Pontifical College Josephinum
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| Motto |
Si Deus pro nobis, quis contra nos (English - If God is for us, who can be against us?) |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1888 |
| Affiliation | Catholic Church |
| Rector | Very Rev. Msgr. Christopher J. Schreck |
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Academic staff
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38 |
| Location | Columbus, Ohio, United States |
| Campus | Suburban 100 acres (0.4 km2) |
| Affiliations | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (since 1977) and Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (since 1970) |
| Website | pcj.edu |
Si Deus pro nobis, quis contra nos
The Pontifical College Josephinum is a four-year, Roman Catholic liberal arts college and graduate school of theology founded by Monsignor Joseph Jessing in 1888 and located in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The seminary prepares its students to become priests in the Roman Catholic Church. Students come from U.S. dioceses that do not have their own seminaries, as well as dioceses from around the world.
The Josephinum was granted pontifical status in 1892 by Pope Leo XIII, recognizing her unique mission of forming priests for the international Church.
Founded in 1888, the Josephinum was the religious vocational outgrowth of an orphanage and orphan's industries, founded by Msgr. Joseph Jessing, in the early 1870s and relocated to Columbus. In 1888, Jessing founded the Collegium Josephinum, as it was then known. It was granted pontifical college status in 1892 by Pope Leo XIII and renamed to its current name, thus becoming, and remaining, the only pontifical seminary in the Western Hemisphere.
In the 1870s, inspired by the orphanage work of Father Jessing, when four older boys indicated a desire to serve the Church as Roman Catholic priests, Father Jessing advertised in his German-language newspaper that he would be willing to sponsor two boys who wished to become priests but who lacked the financial means to do so. Jessing accepted twenty-three of the more than forty applicants who replied. Originally his new seminary was called the Collegium Josephinum and was located in downtown Columbus.
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