Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary was an American seminary preparatory school administered by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago for young men considering the priesthood. Located in downtown Chicago at 103 East Chestnut Street, adjacent to Loyola University Chicago's Water Tower campus, it closed in 2007, and became the Archbishop Quigley Center in 2008.[2] Between 1961 and 1990, the seminary was split into two campuses: Quigley South and Quigley North, with Quigley North housed at the original building. The south campus was closed in 1990, with all seminary operations returning to the original building.
The predecessor of the school, Cathedral College of the Sacred Heart, was founded in 1905. Cardinal George Mundelein announced plans in 1916 for the building of a preparatory seminary at Rush and Chestnut streets in downtown Chicago, and named the school in honor of his predecessor, Archbishop James Edward Quigley.[3] Echoing the educational theories of Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Mundelein surrounded Quigley students with great architectural beauty:
"This will unquestionably be the most beautiful building here in Chicago, not excluding the various buildings of the University of Chicago."[4]
Quigley's Chapel of St. James,[5] with stained glass modeled after Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, was dedicated on the 75th anniversary of the Archdiocese of Chicago and the 25th anniversary of Mundelein's priestly ordination on 10 June 1920.[6] Designed by architect Zachary Taylor Davis,[7] with stained glass by Robert Giles of the John J. Kinsella Company of Chicago,[8] it has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1996. The American Institute of Architects Guide to Chicago has termed the stained glass of the Quigley Chapel "dazzling."[9]
The first minor seminary in Chicago was Cathedral College of the Sacred Heart. When bishop James Quigley was appointed archbishop of Chicago in 1903, the archdiocese had only 417 diocesan priests and 149 religious order priests to serve 252 parishes. Anticipating the need for more priests, Quigley formulated plans for Cathedral College, to be located in the center of Chicago. He recruited Reverend Francis Purcell to head the new minor seminary.
Cathedral College followed the European practice of Saturday classes with Thursday as a day off. The college charged no tuition for the first 52 freshmen students. All applicants had to be nominated by their parish priests. The faculty had nine priests, most of whom were Irish or German.[13] The college provided financial aid to indigent students. By 1905, the seminary had 42 students taught by 10 faculty members.[14]
1910 to 1920
Cathedral College quickly grew from one to three buildings. Quigley realized that the archdiocese needed to build a larger minor seminary, but the Cathedral College site was too small for expansion.[15] However, Quigley's failing health prevented him from starting the seminary construction. Prior to his death, Quigley shared his plans for the new seminary with his successor, Auxiliary Bishop George Mundelein from the Diocese of Brooklyn.[16] After becoming archbishop of Chicago in 1916, Mundelein wrote to the priests in the archdiocese regarding the new minor seminary;[17]
"It is for this reason that in several of the dioceses of the country, the bishops have established the more modern form of the preparatory seminary, where the young boy selected from among his companions by the pastor or confessor, who discerns in him the probable signs of a vocation, the piety, application and intelligence which is required for the candidate for the holy priesthood, even while remaining in the sacred circle of the home and under the watchful eye of a pious mother, is placed apart and educated with those who only look forward to that same great work in life, the priestly field of labor, keeping daily before his mind the sublime vocation of the priesthood, preserving him pure and pious by constant exhortation, by daily assistance at the Holy Sacrifice and by frequent reception of the sacraments."[18]
Mundelein then described the new minor seminary for the archdiocese;
"The buildings are to be in the early French Gothic style of architecture and by reason of the distinct individuality and prominent location, will form a place of interest, not only to visitors, but to all lovers of the City Beautiful. The group will be composed of a main college building, and two ornate wings will be one the chapel, the other the library and gymnasium."[6]
