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 (16 ha) 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]
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]."[38] 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.[39][40] A group bought a full-page ad in the Chicago Sun-Times opposing the actions,[41] 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.[42]
During the period 1984–1993, Quigley graduated an average of 5.5 students per year who completed the remaining eight years leading to ordination.[43] As of 2006, with an enrollment of 183 students, Quigley was the largest of the seven remaining preparatory seminaries in the country.[44][45]
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.[46] However, when Reverend Peter Snieg was appointed rector in 2001, per Cardinal George's[47] 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.[48][49] 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.
Notable alumni
Bishops
Cardinal Edward Egan
Alfred Leo Abramowicz (Q '37) was an Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago who served as Director of the Catholic League for Religious Assistance to Poland (1960–95). He was the principal US fundraising and organizational contact for the Solidarity movement. He was awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.[50]
Aloysius John Wycislo (Q '28) was Bishop of Green Bay (1968–83). During World War II and into the 1950s, he helped to establish refugee camps in the Middle East, India, and Africa, and later worked coordinating aid throughout Eastern and Western Europe.[63]
Monsignor John Joseph "Jack" Egan (Q '37) was an author and social and civil rights activist who marched with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. De Paul University's Egan Urban Center is named for him.[55]
^ abcKoenig, 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.
^[3] 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
^[4]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.
^ abcKoenig, 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.
^[5] 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.
^[6] Edward R. Kantowicz, Corporation Sole: Cardinal Mundelein and Chicago Catholicism, Notre Dame Press, 1983, pg. 10
^"Friends of the Windows at St. James Chapel". Archived from the original on 4 January 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2007. Letter of George Cardinal Mundelein on feast of Sts. Philip and James, 1916, from Archives of the Archdiocese of Chicago, as listed on the Friends of the Windows website as accessed on 1/10/07
^[7] Edward R. Kantowicz, Corporation Sole: Cardinal Mundelein and Chicago Catholicism, Notre Dame Press, 1983, pg. 16
^[8] Edward R. Kantowicz, Corporation Sole: Cardinal Mundelein and Chicago Catholicism, Notre Dame Press, 1983, pp. 102–3
^ abKoenig, 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. 339. OCLC8411062.
^Reynold Hillenbrand was the student founder and first Candle editor, see "Hillenbrand and the Sacred Liturgy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2007. University of St. Mary of the Lake Liturgical Institute web page "Reynold Hillenbrand and the Sacred Liturgy: Introduction", as accessed 14 July 2007
^ abKoenig, 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. 343. OCLC8411062.
^[9] "Mundelein rips into Hitler for Church attacks", Chicago Tribune, 5/19/1937, pg. 7
^[10] Chicago Tribune, 23 May 1937; "Nazis unleash vicious attacks on Roman Catholic Church", Chicago Tribune, 29 May 1937
^[11] "Cardinal in Chicago calls on Holy Name members to align with Social Justice", The New York Times, 1/3/1938, pg. 7
^[12] Edward R. Kantowicz, "Polish Chicago: Survival Through Solidarity", in The Ethnic Frontier: Essays in the history of Group Survival in Chicago and the Midwest, edited by Melvin G. Holli and Peter d'A. Jones, Eerdmans, 1977, pg. 204
^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. 344. OCLC8411062.
^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. 345. OCLC8411062.
^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. 354. OCLC8411062.
^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. 346. OCLC8411062.
^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. 348. OCLC8411062.
^ abcdKoenig, 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. 349. OCLC8411062.
^[13] John Paul II, U.S.A. -- The Message of Justice, Peace, and Love, Daughters of St. Paul, 1979, pp. 173–192
^[14] John Paul II, U.S.A. -- The Message of Justice, Peace, and Love, Daughters of St. Paul, 1979, pg. 194
^[16] "An Open Letter to Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Archbishop of Chicago " Chicago Sun-Times, 4 March 1990, pg. 38
^[17] Archbishop Quigley website, as accessed on 3 February 2007
^[18] "Quigley Seminary: high school holds special niche for Chicago's Catholics", National Catholic Reporter, 22 October 1993. Retrieved 30 August 2007
^"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Seminary closing signals 'final nail' for Catholic tradition", LincolnCourier.com Associated Press story from 4 June 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2007
^[19] Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary website, page entitled "Formations", as accessed 10 January 2007.
