Mount St. Mary’s University

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Mount St. Mary’s University

college, Maryland, United States

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Nearby Mount St. Mary’s University was founded in 1808 and is the second oldest Catholic college in the United States (after Georgetown University). A replica of the Grotto of Lourdes, France, on a mountain ridge above the college, is the oldest Catholic shrine in the country.…
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Nearby Mount St. Mary’s University was founded in 1808 and is the second oldest Catholic college in the United States (after Georgetown University). A replica of the Grotto of Lourdes, France, on a mountain ridge above the college, is the oldest Catholic shrine in the country.…
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