In early 1916, Mundelein purchased land on Rush Street in Chicago for the new minor seminary.[19][20] The groundbreaking ceremony was held in November 1916 and the cornerstone was laid in September 1917.[6] The new minor seminary, named the Quigley Memorial Preparatory Seminary, started classes in September 1918, with Purcell as its rector. Cathedral College was closed. Quigley Seminary was established with a five-year program of study. Like Cathedral College, it was a day school, so that its students "would never lose contact with their heritage, their families, their Church."[21]
1920 to 1930
Enrollment at Quigley grew rapidly, topping over 600 students in 1922 in a facility designed for 500. The archdiocese built a new wing in the Flemish-Gothic style in 1925, raising the seminary's capacity to 500 students.[21]
As rector, Purcell established a school newspaper, The Candle,[22] and Le Petit Seminaire, the seminary yearbook. He also created the Cathedral Choristers, a boys' choir that sang at Sunday masses at Holy Name Cathedral. Students activities included the catechists, who served at local parishes and the Beadsmen, a student group that prayed the rosary during free time. Basketball was the most popular intramural and interscholastic sport.[14]
1930 to 1940
When Purcell left Quigley in 1931, the Quigley faculty had increased to 42 teachers with a student body of 1,030. Quigley's priest faculty were expected to live in the archdiocese, so as to keep a parish and priestly connection.[14]
Purcell was succeeded as rector in 1931 by Monsignor Philip Francis Mahoney, who resigned due to poor health in 1934. Mundelein then asked the Quigley faculty for their recommendations on a replacement. During the next faculty meeting, Mundelein named Reverend Malachy P. Foley as the new rector.[23]
As rector, Foley urged the faculty to earn graduate degrees and regularly met with students to evaluate their classroom performance. According to Koenig's account, Foley "maintained Quigley as a seminary that saw itself as second to no other high school."[23]
On May 18, 1937, speaking to 500 priests at a diocesan conference at Quigley, criticized the German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, the Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, and Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring. Mundelein condemned the Nazi leaders for using the pretext of "immorality" and sexual scandals to attack Catholic religious orders, organizations and schools in Germany. He stated:
The fight is to take the children away from us. If we show no interest in this matter now, if we shrug our shoulders and mutter, 'Maybe there is some truth in it, or maybe it is not our fight;' if we don't back up our Holy Father (Pope Pius XI) when we have a chance, well when our turn comes we, too, will be fighting alone. . . . Perhaps you will ask how it is that a nation of sixty million people, intelligent people, will submit in fear to an alien, an Austrian paperhanger, and a poor one at that I am told, and a few associates like Goebbels and Göring who dictate every move of the people's lives...[24]
In response, Goebbels demanded that the Vatican discipline Mundelein, which it refused to do. Nazi attacks on Catholic institutions intensified and the regime closed 200 Catholic newspapers.[25]
Mundelein personally recruited Catholic families to send their sons to Quigley.[26] In a 1938 speech to a meeting of the Holy Name Society at Holy Name Cathedral, Mundelein said:
Our place is beside the poor, behind the working man. They are our people; they build our churches, they occupy our pews, their children crowd our schools, our priests come from their sons. They look to us for leadership, but they look to us, too, for support.[27]
Wanting to Americanize the many ethnic groups in the archdiocese, Mundelein used Quigley to break down ethnic barriers among the clergy. However, Polish groups did win a concession, requiring Polish students at Quigley to learn the Polish language, a practice that continued until 1960.[28]
1940 to 1958
In 1944, Monsignor John W. Schmid, a Quigley alumnus, was named as the seminary's fourth rector. Schmid expanded the language curriculum, sending faculty members to study in Mexico, Canada, and Europe. He also added sciences and physical education to the curriculum. By the early 1950s, the enrollment had grown to 1,300. Schmid began planning for another expansion of Quigley, After Schmid retired in 1955,Cardinal Samuel Stritch named Monsignor Martin M. Howard, another Quigley graduate, as rector on May 18, 1955.[29]
