![\"\"](\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_vjlTTnUPlbc\/Smrqb1m9mzI\/AAAAAAAABrQ\/8_uPp7T4QAI\/s1600-h\/tab52a(St.John%27sCollegeAd1869).jpg\")
<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Today in 1869, the cornerstone was laid for St. John\u2019s College, Brooklyn, which opened its doors in 1870. Founded by the Vincentian Fathers, in 1933 the college was accorded university status, and in 1954 the main campus moved to Queens. Today with five campuses (inccluding one in Rome), St. John\u2019s is the second largest Catholic university in the United States. The first is DePaul University in Chicago, also a Vincentian institution. Seen above is an ad for the school from 1869. Note the tuition!<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St. John\u2019s Cornerstone Laid 1869<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today in 1869, the cornerstone was laid for St. John\u2019s College, Brooklyn, which opened its doors in 1870. Founded by the Vincentian Fathers, in 1933 the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/07\/st-john\u2019s-cornerstone-laid-1869.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"St. John\u2019s Cornerstone Laid 1869\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today in 1869, the cornerstone was laid for St. John\u2019s College, Brooklyn, which opened its doors in 1870. Founded by the Vincentian Fathers, in 1933 the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/07\/st-john\u2019s-cornerstone-laid-1869.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"McNamara's Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-07-25T07:17:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_vjlTTnUPlbc\/Smrqb1m9mzI\/AAAAAAAABrQ\/8_uPp7T4QAI\/s320\/tab52a(St.John%27sCollegeAd1869).jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Pat McNamara\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Pat McNamara\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/07\/st-john%e2%80%99s-cornerstone-laid-1869.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/07\/st-john%e2%80%99s-cornerstone-laid-1869.html\",\"name\":\"St. John\u2019s Cornerstone Laid 1869\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-07-25T07:17:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-07-25T07:17:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#\/schema\/person\/67acddc1dbddb4c13c7e1b7df07f35e7\"},\"description\":\"Today in 1869, the cornerstone was laid for St. John\u2019s College, Brooklyn, which opened its doors in 1870. Founded by the Vincentian Fathers, in 1933 the\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/07\/st-john%e2%80%99s-cornerstone-laid-1869.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/07\/st-john%e2%80%99s-cornerstone-laid-1869.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/07\/st-john%e2%80%99s-cornerstone-laid-1869.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"St. John\u2019s Cornerstone Laid 1869\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/\",\"name\":\"McNamara's Blog\",\"description\":\"Insightful, thought-provoking, and stimulating discussion \u2013 Patheos\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#\/schema\/person\/67acddc1dbddb4c13c7e1b7df07f35e7\",\"name\":\"Pat McNamara\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c3e666dc69dc2dd6d797c06218142620?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c3e666dc69dc2dd6d797c06218142620?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Pat McNamara\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/author\/patmcnamara\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"St. John\u2019s Cornerstone Laid 1869","description":"Today in 1869, the cornerstone was laid for St. John\u2019s College, Brooklyn, which opened its doors in 1870. Founded by the Vincentian Fathers, in 1933 the","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/07\/st-john\u2019s-cornerstone-laid-1869.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"St. John\u2019s Cornerstone Laid 1869","og_description":"Today in 1869, the cornerstone was laid for St. John\u2019s College, Brooklyn, which opened its doors in 1870. Founded by the Vincentian Fathers, in 1933 the","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/07\/st-john\u2019s-cornerstone-laid-1869.html","og_site_name":"McNamara's Blog","article_published_time":"2009-07-25T07:17:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_vjlTTnUPlbc\/Smrqb1m9mzI\/AAAAAAAABrQ\/8_uPp7T4QAI\/s320\/tab52a(St.John%27sCollegeAd1869).jpg"}],"author":"Pat McNamara","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Pat McNamara"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/07\/st-john%e2%80%99s-cornerstone-laid-1869.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/07\/st-john%e2%80%99s-cornerstone-laid-1869.html","name":"St. John\u2019s Cornerstone Laid 1869","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-07-25T07:17:00+00:00","dateModified":"2009-07-25T07:17:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#\/schema\/person\/67acddc1dbddb4c13c7e1b7df07f35e7"},"description":"Today in 1869, the cornerstone was laid for St. John\u2019s College, Brooklyn, which opened its doors in 1870. Founded by the Vincentian Fathers, in 1933 the","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/07\/st-john%e2%80%99s-cornerstone-laid-1869.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/07\/st-john%e2%80%99s-cornerstone-laid-1869.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/07\/st-john%e2%80%99s-cornerstone-laid-1869.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"St. John\u2019s Cornerstone Laid 1869"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/","name":"McNamara's Blog","description":"Insightful, thought-provoking, and stimulating discussion \u2013 Patheos","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#\/schema\/person\/67acddc1dbddb4c13c7e1b7df07f35e7","name":"Pat McNamara","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c3e666dc69dc2dd6d797c06218142620?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c3e666dc69dc2dd6d797c06218142620?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Pat McNamara"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/author\/patmcnamara"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Today in 1869, the cornerstone was laid for St. John\u2019s College, Brooklyn, which opened its doors in 1870. Founded by the Vincentian Fathers, in 1933 the college was accorded university status, and in 1954 the main campus moved to Queens. Today with five campuses (inccluding one in Rome), St. John\u2019s is the second largest Catholic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1042,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n