Mary's Academy follows the directives of the Catholic Church regarding co-education. Mary's includes many honorable ladies of talent and erudition. Mary's Academy, as evidenced by the fact that the faculty and staff of St. Mary's official reply to the incident was in a press release: This alleged reason was neither stated nor is it held by any official of St. Mary's Academy was removed from the Kansas State High School Activities Association list of approved schools. The other referee allegedly claimed that someone told him it was because she "could not be put in a position of authority over boys because of the academy's beliefs". Mary's Academy made news when a female referee was told that she could not officiate at the high school basketball game. Mary's Academy and College announced plans for the construction of a new Immaculata Church, expected to hold 1500 people and to be the largest SSPX church in Kansas. Mary's Academy and College is also a SSPX parish of approximately 4,300 persons (2014). The Academy teams play in the Kansas Christian League in football and soccer and against some non-league teams. The school operates its own radio station, KSMK-LP 98.3 FM, since 2002. While neither the Academy nor the College are accredited by any accreditation agencies, they do operate with approval from the Kansas Board of Regents. In 2002, the governor of Kansas formally recognized Saint Mary's Academy and College for the excellence of its educational curriculum. St Mary's offers boarding for students in the 8th grade and higher. Īs of 2014, the Academy had an enrollment of over 800 students K-12 and the two-year college had an enrollment above 90 in a liberal arts curriculum. The school is now incorporated in Kansas as The Society of Saint Pius X, Saint Mary's, Inc. In 1978, the Society of Saint Pius X acquired the property along with 12 major buildings. The college was a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) from 1902–03 to 1930–31, the season where the school closed. Mary's athletic teams were called the Knights. With the movement of seminaries to the city after Vatican II, the land was sold and the Jesuit divinity school returned to St. After 1931 the 465 acre (1.9 km²) plot hosted the divinity school of St. When the Potawatomi left, the Jesuits turned it into a boarding school for boys, until it closed during the depression. The school is the site of the first cathedral west of the Missouri River and east of the Rockies, the 1851 "log cathedral" of Bishop John Baptist Miège, S.J., Apostolic Vicar of Kansas under Pope Pius IX known familiarly as "The Bishop East of the Rockies". Mary's College, was founded by the Jesuits in 1848 as an Indian mission. The original college at this location, St. Saint Mary's Academy and College is a religious school of the Society of St.
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