Howard's top priority as rector was curriculum reform. Quigley was still using the five-year minor seminary curriculum with the "Sulpician language-school model" that was started by Purcell 50 years earlier. However, it was inadequate for current seminarians, who needed two years of high school along with the first two years of college. After consultations with Howard and the Quigley faculty, Stritch created a new seminary plan for the archdiocese. It included:
Converting the Quigley Memorial Preparatory Seminary in Chicago from a five-year minor seminary program to a four-year high school seminary program
Building a second Quigley high school seminary near Chicago's south suburbs
Founding a four-year free-standing college seminary
In the meantime, the archdiocese rented the Ogden School from the Chicago Board of Education as an annex to handle the overflow of Quigley's 1,300 students.[30]
1958 to 1970
Stritch's successor, Cardinal Albert Meyer, continued with the seminary overhaul plan. The archdiocese opened the new seminary high school, Quigley Preparatory Seminary South, at 77th Street and Western Avenue, in 1961, with Howard as its first rector. The new seminary was located on 40-acre (16ha) campus that included the Quigley South Chapel of the Sacred Heart. Meyer dedicated Quigley South on September 13, 1962.[31]
The original Quigley Memorial Preparatory Seminary now became the Quigley Preparatory Seminary North, with Monsignor John P. O'Donnell, a Quigley graduate, as its rector. The college seminary, later known as Niles College, opened in late 1961.[32] For a short period in the early 1960s, the two Quigley campuses held joint events, including graduation ceremonies, to instill among the students the spirit of sharing one school.[33]
As rector of Quigley North, O'Donnell encouraged his faculty to seek graduate degrees from many universities. Meyer continued the practice of appointing priests as faculty at the two Quigley seminaries, believing that "young seminarians needed a good number of priest-models to make an intelligent decision about their vocations."[34] In 1965, Quigley North earned accreditation from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Both seminaries took steps to introduce Advanced Placement classes in their curriculums.[35]
During the 1960s, Quigley North and South started experiencing declines in enrollment. Quigley North saw its freshman class decline from 256 in 1962 to 130 in 1967.[35] In 1966 and 1968, the two seminaries instituted several policy changes:
Abolishing the Thursday day off and Saturday school day, so that seminarians and faculty could participate in activities on Saturday
Ending the requirement for faculty to wear cassocks
Allowing seminarians to participate in co-educational activities and organizations
Easing tha suit coat and tie dress code
The seminaries also made changes that allowed its students membership in the National Honor Society.
1970 to 1980
Cardinal John Cody announced in 1970 a new admissions policy for the Quigley seminaries. The original admission requirement, set by Mundelein in 1916, was that Quigley students be educated by priests. Under the admissions reforms, the two seminaries would admit;
Boys who want to become priests and meet the admissions requirements
Boys who might become motivated to become priests. Their admission would be based on the judgements of their parish priests.[35]
The new admissions policy also indicated that Quigley North and South should "emphasize the fact that they are contemporary seminaries primarily concerned with the development and encouragement of vocations to the priesthood", and that "a vigorous campaign should be begun, especially on the part of priests, to enroll qualified students."[35]
On October 5, 1979, on a papal visit to the United States, Pope John Paul II delivered three speeches at Quigley South. One speech was directed to the American hierarchy, a second speech to the sick, and the third one to the student bodies of Quigley North and South.[36][37] In his speech to the seminarians, the pope said:
During your years in the minor seminary, you have the privilege of studying and deepening your understanding of the faith. Since Baptism you have lived the faith, aided by your parents, your brothers and sisters, and the whole Christian community. And yet today I call upon you to live by faith even more profoundly. For it is faith in God which makes the essential difference in your lives and in the life of every priest.
