Saint Louis Priory School
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The Saint Louis Priory School, a Roman Catholic secondary
day school
for boys, is located in suburban St. Louis
, Missouri
, within the Archdiocese of Saint Louis
. The school is run by the Benedictine monk
s of Saint Louis Abbey
as part of their religious ministry.
Ampleforth Abbey
in Yorkshire
, England
. The corresponding Priory of Saints Louis and Mary (now Saint Louis Abbey), a Benedictine monastery
, was established at the same time. The Priory, which is a member of the English Benedictine Congregation
, became independent of Ampleforth
in 1973, and was elevated to an Abbey
in 1989.
The founding Prior (1955–1967) was author, monastic leader and former titular Abbot of Westminster
, Reverend Columba Cary-Elwes
.
The founding headmaster was scholar and author Rev. Timothy Horner, O.S.B., who also founded the school's first athletic team, the Rebel Ruggers.
The history of the monastery and school was chronicled by founding monk and original headmaster Fr. Timothy Horner, O.S.B. in his In Good Soil: The Founding of the Saint Louis Priory School 1954-1973 (2001). In this history, Horner describes the initial contact with the interested St. Louis Catholic laymen, and explains the process of founding a new school in the English Benedictine Congregation.
Students have the option to take up to 14 advanced placement courses, and honors classes begin in foreign languages in 8th grade, and in other fields beginning in high school. To graduate, students in their senior year must submit one of three types of theses: a research project, a work of creative writing, or a project in the visual or performing arts. Students must also participate in service to the community in order to graduate.
According to a 2009 issue of Saint Louis Magazine, its ACT test average score ranking was second among all 97 St. Louis-area high schools and second out of 32 area private high schools.
(JETS) hosts an annual competition, known as TEAMS
, aimed at "challenging high school students in grades 9-12 to work together as a team to apply knowledge learned in the classroom to real-world engineering scenarios". Priory has performed well over the years in this competition, including a national championship in 2000.
There is a Robotics Club, the Roborebels, that often does well in the annual local FIRST Robotics Competition
. In 2010, the team took second place at the St. Louis Regional competition and in 2011 the team was again successful placing third.
Among Priory's extracurricular offerings is the art of calligraphy
. The school has a Calligraphy Guild
to which students may apply, and after demonstrating a certain level of proficiency, they may earn the title of "Master." Students can also learn the art of working with stained glass during their high school years.
In addition, Priory serves as one of two St. Louis-area sites for AIM High, a program that offers an academic and personal enrichment program for motivated middle school students from high-risk environments. The program involves Priory faculty members, parents and students.
in order to fill their sports requirement. The rugby and ice hockey teams are club teams that are not sponsored by the school or state. However, according to a rule change starting in the 2009-2010 school year, they now fulfill the sports requirement for the winter term. In the spring, the school offers golf, track and field, tennis, baseball, and ultimate frisbee. As with rugby and ice hockey, the ultimate frisbee team is a club team. (Although the school has racquetball and squash facilities, it does not field teams in these sports, nor does it have a swimming and diving team, as it once did.)
In the winter of 2004, the hockey team received a bid to play in the Wickenheiser Cup, a memorial tournament named for the late St. Louis Blues Center Doug Wickenheiser
. Priory won the championship game, played at the Scottrade Center
, giving the school its first state sports title since 1973. In 2007, the hockey team won the Wickenheiser Cup for the second time.
In the fall of 2005, the Priory varsity soccer team became the first in this sport in Missouri's high school sports history, and the first since state titles were officially sanctioned by the Missouri State High School Activities Association
, to compete for a full season with no losses or ties. The soccer Rebels ended the season with a perfect 26-0-0 record, winning the state Class 2 title.In November 2011, the soccer Rebels again produced a perfect season, finishing 27-0-0 and winning the Missouri State High School Class 2 championship with a 2-0 victory over Trinity High School
. In so doing they became the only school in Missouri high school soccer history to twice post a perfect season, with no losses and no ties. The soccer Rebels' team record included 24 shutouts, and they outscored opponents 107-5.
In the spring of 2007, the Priory golf team won its first state title, winning by 27 shots. The final team score was 583.