^[20] "The new shepherd: his flock meets Archbishop George", Chicago Tribune, 8 April 1997.
^[21] Letter from Fr. Peter Snieg, 19 September 2006, as accessed 12 January 2007
^[22] "Quigley families say church misses calling", Chicago Tribune, 26 September 2006
^Ko, Michael (13 September 1999), "Bishop Alfred L. Abramowicz, 80", Chicago Tribune, retrieved 31 December 2010, Raised in the Brighton Park neighborhood on Chicago's Southwest Side, Bishop Abramowicz attended St. Pancratius Elementary School, where in 6th grade he decided he wanted to become a priest ... He followed through on his promise to become a priest, attending Quigley North Preparatory Seminary in Chicago and St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein.
^Curtis, Georgina Pell, ed. (1960–61), The American Catholic who's who, vol. 14, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA: Walter Romig, (p. 25) Blanchette, Rt. Rev. Mnsgr. Romeo Roy ... grad. Quigley Seminary Chicago ('31) ...
^"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 ...
^ abcdefBrachear, 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.
^ ab"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. ...
^[23] "Hastert picks Catholic as Chaplain, embroiled in allegations of religious bias, GOP leader turns to Chicago priest to fill post", Chicago Tribune, 24 March 2000
^[24] "House's first Catholic Chaplain", The New York Times, 24 March 2000
^Tischler, Nancy M. (2009), Encyclopedia of contemporary fiction: From C.S. Lewis to Left behind (hardcover ed.), Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, ISBN978-0-313-34568-5, (pp. 129–130) Andrew Moran Greely (1928-) was born in Oak Park, Illinois ... After his studies at Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, Greeley went to St. MAry of the Lake Seminary ...
^[25] Social Catholicism: Essays in Honor of Monsignor Higgins, U.S. Catholic Historian, 19:4:2001
^[26] John J. O'Brien, George G. Higgins and the Quest for Worker Justice: The Evolution of Catholic Social Thought in America, Sheed and Ward, 2005
^"Liturgical Institute: Tidings 1-1". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2006. Robert L. Tuzik, "The contribution of Msgr. Reynold Hillenbrand (1905–1979) to the Liturgical Movement in the United States: influences and development", doctoral dissertation, University of Notre Dame, 1989
^[27] Keith F. Pecklers, SJ, The Unread Vision: The Liturgical Movement in the United States of America: 1926–1955, Liturgical Press, 1998
^[28] Andrew M. Greeley, The Catholic Experience: An Interpretation of the History of American Catholicism, Garden City, 1967, pg. 250
^[29] Mary Irene Zotti, A Time of Awakening: The Young Christian Worker Story in the United States, 1938 to 1970, Loyola, 1991
^[30] Steven M. Avella, "Reynold Hillenbrand and Chicago Catholicism", U.S. Catholic Historian, 9:4:1990, pp. 353–370
^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
^[31] "Former Notre Dame Coach John Jordan Dead at 81", Chicago Tribune, 15 June 1991
^'Illinois Blue Book 1979–1980,' Biographical Sketch of James F. Keane, pg. 123
^"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.
^Glab, Michael G. (26 January 1992), "Tough Yardage: Mike Mccaskey Has Enough Problems Getting The Bears Back to the Super Bowl To Worry About How His Ivy League Image Plays with the Fans", Chicago Tribune, p. 2, retrieved 28 December 2010, Young Michael grew up on the sidelines but hardly seemed like a kid anxious to take over his grandfather's empire, carrying textbooks so he could study in the car to and from Wrigley Field, where the Bears used to play. He hoped to become a Catholic priest and attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary for three years. `'It would be a way to help people,`` McCaskey says.
^ abGoldstein, 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
