Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception

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The Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception in 2012.

Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception is a former minor seminary high school and junior college located in Douglaston, Queens, New York. It now currently operates as the Cathedral Seminary House of Formation, serving as a college seminary residence and minor seminary for pre-theology seminarians.

Establishment[]

It was established in 1914 in Brooklyn at 555 Washington Avenue as Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception, a six-year minor seminary, with a four-year high school track and a two-year college track. Upon completion of the six-year program, students still discerning a priestly vocation would be assigned to a major seminary. This six-year program was in place until 1967 when Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception was established as a four-year college seminary in Douglaston, New York.

Independent college[]

The Cathedral College of the Archdiocese of New York, located in Manhattan merged with the college in 1967.[1] The college continued as a four-year independent academic institution until 1988, when it changed to a college seminary residence and pre-theology program titled Cathedral Seminary Residence of the Immaculate Conception.[1] The prep school became Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary. At its peak, the school had over 350 students and nearly a dozen majors.[2]

The Cathedral Seminary House of Formation, as it is known today, serves as the minor seminary for the Archdiocese of New York and the Dioceses of Brooklyn and Rockville Centre. Seminarians who are completing their undergraduate degrees in philosophy, study at either Fordham University in the Bronx or at St. John's University in nearby Jamaica. After completing an undergraduate degree, seminarians will move on to major seminary. Seminarians who enter after already having completed an undergraduate college degree, enroll in a two year pre-theology program at the seminary, before moving on to major seminary.

Notable alumni[]

Sources[]

  • Walsh, Kevin (2006). Forgotten New York: views of a lost metropolis. HarperCollins. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-06-114502-5.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Cathedral College Collection".
  2. ^ "Immaculate Conception Center - Douglaston (Queens), New York". The New York City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
  3. ^ Maraniss, David (7 October 1999). When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi. Simon and Schuster. p. 25 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ Lyman, Rick (13 February 1998). "IN LITTLE ITALY WITH: Martin Scorsese; Scene One: A Fire Escape". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  5. ^ "BBC World Service - Witness History, Woodstock Festival".

Coordinates: 40°40′53″N 73°57′51″W / 40.681345°N 73.964126°W / 40.681345; -73.964126

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