The spring of 2007 brought upon another great change to Priory sports; fielding an Ultimate Frisbee team, nicknamed "The Jeromans" after an esteemed Priory classics teacher, Mr. Jerome Miller, Priory went undefeated in the regular season and ultimately, after a tough semifinals game against DeSmet Jesuit High School, went to the State Finals against Rockhurst High School
, against whom they lost. In 2008, the team repeated its undefeated season, defeating Rockhurst (this time in the semifinals) before then falling to a very strong DeSmet team. In 2009, the team again went undefeated up until its third consecutive State Final loss, again to a nationally ranked DeSmet squad. 2010 brought on a tough year where the team struggled during the season before pulling off several upsets against St. Louis University High School, Kirkwood High School
, and Parkway North High School
before falling to DeSmet during the State Finals for the third year in a row.
Johnny Rebel
figure, then known as General Beauregard, was featured in the school's sports iconography. The school briefly flew a Confederate flag until it was removed due to controversy surrounding the symbolic meaning of the flag. During the U. S. Civil War
, Missouri
had a pro-Union government, Saint Louis
was a predominantly Union city, and most Roman Catholics in Missouri during the Civil War were pro-Union, so school supporters thought the Confederate identification was inappropriate.
The school has always said that the term "rebels" referred to the colonial rebels of the American Revolution
. The students replaced the mascot of General Beauregard with a super-hero-style "Rebel Man".
The jersey colors are red, white, and blue.
of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum
. The church's circular facade consists of three tiers of whitewashed, thin-shell concrete parabolic arches, the top one forming a bell-tower. The arches appear to float upwards from their grassy base. They are faced with dark insulated-fiberglass polyester window walls which create a meditative translucency when viewed from within. The church holds a 14th-century sculpture of the Madonna and Christ child, a 17th-century holy font
in the Della Robbia
style, and modern sacred art by artists from the United States
, Great Britain
, Spain
, and France
. The 2007 AIA|CPC Design Committee bestowed its Twenty-five Year Award
on the Abbey Church/Priory Chapel.
On the grounds outside the church sit life-size sculptures of the abbey's patron saints, Saint Benedict
, by Lithuania
n-born artist Wiktor Szostalo
, and the Holy Blessed Virgin Mother Mary, Our Lady of Grace, by American Philip Howie. The Abbey Church also serves as the home church for the Saint Louis Archdiocese parish of Saint Anselm.
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Arts and sciences
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
day school
Day school
A day school—as opposed to a boarding school—is an institution where children are given educational instruction during the day and after which children/teens return to their homes...
for boys, is located in suburban St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, within the Archdiocese of Saint Louis
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis
The Archdiocese of St. Louis is the Roman Catholic archdiocese that covers the City of St. Louis as well as the following Missouri counties: Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Perry, Saint Charles, Saint Francois, Ste. Genevieve, St...
. The school is run by the Benedictine monk
Monk
A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
s of Saint Louis Abbey
Saint Louis Abbey
The Abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Louis is an abbey of the Roman Catholic English Benedictine Congregation located in St. Louis County, Missouri USA. The Abbey is an important presence in the spiritual life of the Archdiocese of St. Louis...
as part of their religious ministry.
History
The school was established in 1955, at the invitation of St. Louis Catholics, by monks of the BenedictineBenedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
Ampleforth Abbey
Ampleforth College
Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire, England, is the largest Roman Catholic co-educational boarding independent school in the United Kingdom. It opened in 1802, as a boys' school, and is run by the Benedictine monks and lay staff of Ampleforth Abbey...
in Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The corresponding Priory of Saints Louis and Mary (now Saint Louis Abbey), a Benedictine monastery
Monastery
Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only...
, was established at the same time. The Priory, which is a member of the English Benedictine Congregation
English Benedictine Congregation
The English Benedictine Congregation comprises autonomous Roman Catholic Benedictine communities of monks and nuns and is technically the oldest of the 21 congregations that are affiliated in the Benedictine Confederation....
