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Maryvale Institute
	Maryvale House, the Institute's former home, in November 2016
Motto	Audite Insulae
Type	Roman Catholic
Established	1980
President	The Most Rev Bernard Longley
Dean	Dr Birute Briliute
Location	Birmingham, England; 52°32′55″N 1°53′32″W / 52.5486°N 1.8922°W
Affiliations	Faculté de Notre Dame, Paris; Liverpool Hope University; The Open University;
Website	www.maryvale.ac.uk

Maryvale Institute is a college of further and higher education, an International Catholic Distance-Learning College for Catechesis, Theology, Philosophy and Religious Education formerly based in Old Oscott, Great Barr, Birmingham, England. It specialises in the provision of part-time, distance learning courses to the lay faithful, consecrated religious and ministers of the Roman Catholic Church.

History

The College has existed in its current state since 1980, when it was established by Archbishop George Patrick Dwyer, on the site of St Mary's College, founded in 1794 for both the training of priests and the education of lay pupils. It was also, at one stage, the home of Saint John Henry Newman.

In August 2019 the Institute was merged with the Archdiocese of Birmingham.^[1]

Courses offered

Institute relationships

The Institute is part of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, its president being the Most Reverend Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham. Its Doctoral (PhD) programme is accredited by Liverpool Hope University.^[2] Its Bachelor of Arts and Master's programmes are accredited by The Open University. The validator of the Bachelor of Divinity and Licence in Catechetics programmes is the Faculté-Notre Dame, at the École Cathédrale de Paris. Maynooth Pontifical University, which it was affiliated to accredited a number of programmes in Maryvale,^[3] up until 2014. As well as Maynooth and The Open University,^[4] the institute was also an associated college of Hull University.^[5] In 2011 Maryvale under new guidelines from the Vatican became the first Higher Institute of Religious Sciences in English-speaking world, and became associated with Notre Dame ecclesiastic faculty.^[6]

Adult Faith Programmes

In 2012 Maryvale allowed dioceses in Ireland to run its programmes as part of their adult faith development courses,^[7] with courses being run in Sligo and Roscommon, in the Diocese of Elphin,^[8] and in the Diocese of Cloyne.^[9]^[10] In the Diocese of Kilmore courses were run validated by Maryvale^[11] and the Mater Dei Institute of Education in Dublin. The course was also launched in Motherwell, Scotland.^[12]

Notable people

Lecturers

Robert Letellier, cultural historian and academic
Andrew Pinsent, theologian and scientist

References

^ Maryvale to merge with Archdiocese of Birmingham by Liz Dodd, The Tablet, May 22, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "PGR Information for Staff". Liverpool Hope University. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
^ Other Canonical Degrees Statues of the Pontifical University, Maynooth College, October 1, 1998.
^ 'Catholics in England 1950-2000: Historical and Sociological Perspectives' edited by Michael Hornsby-Smith, page 15, A & C Black, 1999
^ 'British Qualifications: A Complete Guide to Educational, Technical, Professional and Academic Qualifications in Britain, 34th Edition' Kogan Page Publishers, 2004
^ Vatican names Maryvale first Higher Institute of Religious Sciences in English-speaking world Independent Catholic News, Jun 16th, 2011.
^ Background Catechism of the Catholic Church Adult Studies, www.cathecism.ie
^ Studies in the Catechism of the Catholic Church Diocese of Elphin.
^ Students receive Maryvale certificate in catechesis www.catholicireland.net, March 3, 2016.
^ Ireland: Congratulations to Maryvale Institute's new catechists Independent Catholic News, March 4, 2016.
^ Maryvale Course on the Catechism Kilmore Diocese Pastoral Centre.
^ Scotland: Maryvale launches Catechist course in diocese of Motherwell Independent Catholic News, February 11, 2020