5400 Roland Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21210

St. Mary's seminary & University is located at Roland Park in Baltimore, Maryland and was founded in 1791 as the first Catholic seminary in the United States. A community of diocesan priests named the Sulpician Fathers has owned the Maryland seminary for more than 200 years. St. Mary's Seminary & University sits on a 40-acre campus next to woodlands in a natural setting.

The major focus of this Maryland seminary is the pastoral formation of its students. St. Mary's Seminary & University emphasizes the values of community life and faculty presence, priestly prayer and spirituality, and pastoral leadership and generosity. The academic program at St. Mary's Seminary & University covers the Catholic doctrinal and theological tradition. St. Mary's Seminary & University is accredited by both the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, and the Middle States Commission on Higher education.

In 1968, St. Mary's Seminary & University established the Ecumenical Institute of Theology as a response to the Second Vatican Council. The institute is a night school program with unique offerings for Roman Catholic lay ministers. Campus facilities at St. Mary's Seminary & University include the Center for Continuing Formation, a 30,000 square-foot building with 30 private rooms and various conference spaces. The Associated Archives building houses records of the Maryland seminary, the Society of Saint Sulpice and the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Quick Facts:

St. Mary's Seminary & University was chartered as a civil university in Maryland in 1805.

In 1822, St. Mary's Seminary & University was established as the first ecclesiastical faculty in the country by Pope Pius VII.

Originally, St. Mary's Seminary & University was housed in a neo-gothic chapel designed by Maximilian Godefroy before moving to its present location in 1929.

St. Mary's Seminary & University at Roland Park in Baltimore, Maryland was designed by Maginnis and Walsh of Boston.

The Maryland seminary houses the marble statue of Mary called the Sedes Sapientiae, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom. The statue serves as patroness of St. Mary's Seminary & University.

Marion Burk Knott Library at St. Mary's Seminary & University contains more than 132,000 volumes in its collection and is the largest theological library in the city.

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