a person's beliefs and faith...
site. The campus contains five, new or completely renovated residence halls and three apartment buildings. Academic classes are held in the Knott Academic Center, the COAD Science Building, and Borders Learning Center. Bradley Hall is the campus administration building. The fine arts department is located in the newly rneovated Flynn Hall now known as the Delaplaine Fine Arts Center. The ARCC, the main Division 1 athletic facility, contains Knott Arena
Knott Arena
Knott Arena is a 3,121-seat multi-purpose sports arena at Mount Saint Mary's University, in Emmitsburg, Maryland. It was built in 1987 and is home to the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team.-See also:...
and is used to hold athletic and special events on campus. The student center and cafeteria are located in the recently renovated McGowan center.
National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes
The National Shrine Grotto of Lourdes draws thousands of religious pilgrims and tourists to the campus of Mount Saint Mary's University annually. It is the oldest known replica of the revered shrine in Lourdes, France, dating to about 1875, less than twenty years after the original LourdesLourdes
Lourdes is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in south-western France.Lourdes is a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees, famous for the Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes occurred in 1858 to Bernadette Soubirous...
apparitions. The Grotto has been in use since 1805 when the university's founder Father John DuBois chose it as a place of prayer and devotion.
Simon Bruté, who later became the first bishop of Vincennes, Indiana
Vincennes, Indiana
Vincennes is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Indiana, United States. It is located on the Wabash River in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 18,701 at the 2000 census...
, was an important early steward of the Grotto, beginning to care for the site in 1812.
The Grotto was proclaimed a Public Oratory
Oratory (worship)
An oratory is a Christian room for prayer, from the Latin orare, to pray.-Catholic church:In the Roman Catholic Church, an oratory is a structure other than a parish church, set aside by ecclesiastical authority for prayer and the celebration of Mass...
on December 8, 1965, by Cardinal Lawrence Shehan, archbishop of Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
. Hugh J. Phillips, who had formerly been a student and then president of the university, was appointed its chaplain. The library at Mount Saint Mary's is named in his honor.
Students and faculty
The university enrolls 1,612 undergraduate students and 513 graduate students with a total of 2,125 students. The student population consists of about 55% females and 45% males. Of the 1,612 undergraduate students, 55% come from MarylandMaryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
and 33% come from other Mid-Atlantic States, while 30 total states are represented, as well as 12 foreign countries. Of the freshmen who attend the Mount, 90% stated that Mount St. Mary's was either their first or second choice.
Student publications
The first issues of the Mountain Echo appear to have been published in 1879 and 1880, from Inglewood, near Mt. St. Mary′s College, Emmitsburg, MD. According to a 1993 article in The Mountain Briefing by Dr. William Lawbaugh, these numbers were printed on a hand-operated press by Professor Ernest Lagarde from his home, which he named Inglewood. The Mountaineer, which functioned both as a college newspaper and alumni journal, was also published sporadically during the latter part of the 1800s, and began regular publication in 1893.On October 28, 1923, the editors of the revived Mountain Echo published Volume I, Number 1, taking for themselves the responsibility to report on news and issues of concern to the College community, while The Mountaineer was to be devoted to alumni news and literary pursuits. The Mount Magazine took the place of the Mountaineer and is now published twice a year, once in the Spring and once in the Fall.
Early issues of the newspaper were four pages each, and reported on significant campus events, sports, and education. The issues also contained death notices, news from classes and alumni, campus changes, personals, and advertisements. The 1878/1880 issues featured poetry, literary works, and articles on the history of the College.
During the academic year 1974/1975, the paper was restructured under the name of The
Mountain Review, but resumed its long-standing name the following year. By the 1995/1996 academic year The Mountain Echo was printing a 24 page issue on a biweekly schedule. That year the Echo also had expanded into other formats with Echo Online, which was the first incarnation of The Mountain Echo website, as well as Echo Weekly News with Vince Chesney, which was a radio show hosted by the newspaper's editor-in-chief on the college radio station, WMTB.
