Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, will consider admitting transgender students next year in a major change for the 179-year-old Catholic women’s institution.

SOUTH BEND — Saint Mary’s College will now consider accepting transgender applicants to join its historically all-female undergraduate student body, The Observer student newspaper reported Nov ...

The board of St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, ... Founded in 1844 by the Sisters of the Holy Cross, St. Mary’s has an enrollment of about 1,400 students.

A decision by an Indiana Catholic women's college to open enrollment to some transgender applicants as of fall 2024 has resulted in a reprimand by the local bishop and divided students and alumnae.

In the late 1800s, Saint Mary’s enrolled approximately 200 students, of whom only half were Catholic. In 1908 the school officially became Saint Mary’s College, with Mother Pauline O’Neill ...

Saint Mary's College Claire Ath, who graduated in 2018, also explained: “When this admissions decision became public, hundreds of alumni banded together to stand for the Church and her teachings.

If Macy Gunnell, a sophomore at St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Ind., ... Since the Sisters of the Holy Cross founded the college in 1844, it has admitted women only.