sentences:  In the Midwest, the St. Mary of the Lake Seminary was founded in 1844, and on the west coast what is now the Pacific School of Religion came into existence in 1866.In North America, both denominational and non-denominational schools of theology had seen remarkable proliferation by the middle of the 19th century.When, in 1924, the first comprehensive study of ministerial education was undertaken, 161 Protestant schools were listed.