St. John's Provincial Seminary

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St John's Provincial Seminary

St. John's Provincial Seminary was a Catholic major seminary in the Archdiocese of Detroit, operative from 1949 until 1988, in Plymouth, Michigan.

Catholic Seminary[]

St. John's was founded in 1949 for the Province of the Archdiocese of Detroit.[1]

The Sulpicians administered and staffed the seminary until their withdrawal in 1971. The first rector was Fr. Lyman A. Fenn.[2]

Its chapel — with around fifty colored stained glass windows designed, crafted and installed by Detroit Stained Glass Works — was dedicated on May 12, 1955.[3][4]

The seminary continued to serve the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit until 1988 (June 7), when it closed.[4]

Later developments[]

The property remained dormant until 1994 when Cardinal Adam Maida pushed for reviving the property as a resource for diocesan youth and families.[5]

In 1996, St. John's Center for Youth & Family was opened on the South side of the property.[6]

Year 1998 sees the starting of a work of redevelopment of St. John's main buildings into a comprehensive center for corporate and social conferences, Catholic weddings and celebrations.

After the restoration process ended, a Grand Opening of St. John's Golf & Conference Center was celebrated in October 2000.

In January 2006, in the northeast side of the St. John's Golf & Conference Center, a new hotel, The Inn at St. John's, opened its doors.

References[]

  1. ^ "What is the background of St. John's?". Archdiocese of Detroit. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  2. ^ "Fenn, Father Lyman Alphonse | The Sulpicians, Province of the United States". sulpicians.org. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  3. ^ "St. John Chapel - The Inn at St. John's - Plymouth Churches". www.theinnatstjohns.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  4. ^ a b Bellaimey, Therese; Bellaimey, Mary Ellen Irving (1988). The Windows of St. John's Seminary, Plymouth, Michigan. Detroit: DSG Press. p. 28.
  5. ^ "A Seminary Reborn: Cardinal Maida's Vision of Renewal". Crisis Magazine. 2000-09-01. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  6. ^ "What happened after the St. John's seminary was closed?". Archdiocese of Detroit. Retrieved 2021-04-03.

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Coordinates: 42°23′41″N 83°28′35″W / 42.3947°N 83.4765°W / 42.3947; -83.4765

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