STATUTES OF MOUNT ST. MARY'S SEMINARY
Emmitsburg, Maryland
ARTICLE I
ESTABLISHMENT
1.1 Mount St. Mary's Seminary (the "Seminary") 1s a diocesan
seminary of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
1.2 The Seminary possesses public non-collegial juridic
personality ipso iure according to the Code of Canon Law of the
Roman Catholic Church. 1
1.3 In civil law, the Seminary is a 509(a)(3) Type 1 supporting
organization to Mount St. Mary's University (the "University").
1.4 The Seminary is to be under the patronage of the Immaculate
Conception, St. John Vianney, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, and Blessed
Stanley Rother.
ARTICLE II
GOVERNANCE
2.1 The attributes of the Seminary as an ecclesiastical public
juridic person are set forth in the Code of Canon Law and in these
Statutes. The attributes of the Seminary as a civil corporation are
set forth in the articles of incorporation in civil law. The
attributes of the Seminary as both a non-collegial ecclesiastical
public juridic person and as a civil corporation shall be
consistent and consonant with one another. The attributes of the
Seminary as a non-collegial ecclesiastical public juridic person in
canon law shall be set forth explicitly or by reference in all
relevant civil documents in a manner that they will be protected
and given full force and effect in civil law as well as in canon
law.
2.2 All relevant civil documents, including Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws of the Seminary, shall be consistent and
consonant with these Statutes. Where necessary to accomplish this
end specific provisions of these Statutes shall be explicitly set
forth or incorporated by reference in relevant civil documents.
2.3 Governance of the Seminary shall always be in accordance
with the Code of Canon Law, the current edition of the Program of
Priestly Formation of the United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops, and any and all other norms pertaining to the governance
and administration of Roman Catholic seminaries issued by
canonically competent ecclesiastical authority. The University
Board recognizes the deliberative
1 CIC can. 238 §1.
