Marie de Nazareth
To Jesus, through Mary
In 1943, the Marianists of the University of Dayton founded The Marian Library to commemorate the arrival of the Marianists in the United States (1849); the death of Father William Joseph Chaminade, founder of the Society of Mary (1850); and the founding of the University of Dayton (1850).
The Marian Library is located with the Roesch Library, the main library of the University of Dayton. Because The Marian Library is the largest and most comprehensive collection in the world devoted to its specialty, it was fitting that an institute be organized.
In 1975, an institute of graduate studies in theology was founded in affiliation with the Pontifical University Marianum, directed by the Servants of Mary (Servites) in Rome. The Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education approved the International Marian Research Institute (IMRI) on November 5, 1975.
New IMRI statutes were developed and approved in 1983. IMRI is incorporated into the Faculty of Theology Marianum and is empowered to grant the Licentiate of Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) and Doctorate of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) degrees.
The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute
University of Dayton
Dayton, Ohio 45469-1390
937-229-4214 - Fax: 937-229-4258
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