Although the internet company that maintained Echo Online folded within a few years, The Mountain Echo would reemerge in cyberspace in 2002 with a new internet provider. Since that resurrection, The Mountain Echo has been both in print and online each week.
Athletics
On March 18, 2008, the Mountaineers defeated Coppin State University
Coppin State University
Coppin State University is a historically black college located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is part of the University System of Maryland...
in the play-in game
Play-in game
This article is about play in games in general, for the most common use of the term, see NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Opening Round game A play in game is a game at the beginning of a tournament that forces the lowest qualifiers for tournament to play each other before the main portion...
of the NCAA Tournament
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...
. This win was Mount Saint Mary's first as a Division I school in the NCAA Tournament.
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth
George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...
was discovered at Mount St. Mary's by Joe Engel
Joe Engel
thumb|Joe Engel, 1913Joseph William Engel was an American right-handed pitcher and scout in Major League Baseball who spent nearly his entire career with the Washington Senators, and went on to become a promoter and team owner in the minor leagues. He was born in Washington, D.C...
, a student and baseball
College baseball
College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. Compared to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a less significant contribution to cultivating professional players, as the minor leagues primarily...
player
Baseball positions
There are 9 fielding positions in baseball. Each position conventionally has an associated number which is used to score putouts...
at the school, when the St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys of Baltimore (which Ruth attended) team came to Emmitsburg to play. Engel informed minor-league
Minor league baseball
Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...
Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
manager Jack Dunn of Ruth and his prodigious pitching ability.
Future plans
In 2008 the University adopted a master plan for the future, much of which has already been completed:- The creation of Founders Plaza to memoralize Fr. DuBois in the front of Terrace (completed)
- The construction of a Residence Hall for 180 students on North Campus - Bicentennial Hall (completed)
- Addition of a Visitors Center to the Grotto
- Renovations and additions to the Terrace - Renovations (completed, Fall 2010)
- The Delaplaine Fine Arts Center/Theatre and renovations to Flynn Hall (dedicated Fall 2010)
- Better distinction between pedestrian walkways and drive-ways
- Massive renovation of Memorial Gym (2011)
- Construction of a Bridge over Rt. 15 to connect East and Main campuses, removing the tunnel
- Additional academic centers
- Additional residence halls
- Creation of a main university entrance in addition to re-aligning the existing entrances/exits
- Improved lighting and security features including cameras, additional "Code Blue" assistance boxes, and additional resources for the Department of Public Safety
- Constant landscaping improvements
Faculty
- Jim Phelan, BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
head coach until 2003. Phelan had 830 career wins and, as of 2010, stood fifth in wins among NCAA Division I college men's basketball coaches. Phelan coached more NCAA games than any other coach in their history. NCAA College Hall of Fame, 2008.
Alumni
- Geno BaroniGeno BaroniMsgr. Geno Baroni, American Roman Catholic priest and social activist, was born on October 24, 1930, in Acosta, Pennsylvania, the son of Italian immigrants....
, civil rights and anti-poverty activist - Agnus BerenatoAgnus BerenatoAgnus Berenato , is the head women's basketball coach at the University of Pittsburgh, a role she has held since 2003.-Early life and education:Berenato is the eighth of ten children born to Peter and Theresa McGlade...
, (1980) head women's basketballPittsburgh Panthers women's basketballPittsburgh Panthers women's basketball is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate women's basketball program of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pitt women's basketball team competes in the Big East Conference and plays their home games...
coach at the University of PittsburghUniversity of PittsburghThe University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of... - John BaerJohn BaerJohn M. Baer is an American journalist working for the Philadelphia Daily News.Baer earned a degree from Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland and a Masters Degree from Temple University. He studied at the Brookings Institution and worked in Congress as a Fellow of the American Political Science...
