Standing for 98 years in its original location on the north side of Rochester, it also educated men and women for lay ministry,[1] and was one of the first U.S. seminaries to accept laity.

It is currently known as St. Bernard's Park, a senior living apartment community, which completed at $27.98 million renovation in 2021.

[1] In 2003, St. Bernard's assumed its current name and moved to its own facility on French Road in Rochester, New York.

It has been there ever since and offers four graduate degrees in theology, pastoral studies, divinity, and Catholic philosophy - all of which can be taken online.

[citation needed] It is the official repository for the writings and papers of the noted evangelist and author, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who was Bishop of Rochester.