Be faithful in your daily prayers; they will keep your faith alive and vibrant. Study the faith diligently so that your knowledge of Christ will continually increase. And nourish your faith each day at Mass, for in the Eucharist you have the source and greatest expression of our faith.God bless you.[38][39][40][41]
To appeal to suburban enrollment, Quigley North, under the leadership of then Rector Rev. Donald Cusack, established in 1981 an off-campus residence hall called St. John Vianney Hall on the grounds of Angel Guardian Orphanage (AGO) at 2001 West Devon in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. This site sequestered one building in the AGO complex to house and board students from the hinterland of Chicago, Monday through Fridays, during the academic school calendar. All four Quigley classes were represented in these six years. The Vianney priest faculty included Frs. Barnum and Devereaux, who lived at Vianney full-time. Laymen, typically Loyola University students, were offered room and board in exchange for limited duties of moderating the daily activities of residence life, provide curfew enforcement and supervision of the hall members. The suburbs and exurbs were represented: Maywood, Gurnee, Hoffman Estates, Hillside, Olympia Fields, Buffalo Grove, Waukegan, Oak Park, River Grove, Park Ridge and Skokie. From 1981 to 1985, one hall member even came all the way from Bristol, Wisconsin, attending all 4 years at Quigley North while residing at Vianney Hall. The dorm life was regimented by the priests, providing a general wake up call at 6:30 AM, Chapel service at 7 AM, followed by breakfast, hot or cold, prepared by a cook. Classes began at 8:45 AM. The CTA was the student's "green and cream limousine." The 155 Devon, 151 Sheridan 147 Express and L trains sped the students to Michigan Avenue and Chestnut. Curfew for returning to the hall was 5:30 PM for dinner. Study hours were 6-8 PM, followed by an evening Chapel service, then free time until "lights out" at 10-10:30 PM. A public phone was supplied. Chapel service was a reading of the day's Scriptures and minutes of silent contemplation. An amenity at AGO was a pristine full basketball court (once used by the Chicago Bulls prior to Michael Jordan's arrival) which was perfect for recreation and exercise after a full day's scholastic endeavor. Underclass students were 2 to a room and the Upperclass students were given single rooms. Only one student, Jeff Calabrese of Gurnee, was to have completed all 4 years of education while living at Vianney Hall from the Fall of 1982-Spring of 1986.
The residence life included a compulsory chore night: Thursday evening. Laundry, showers and lavatory, kitchen, and recreation areas, etc., were cleaned and repaired from the week's use. The residence opportunity facilitated a true '"'college prep" atmosphere. Students, as young as 14, were encouraged to care for one's self with limited supervision. To live in the city's North side, travel its Gold Coast, be schooled in a castle feet from the Mag Mile without daily parental imperatives was an accelerated track to young adulthood, save a Vocation's consideration. However, due to financial strains coupled to limited Niles College of Loyola enrollment from the roster of Vianney Hall, the experiment was abandoned. The opportunity for residence life was eliminated in 1987.
Some students chose to live in nearby parishes or commit to the lengthy commute. In all, some 20-30 youth spent a portion of their QN careers as residence of Vianney. Remarkably, this annex of QN was barely recognized by the student body as a whole or by faculty. Its mention, existence and mission were somewhat "conspicuous by absence." The progressive creation of a dormitory system to augment vocations was vanguard, and Quigley's only departure from the day-school model established by Mundelein. When Jeff Calabrese mentions that he "lived at high school", he still conjures up New England wealthy and upper middle class institutions' sole ability to afford this option: live at school. Yet humble Quigley North took courage of its conviction and supplied the avenue for this unique and counter-cultural stance to house its students.
1980 to 2007
In 1983, Reverend Thomas Franzman, the rector of Quigley North, reported that "45% of our seniors headed on to Niles College [the college seminary]."[42] By 1989, both Quigley North and South were experiencing steep declines in enrollment and a large reduction in the number of graduates entering the priesthood.
Cardinal Joseph Bernardin closed both Quigley North and Quigley South in December 1989 and in June 1990 opened a new Archbishop Quigley Seminary at the site of Quigley North. For several weeks in early 1990, Quigley students and alumni picketed the archbishop's residence in Chicago to protest the closings.[43][44] A group bought a full-page ad in the Chicago Sun-Times opposing the actions,[45] The Order of St. Augustine purchased the Quigley South campus from the archdiocese for St. Rita of Cascia High School. The new Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary was recognized by U.S. News & World Report in 1999 as one of 96 outstanding high schools in America.[46]
During the period 1984–1993, Quigley graduated an average of 5.5 students per year who completed the remaining eight years leading to ordination.[47] As of 2006, with an enrollment of 183 students, Quigley was the largest of the seven remaining preparatory seminaries in the country.[48][49]
Daily attendance at Mass was required of Quigley students for the greater part of the 20th century, following Mundelein's letter of 1916 and John Paul II's 1979 direction quoted above, but the practice declined during the early 90s, when a weekly mass was instituted.[50] However, when Reverend Peter Snieg was appointed rector in 2001, per Cardinal George's[51] decision, prayer was the centerpiece of Quigley once again. Since academic school year of 2000–01, Mass had been an integral part of spiritual growth, being required three days a week with Monday morning prayer and Friday afternoon prayer to begin and end each week.
