The Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica announced they will discontinue active sponsorship of Benedictine College, ending the formal governance role the religious order held since founding Mount St. Scholastica and later merging with St. Benedict’s College. The sisters said they will continue program collaboration and pastoral ties but cited limited membership and a change in their capacity to provide governance. The move follows years of intermittent public disputes between the order and the college and echoes a broader trend in Catholic higher education: founding religious orders stepping back from direct governance because of dwindling numbers and capacity. Trustees, development officers and alumni relations teams will now face decisions about governance, mission stewardship and donor relations as sponsorship duties transition.