Landscape: A History of Mount St. John

Troubled History of Marianist College

On May 15, 1960, ground was broken for the building of Marianist College, which would house the growing number of young student-brothers at that time. Bishop Alter dedicated it (Appendix 7). The establishment of Marianist College to offer classes for scholastics was impressive, but short lived. At its peak in the early 1960s there were 215 scholastics living there. In 1965 Marianist College was named as the central part of the University of Dayton’s East Campus. This “East Campus” ceased with the departure of many of the scholastics from the Society of Mary in the late 1960s. In 1970 with only some 30 scholastics remaining, the Marianist College Scholasticate closed. This was the beginning of a new era in which community-centered post-novitiate formation was to take place in local communities.