The archdiocese announced on September 19, 2006, that Quigley would closed in June 2007.[52][53] After one year of renovation, the site became the Quigley Pastoral Center, containing the offices of the archbishop's curia and relative church bodies, with a "Quigley Scholars" program being established to support priestly vocations among high school boys.
Beadle—during the Days of the Giants, the student in a Latin classroom designated by the professor to exact discipline and to pass back graded papers, usually the student with the second highest grades in a marking period, but sometimes a student creatively chosen by the professor to motivate the student or the class.
Beadsmen—an organization of Quigley students who prayed the Rosary in the chapel together and did service projects. Quigley students up until the 1970s were required to pray the Rosary daily.
Big Brother Little Brother Program- For a period of time, Quigley would pair a member of the senior class with an incoming freshman in order for them to become familiar with the school.
Candle—the Quigley, and after 1961, the Quigley North student newspaper
Cards—See "Give me your card." Said to a group of students committing some disciplinary infraction, such as smoking. The prof would hold out his hand, and simply say to the students, "Cards", or "Cards, please", and the offending students would hand over their demerit cards.
Cathedral Choristers—the boys' choir of Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral populated by Quigley and later Quigley North students during the Days of the Giants. Each entering Bennie was screened at orientation for singing ability, and if he could sing and his voice had not yet changed, his membership in the Cathedral Choristers was mandatory. If his voice had fully changed, he was assigned to the Schola or Glee Club. Founded as the St. George Choral Society in 1918, they became the Cardinal's Cathedral Choristers in 1931. The Choristers recorded "Carols of the Nations", which was a Christmas program performed at the Cathedral and at Quigley until the Choristers were disbanded in 1980.[54]
Chapel—often referring to daily Mass, morning prayer, and afternoon prayer at Archbishop Quigley.
Christmas Wreath Toss—During the traditional QN/AQ faculty tree trimming party, usually the first week of Advent, faculty members would take turns in tossing a wreath onto the arm of the statue of John Cardinal Newman in the faculty lounge (aka Tudor Room). If the wreath lands on Cardinal Newman's head or hangs off his finger, the toss is invalid. Often, it will take up to 4-5 rounds before wreath is properly rested on Cardinal Newman's arm.
The Crow's Nest—located on the 3½ floor northeast staircase of Quigley, the highest office in altitude at 103 E. Chestnut. Fr. William Sheridan long resided in that office. His own name is carved on the wood of the door. The entrance to Memorial Hall is found through this office. During the 1960s this room served as the Le Petite Seminaire yearbook office, and was for a time called "Gilligan's Island" after Rev. John Gilligan, the yearbook moderator.
Daily Mass—attendance at daily Mass in the early morning hours at one's home parish was required of Quigley students up until the 1970s.
Days of the Giants—an expression by older Quigley graduates about a past Golden Age in which the school's discipline and performance standards were higher, thus making the students of that era smarter, tougher, holier, better than any given present cohort of students, based upon a Scriptural reference to Genesis 6:4, "At that time the Nephilim (giants) appeared on earth (as well as later), after the sons of heaven had intercourse with the daughters of man, who bore them sons. They were the heroes of old, the men of renown."[55]
Day off—Traditionally, if the bishop came to visit Quigley for Mass, students could receive the rest of the day off of school, according to his personal prerogative. In latter years of the institution Auxiliary Bishop Jakubowski (an alumnus), particularly, liked to uphold this tradition by announcing at the end of Mass his grant of a "day off" of school (to be given at some later date as determined by the rector.) This practice earned him great affection from students who would, then, beg every other bishop visiting Quigley (including all auxiliaries who might pass through, the cardinal archbishop of Chicago, and visiting prelates from other dioceses) for the same, usually without success. Cardinal George did also eventually offer this privilege to students, at least on one occasion
Demerit—25 demerits in a semester lead to a student's expulsion, 60 in a year likewise.
