Kenrick–Glennon Seminary

Kenrick–Glennon Seminary

Kenrick-Glennon Seminary
Other name	Saint Louis Roman Catholic Theological Seminary
Type	Private not-for-profit Roman Catholic Seminary
Established	1818 (1818)
Founder	Bishop Louis William Valentine Dubourg
Religious affiliation	Roman Catholic
President	Rev. James E. Mason
Location	Shrewsbury, Missouri, USA

Kenrick–Glennon Seminary (Saint Louis Roman Catholic Theological Seminary) is a private not-for-profit Roman Catholic Seminary located in Shrewsbury, Missouri in St. Louis County. The Seminary is named after Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick and Cardinal John J. Glennon, former Archbishops of Saint Louis. The Seminary traces its origins to the early nineteenth century. Since that time the locally well-known institution has provided education and formation to seminarians for ordination to the sacred priesthood for many Catholic archdioceses and dioceses.

The Seminary maintains a graduate and undergraduate division, namely, Kenrick School of Theology and Cardinal Glennon College, respectively. Kenrick School of Theology also operates a Pre-Theology program for men who already have an undergraduate degree but need the required thirty undergraduate hours of philosophy prior to entry into the graduate division of the Seminary. Kenrick School of Theology grants the Master of Divinity Degree (M.Div.) and the Master of Arts Degree in Theology (M.A.), and Cardinal Glennon College grants the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Philosophy.

In 2011, Archbishop Robert James Carlson appointed Father John Horn, S.J., a native of Columbia, Pennsylvania, as the President-Rector at Kenrick–Glennon Seminary. Father Horn, who has over 30 years of experience in Catholic education, is a founder of the Institute for Priestly Formation located on the campus of Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.