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It was agreed upon, and the universities merged on July 1, 1971, to form the current Benedictine College.

Mary Noel organized discussion of a merger. Scholastica College had been proposing a merger of the two colleges for over a year. Mary Noel Walter, OSB, president of Mount St. Benedict's would become a co-educational college. It became a senior college in 1932 and was authorized to confer bachelor degrees. Scholastica's Junior College was opened so these young women could continue their tertiary education. Scholastica's Academy (now Maur Hill – Mount Academy) for local young women. Scholastica, whose namesake is Benedict of Nursia's twin sister Scholastica, arrived in Atchison and founded St. In 1863 the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Over the years the college continued to expand and by 1927 it was an accredited four-year liberal arts college. It expanded to include commerce subjects to cater to the needs of the local population, which was primarily pioneers and settlers. The monks, who had recently arrived in the Kansas Territory, then moved their community to Atchison and founded the present-day St.

The mainly classical school curriculum was intended to prepare students for the priesthood. It was named for Benedict of Nursia, founder of modern western monasticism. Benedict's College, a boarding school, in 1858. Miège, S.J., Vicar Apostolic of Leavenworth, two Benedictine monks arrived in Atchison from Doniphan and opened St. Scholastica College, a women's college.Īt the request of Most Rev. Benedict's College, a men's college, and Mount St. The present-day college was formed in 1971 by the merger of St. The college has built its core values around four "pillars" - Catholic, Benedictine, Liberal Arts, Residential - which support the Benedictine College mission to educate men and women in a community of faith and scholarship.īenedictine College celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2008. The abbey has a current population of 53 monks, while the Mount monastery numbers 147 community members. Benedictine colleges and is sponsored by St.

It is located on bluffs overlooking the Missouri River, northwest of Kansas City, Missouri. Scholastica College (founded 1923) for women. Benedict's College (founded 1858) for men and Mount St. It was established in 1971 by the merger of St. Benedictine College is a private Benedictine liberal arts college in Atchison, Kansas, United States.