St Mary's College, Aberystwyth
St Mary's College (Welsh: Coleg Mair) was a Roman Catholic seminary in Aberystwyth, Wales, in the United Kingdom.[1] In 1936, the Bishop of Menevia, Michael McGrath invited the Carmelites to reopen the college in Aberystwyth and staff the local church of Our Lady of the Angels and St Winefride.[3] One noted teacher there from 1936 was Saunders Lewis, he worked with Fr Geary, and one of their pupils was the poet John Fitzgerald.[4] After World War II, the Carmelites realised that an expansion was needed, so some of the staff and students were moved to set up a minor seminary in Tregib Manor in Llandeilo and the college in Aberystwyth was to become focussed on the training of mature students for the priesthood.In 1970, St Mary's College was also closed and the building was bought by the Welsh Books Council who continue to reside there.
AberystwythDenominationCatholicFrancis MostynDedicationBlessed Virgin MaryRoman CatholicseminaryUnited KingdomWelsh languageHolywellWelsh Books CouncilVicar Apostolic of the WalesJohn Hugh JonesBishop of MeneviaMichael McGrathCarmelitesSaunders LewisJohn FitzgeraldDaniel Mullinsminor seminaryTregib ManorLlandeiloOur Lady Queen of Peace ChurchLlanelliRoman Catholicism in WalesNational Library of WalesThe IndependentAllen Hall, LondonRedemptoris Mater House of FormationSt Mary's College, OscottSacred Heart College, BathSt Wilfrid's College, CottonSt Joseph's College, Mark CrossCampion House, OsterleySt Hugh's College, TollertonSt Michael's College, Underley HallSt Joseph's College, UphollandSt Cuthbert's College, UshawSt Edmund's College, WareSt John's Seminary, WonershArchdiocese of Cardiff-MeneviaArchbishops of Cardiff-MeneviaMark O'TooleMetropolitan Cathedral Church of St David, CardiffCo-Cathedral Church of St Joseph, SwanseaOur Lady and St Michael, AbergavennySt Alban-on-the-Moors, CardiffSt Joseph, CardiffSt Mary of the Angels, CardiffSt Patrick, CardiffSt Peter, CardiffSt Joseph, Hay-on-WyeSt Francis Xavier, HerefordOur Lady of Mount Carmel, LampeterSt Mary and St Michael, LlanarthOur Lady of Ransom and the Holy Souls, Llandrindod WellsOur Lady Queen of Peace, LlanelliSt Mary, MonmouthSt Michael, NewportSt Patrick, NewportSt Joseph, Port TalbotSt Dyfrig, TreforestSt David Lewis and St Francis Xavier, UskOur Lady of the Immaculate ConceptionSt Richard Gwyn High School, BarryArchbishop McGrath High School, BridgendCorpus Christi High School, CardiffSt David's Sixth Form College, CardiffSt Illtyd's High School, CardiffSt John's College, CardiffSt John Lloyd Comprehensive School, LlanelliSt Mary's High School, LugwardineBishop Hedley High School, Merthyr TydfilSt John's High School, NewportSt Alban's High School, PontypoolCardinal Newman School, RhydyfelinBishop Vaughan School, SwanseaMary Immaculate High School, WenvoeBridgend DeaneryCardiff DeaneryCarmarthen DeaneryHereford DeaneryLlandrindod Wells DeaneryNewport DeaneryNorth Gwent DeaneryPembroke DeaneryPontypridd DeaneryPort Talbot DeanerySwansea DeaneryHerefordLlandaffSt DavidsApostolic Vicariate of the Western DistrictDiocese of Newport and MeneviaDiocese of MeneviaDiocese of WrexhamBelmont Abbey, HerefordshireJoseph BrownOur Lady of CardiganCaldey AbbeyJohn HedleyOur Lady of PenrhysChapel of St NonGunter MansionEngland