, journalist. - Charles C. ByrneCharles C. ByrneCharles C. Byrne was a Brigadier General in the United States Army.-Biography:Byrne was born Charles Christopher Byrne on May 7, 1837 to Charles and Emeline Byrne in Baltimore County, Maryland. He graduated from Mount St. Mary's College in 1856 and obtained a M.D. from the University of Maryland...
, U.S. Army general - Fred CarterFred CarterFredrick James Carter is a former professional basketball player and head coach.A 6' 3" guard from Mount St. Mary's University, Carter was selected by the Baltimore Bullets in the third round of the 1969 NBA Draft...
, professional basketball, 1969-1976 - Jennifer P. DoughertyJennifer DoughertyJennifer P. Dougherty was elected Frederick, Maryland’s first female mayor in 2001. Dougherty defeated 2-term incumbent Republican Mayor James S. Grimes....
, first female mayor of FrederickFrederick, MarylandFrederick is a city in north-central Maryland. It is the county seat of Frederick County, the largest county by area in the state of Maryland. Frederick is an outlying community of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of a greater...
, MarylandMarylandMaryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, 2001–2005 - Edward J. FlanaganEdward J. FlanaganFather Edward Joseph Flanagan was a priest of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He was the founder of what is arguably the most famous orphanage—Boys Town...
, founder of Boys TownGirls and Boys TownBoys Town, formerly Girls and Boys Town and Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, is a non-profit organization dedicated to caring for its children and families, with national headquarters in the village of Boys Town, Nebraska...
in 1921 - William J. FrankWilliam J. FrankWilliam J. Frank , is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, District 42.-Background:William Frank is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 42, which covers a part of Baltimore County. Prior to 2002, District 42 was represented by Democrats James W. Campbell,...
, member of Maryland House of DelegatesMaryland House of DelegatesThe Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis... - Richard A. La VayRichard A. La VayRichard A. La Vay , was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 15, which covers western Montgomery County, MD.-Background:...
, (1975) former Maryland State DelegateMaryland House of DelegatesThe Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis... - John LaFargeJohn LaFargeJohn La Farge was an American painter, muralist, stained glass window maker, decorator, and writer.-Biography:...
, artist - Francisco I. MaderoFrancisco I. MaderoFrancisco Ignacio Madero González was a politician, writer and revolutionary who served as President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913. As a respectable upper-class politician, he supplied a center around which opposition to the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz could coalesce...
, democratic president of Mexico from 1911–1913; boarding school graduate http://revolutions.truman.edu/mexico/fmadero.asp - John McCloskey, first American Cardinal, archbishop of New York 1864-1885, first president of Fordham University 1841-43; university and seminary graduate
- Matthew F. McHughMatthew F. McHughMatthew Francis McHugh is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.McHugh was born in Philadelphia, but spent most of his adult life in New York City. He attended Brooklyn Technical High School and Mount St. Mary's University, from which he earned his...
, former United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
CongressmanUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution... - Susan O'MalleySusan O'MalleySusan O'Malley is the former president of the Washington Wizards National Basketball Association team. She was hired in 1991. She is the first female president of an NBA franchise, and one of the first women in a major front-office position in major league sports.-References:...
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- Kevin C. RhoadesKevin C. RhoadesKevin Carl Rhoades is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the ninth Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, having served as Bishop of Harrisburg from 2004 to 2009.-Early life:...
, BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese of the Roman Catholic ChurchRoman Catholic ChurchThe Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity... - Peter RonoPeter RonoPeter Kipchumba Rono is a former Kenyan athlete, who won the 1,500 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics....
, gold-medal winner of the 1,500 metres event at the 1988 Summer Olympics1988 Summer OlympicsThe 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
; university graduate http://www.northeastconference.org/News/mindoor/2005/9/28/msm_deeganretires.asp?path=mindoor - Stanley RotherStanley RotherStanley Francis Rother was a Catholic priest and missionary to Guatemala. He was murdered by a death squad, believed to be made up of right-wing extremists and elements of the Guatemalan Army, on July 28, 1981....