Demerit Card—A card which totes 25 spots, 5 of which lead to a JUG, 25 of which lead to an expulsion. Often referred to in Monopoly terms such as 'Go to Jail' on 25, and Free Parking at 15 (a suspension).
Lenten Lob—during the season of Lent at Archbishop Quigley, tournaments were held to raise money for the Catholic Missions. Two key events are the Money Jars and the Lob. For the money jars, each class including faculty would have their own jar to collect/add money. At the end of Lent, the class with the most money wins; however, only quarters add to your amount while any other currency deducts from your total. The Lob is when students & faculty have to "lob" balls from different parts of the gymnasium balcony to a bucket on the floor of the gym. Depending on the location and the type of ball used, each class (plus faculty) gains points. At the end of Lent, the points and the money jar are added together to determine the winner.
Lenten Tournament—an intramural basketball tournament held both at Quigley and at off-site locations, such as the former Chicago Fire Department gymnasium at Navy Pier, during the Days of the Giants.
Memorial Hall—the east attic where students and faculty sneaked up and signed their names and class year. Earliest records indicates students from the class of 1918 and 1919, all four initials etched in stone. The rest have been signed in chalk with last name and graduation year. Memorial Hall can be accessed through the Crow's Nest.
Mission Party—a festive after-school event, usually on a Wednesday when Thursday was a free day, with card games, open gym and pool, movies, and refreshments, with funds raised going to benefit the Catholic Missions.
Mission Walk—The mission walk was to raise money for the Catholic missions, where students walk from Quigley to Mundelein Seminary, a total of approx 55 miles (89km). Students are to fund raise money for each mile they walk. From the early 1990s to the early 2000s, the mission walk was a two-day event where students departed from Quigley on Friday morning and walk north to Mundelien. It is often tradition for the students who participate to stop by the Cardinal's residence before continuing on. The walk ended in the afternoon on Saturday. It is often tradition that the last mile the participants ran. After 2003, the mission walk was limited to Wrigley Field.
No girls—Quigley students were forbidden up to the point of expulsion from the seminary to date or to participate in clubs with girls without prior approval until 1966.
Pastor's signature—during the Days of the Giants, a pastor's letter of recommendation was required for a student to enter Quigley, and pastors as well as parents during the Days of the Giants were required to sign the student's report card at final marking periods. The report card included both grades and demerit totals, so obtaining the pastor's actual signature was a moment of reckoning.
Schola, or Schola Cantorum—a small group of Quigley students with mature voices trained in Gregorian Chant, who would sing at Quigley or at Holy Name Cathedral during the Days of the Giants.
Sparks—The official newspaper of Quigley North in its later years. Supposedly stems from an underground newspaper of the 70's called "Sparks from the Candle".
The Talon—The official student newspaper of Archbishop Quigley from 1990 to the present.
Thursday off, Saturday on—Quigley students went to school on Saturdays and had Thursday off up until 1966. On Thursdays, Quigley students would often go together to the nearest parish gym, which would sometimes be opened for their exclusive use. Parish priests would often also take Thursdays off, and sometimes join the seminarians in recreation.
Notable alumni
Bishops
Cardinal Edward Egan
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1 2 3 Koenig, Harry C., ed. (1981). Caritas Christi Urget Nos: A History of the Offices, Agencies, and Institutions of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Vol.I. Chicago, Ill.: Archdiocese of Chicago. p.341. OCLC8411062.
↑ Chicago Tribune, "Archdiocese to close historic Quigley Preparatory Seminary", 20 September 2006; per the C. Tribune article, Cardinal Francis George, OMI, attended Quigley for one day
↑ Archived 4 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine Peter Snieg, "Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary: Its mission and issues confronting its existence as a high school seminary", Seminary Journal, 10(2), 2004, pp. 24–35
↑ Koenig, Harry C., ed. (1981). Caritas Christi Urget Nos: A History of the Offices, Agencies, and Institutions of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Vol.I. Chicago, Ill.: Archdiocese of Chicago. p.337. OCLC8411062.
