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Description

Mount Saint John is a 149-acre campus in Greene County, Ohio owned and maintained by the Marianist Province of the United States. It is the home of two resident communities of Marianist brothers and priests and several sponsored Marianist ministries. The Society of Mary (Marianists) is a Catholic congregation of men founded in Bordeaux, France in 1817 by Blessed William Joseph Chaminade. It is one branch of the Marianist Family that includes the Marianist Sisters (Daughters of Mary Immaculate) and Marianist Lay Communities. All in the Marianist family share a common spirituality and mission.

Mission Statement

Mount Saint John is a center for formation and education for the Society of Mary and the Marianist Family. All entities and programs support the Marianist mission of transforming society through formation in faith in community. Inspired by the faithful discipleship of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, they strive to make Christ present by building communities of faith that advance justice, peace, reconciliation, and the integrity of Creation.

Vision

The entities at Mount Saint John collaborate to offer quality faith development and Marianist formational activities with “Mary’s warmth of welcome to God and to others”[1] in a place of natural beauty and peace that nurtures reflection and witnesses respectful, sustainable care for the gift of all Creation.

[1] Rule of Life, Society of Mary, #8.