, priest and martyr; seminary graduate - Harry A. SlatteryHarry A. SlatteryHarry A. Slattery , was an American lawyer and statesman. He was United States Under Secretary of the Interior from 1938-39 and gave his name to the Slattery Report, which proposed to develop Alaska through immigration...
, US Under Secretary of the Interior, 1938–39; the Slattery ReportSlattery ReportThe Slattery Report, officially titled "The Problem of Alaskan Development,” was produced by the United States Department of the Interior under Secretary Harold L. Ickes in 1939–40. It was named after Undersecretary of the Interior Harry A. Slattery... - John F. SullivanJohn F. SullivanJohn Francis Sullivan was a player on the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team from 1953 to 1957. His average of 25.4 points per game is still the school record. His 2,676 points is still the school record for a career. His 1,070 points in the 1957 season is still the school record...
, basketball (1953–57), later played in American Basketball League
Students
- Chase HilgenbrinckChase HilgenbrinckChase Michael Hilgenbrinck McDonald is a former American soccer defender. He's most notable for walking away from his professional career to become a Catholic priest....
, former professional soccer player for the New England RevolutionNew England RevolutionThe New England Revolution is an American professional association football club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada...
Connection to the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College in South Bend, IN
In 1834 Simon BrutéSimon Bruté
Simon William Gabriel Bruté de Rémur, the first bishop of the Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana, was born on March 20, 1779, at Rennes, France. His father was Simon-Guillaume-Gabriel Bruté de Remur, Superintendent of the Royal Domains in Brittany; and his mother, Jeanne-Renee Le Saulnier de Vauhelle...
was appointed the founding bishop of the Diocese of Vincennes
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis is a division of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It was originally erected as the Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana on May 6, 1834, and encompassed all of Indiana as well as the eastern third of Illinois...
, modern day Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
and Eastern Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. His experience of developing Mount Saint Mary's would have been highly prized as Notre Dame was being formed. Like the Mount, in its early years Notre Dame was a university in name only. It encompassed religious novitiates, preparatory and grade schools and a manual labor school, but its classical collegiate curriculum never attracted more than a dozen students a year in the early decades. This is a model that Bruté could have impressed on the Holy Cross Brothers
Congregation of Holy Cross
The Congregation of Holy Cross or Congregatio a Sancta Cruce is a Catholic congregation of priests and brothers founded in 1837 by Blessed Father Basil Anthony-Marie Moreau, CSC, in Le Mans, France....
who founded the university. Again, there is a French connection in the Congregation of the Holy Cross and Bruté who both held deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. While Bruté was a modest man, leaving no published works behind, his influence can be seen in the University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
and its sister school Saint Mary's College
Saint Mary's College (Indiana)
Saint Mary's College is a private Catholic liberal arts college founded in 1844 by the Sisters of the Holy Cross. It is located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community northeast of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States — as are the University of Notre Dame and Holy...
.
There is the obvious parallel between the three school's names (Notre Dame is 'Our Lady,' a term of endearment for Saint Mary). Second, and less obvious is a parallel between the three school's mottos. Mount Saint Mary's in Emmitsburg has the motto 'Spes Nostra' (Latin: Our Hope) similar to Saint Mary's College in Indiana's motto 'Spes Unica
Ave crux spes unica
Ave Crux Spes Unica is a Latin pious expression or motto meaning "Hail to the Cross, our only hope." The expression has a long history in Catholic piety and is motto occasionally used by bishops and Catholic institutions...
' (Latin: the Only/Unique Hope) and Notre Dame's motto 'Vita Dulcedo Spes' (Latin: Life, Sweetness, Hope). Mount Saint Mary's in Emmitsburg, Notre Dame and Saint Mary's in Indiana are all unique in their use of focusing on their patron's attribute of a Catholic's hope.
External links
- Mount St. Mary's University website
- Grotto of Lourdes website
- Official Mount St. Mary's University athletics website