1 2 3 Koenig, Harry C., ed. (1981). Caritas Christi Urget Nos: A History of the Offices, Agencies, and Institutions of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Vol.I. Chicago, Ill.: Archdiocese of Chicago. p.342. OCLC8411062.
↑ Edward R. Kantowicz, Corporation Sole: Cardinal Mundelein and Chicago Catholicism, Notre Dame Press, 1983, pg. 102
↑ Koenig, Harry C., ed. (1981). Caritas Christi Urget Nos: A History of the Offices, Agencies, and Institutions of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Vol.I. Chicago, Ill.: Archdiocese of Chicago. p.340. OCLC8411062.
↑ Edward R. Kantowicz, Corporation Sole: Cardinal Mundelein and Chicago Catholicism, Notre Dame Press, 1983, pg. 10
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↑ "Chicagoan named bishop of Belleville". Chicago Tribune. 16 March 2005. Retrieved 31 December 2010. Braxton was born in Chicago ... He studied for the priesthood at Quigley Preparatory Seminary, Niles College Seminary and St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein.
↑ "ABOUT THE BISHOP". biographic sketch. Diocese of Belleville. 2010. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2010. Bishop Edward K. Braxton was born on 28 June 1944 in Chicago ... The future Bishop studied for the priesthood at Quigley Preparatory Seminary, Niles College Seminary and St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, Ill.
↑ Curtis, Georgina Pell, ed. (1960–61), The American Catholic who's who, vol.14, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA: Walter Romig, (p. 86) Cousins, MOST REV WILLIAM E, bishop ... educ Holy Angels and St James Parish Schs., Quigley Prep Sem., St Mary's Sem Mundeleien ...
1 2 3 4 5 6 Brachear, Manya A.; Ramirez, Margaret (20 September 2006), "Archdiocese to close historic Quigley Preparatory Seminary", Chicago Tribune, pp.3 of 3, retrieved 30 December 2010, Some of high school's notable alumni: Edward Burke, Influential 14th Ward alderman, Cardinal Edward Egan, Archbishop of New York, Rev. Andrew Greeley, Well-known novelist and sociologist, Bishop Wilton Gregory, Archbishop of Atlanta, former head of bishops conference, Ray Meyer, Late Hall of Fame basketball coach at DePaul University ... Monsignor John "Jack" Egan, activist known for championing desegregation, organized labor, education and housing for poor.
↑ Eifling, Sam (26 April 2002), "Bishop Thomas J. Grady, 87", Chicago Tribune, retrieved 31 December 2010, Born in Chicago, Bishop Grady attended Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary, where he returned to join the faculty after he was ordained a priest in 1938.
1 2 "Pope Accepts Resignations of Chicago Auxiliaries, Names Three Others" (Press release). United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. 24 January 2003. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2010. Francis Kane was born in Chicago, October 30, 1942. He studied at Quigley Preparatory Seminary and St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, and was ordained a priest of the Chicago archdiocese on May 14, 1969 ... Thomas J. Paprocki was born in Chicago, August 5, 1952. He studied at Quigley Preparatory Seminary and St. Mary of the Lake, and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago on May 10, 1978.
↑ "Arlington's Second Bishop — John R. Keating", Arlington Catholic Herald (Arlington, Virginia, USA) (reprinted 20 November 2008), August 1999, archived from the original on 8 January 2011, retrieved 31 December 2010, John Richard Keating was born July 20, 1934, in Chicago, Ill. He attended Queen of All Saints School, Quigley Preparatory Seminary — both in Chicago — and St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, Ill.
↑ "MOST REV. GERALD F. KICANAS, BISHOP OF TUCSON". biographic sketch. Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2010. Bishop Kicanas was born in Chicago on Aug. 18, 1941 ... He attended Immaculate Heart Elementary School and Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago and the University of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein ...
↑ Rice, Patricia (20 April 2010), "Chicago native Thomas J. Paprocki named new bishop of Springfield archdiocese", St. Louis Beacon, retrieved 31 December 2010, While still at his parish grade school, Paprocki decided to become a priest. He enrolled in the archdiocese's high school seminary, Quigley Preparatory Seminary South.
↑ "Our Bishop". biographic sketch. The Diocese of Tulsa. 2010. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2010. Edward James Slattery was born in Chicago on August 11, 1940 ... After his schooling at Visitation of the BVM Grade School, Edward attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago.
↑ Curtis, Georgina Pell, ed. (1960–61), The American Catholic who's who, vol.14, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA: Walter Romig, (p. 482) Wycislo, VERY REV MSGR ALOYSIUS JOHN ... educ. St Mary's Sch. Cicero, Quigley Prep Sem. ...
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↑ Jimenez, Gilbert (27 January 1990), "1,000 rally to fight Quigley S. closing", Chicago Sun-Times, archived from the original on 5 November 2012, retrieved 28 December 2010, "I believe the conversation was going on with Rita before Quigley South was even notified, and the deal is cut now", said the Rev. Michael Pfleger, an alumnus of Quigley South.
↑ Connors, Caroline (6 October 2010), "Pfleger speaks at Christ the King", The Beverly Review (Chicago), archived from the original on 7 December 2010, retrieved 28 December 2010, Pfleger grew up in the parish of St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church in Chicago's Wrightwood neighborhood, attended Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary South, Loyola University and St. Mary of the Lake Seminary.
↑ "Alderman Edward M. Burke". biographic sketch. City of Chicago. 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010. A lifelong resident of the Southwest Side, Alderman Burke graduated from Quigley Preparatory Seminary in 1961 and earned his Bachelor's Degree from DePaul University in 1965
↑ "Mike Harper". bio & statistical sketch. basketball reference.com. Retrieved 27 December 2010. High School: Quigley South in Chicago, Illinois
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↑ "Who's Who in Marine Corps History: CAPTAIN JOHN HAROLD LEIMS, USMCR (DECEASED)". biographic sketch. United States Marine Corps History Division. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2010. John Harold Leims was born in Chicago, Illinois, 8 June 1921. He attended St. Hilary Parochial School, Quigley Preparatory Seminary, and graduated from St. George High School in Evanston, Illinois, in 1939.
↑ Smith, Sid (29 June 1997), "'Er' Player Harry Lennix Returns to the Role That Launched Him", Chicago Tribune, p.3, retrieved 28 December 2010, Lennix attended Quigley South Preparatory Seminary at a time when the student body was only 10 percent African-American.
↑ Burton, Cheryl (30 November 2005). "Back home with Harry Lennix". transcript. ABC 7 TV News. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2010. The road to stardom began on the South Side where Lennix grew up in a strict Catholic home. He attended Quigley South Seminary School with aspirations of becoming a priest.
1 2 Goldstein, Richard (18 March 2006), "Ray Meyer, Former DePaul Coach, Dies at 92", New York Times, retrieved 28 December 2010, Meyer ... planned to be a priest but turned to sports after starring in basketball at Chicago's Quigley Prep and St. Patrick's Academy, which won the 1932 Catholic high school national title. In Meyer's first season, he discovered a basketball hopeful who, like the coach, had once studied for the priesthood at Quigley Prep ... As Meyer put it in his memoirs, George Mikan was "raw material with little talent."
↑ Krajelis, Bethany (13 April 2010). "Lawyer pleased with career path"(PDF). Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. 156 (71). Chicago: Law Bulletin Publishing Company. ISSN0362-6148. Retrieved 28 December 2010. Long before he made a name for himself as a respected lawyer, lobbyist and Cook County Board commissioner, the Chicago native pictured himself working in a church. "I thought I was going to be a Catholic priest", said Suffredin, a graduate of the Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary.
↑ "Larry Suffredin: Cook County Commissioner". biographic sketch. Office of the Clerk of Cook County. 2009. Archived from the original on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2010. High School: Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary
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