, became independent of Ampleforth
Ampleforth
Ampleforth is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, about north of York. The village is situated on the edge of the North York Moors National Park...
in 1973, and was elevated to an Abbey
Abbey
An abbey is a Catholic monastery or convent, under the authority of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serves as the spiritual father or mother of the community.The term can also refer to an establishment which has long ceased to function as an abbey,...
in 1989.
The founding Prior (1955–1967) was author, monastic leader and former titular Abbot of Westminster
Westminster Abbey
The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,...
, Reverend Columba Cary-Elwes
Columba Cary-Elwes
Evelyn Charles Cary-Elwes , professed a monk as Dom Columba Cary-Elwes, OSB, of Ampleforth Abbey in York, England. As a missionary he traveled to Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya and is the author of numerous books on Christianity...
.
The founding headmaster was scholar and author Rev. Timothy Horner, O.S.B., who also founded the school's first athletic team, the Rebel Ruggers.
The history of the monastery and school was chronicled by founding monk and original headmaster Fr. Timothy Horner, O.S.B. in his In Good Soil: The Founding of the Saint Louis Priory School 1954-1973 (2001). In this history, Horner describes the initial contact with the interested St. Louis Catholic laymen, and explains the process of founding a new school in the English Benedictine Congregation.
Headmasters
- Rev. Timothy Horner, OSB 1955-1974
- Rev. Paul Kidner, OSB 1974-1983
- Rev. Finbarr Dowling, OSB 1983-1992
- Rev. Thomas Frerking, OSB 1992-1995
- Rev. Gregory Mohrman, OSB 1995-2005, first priory alumnus to join the monastery, class of 1976
- Rev. Michael Brunner, OSB 2005- current
Academics
Priory offers an education shaped by the Benedictine order's tradition of Christian humanism, with particular attention to Roman Catholic theology, classical (Latin and Greek) and modern foreign languages (French, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese), English and American literature, mathematics and the natural sciences, history, computer science, and the fine arts (vocal music, studio art, theater arts/communication, photography, stained glass art, and mass media and video production).Students have the option to take up to 14 advanced placement courses, and honors classes begin in foreign languages in 8th grade, and in other fields beginning in high school. To graduate, students in their senior year must submit one of three types of theses: a research project, a work of creative writing, or a project in the visual or performing arts. Students must also participate in service to the community in order to graduate.
According to a 2009 issue of Saint Louis Magazine, its ACT test average score ranking was second among all 97 St. Louis-area high schools and second out of 32 area private high schools.
Extracurriculars
The Junior Engineering Technical SocietyJunior Engineering Technical Society
Junior Engineering Technical Society is a national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting engineering and technology careers to America's young people. JETS engages students in various engineering education programs that are designed to encourage secondary school students to pursue...
(JETS) hosts an annual competition, known as TEAMS
TEAMS (academic competition)
Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science is an annual competition originally organized by the Junior Engineering Technical Society...
, aimed at "challenging high school students in grades 9-12 to work together as a team to apply knowledge learned in the classroom to real-world engineering scenarios". Priory has performed well over the years in this competition, including a national championship in 2000.
There is a Robotics Club, the Roborebels, that often does well in the annual local FIRST Robotics Competition
FIRST Robotics Competition
The FIRST Robotics Competition is an international high school robotics competition organized by FIRST. Each year, teams of high school students compete to build robots weighing up to , not including battery and bumpers, that can complete a task, which changes every year...
. In 2010, the team took second place at the St. Louis Regional competition and in 2011 the team was again successful placing third.
Among Priory's extracurricular offerings is the art of calligraphy
Calligraphy
Calligraphy is a type of visual art. It is often called the art of fancy lettering . A contemporary definition of calligraphic practice is "the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious and skillful manner"...
. The school has a Calligraphy Guild
Guild
A guild is an association of craftsmen in a particular trade. The earliest types of guild were formed as confraternities of workers. They were organized in a manner something between a trade union, a cartel, and a secret society...
to which students may apply, and after demonstrating a certain level of proficiency, they may earn the title of "Master." Students can also learn the art of working with stained glass during their high school years.
In addition, Priory serves as one of two St. Louis-area sites for AIM High, a program that offers an academic and personal enrichment program for motivated middle school students from high-risk environments. The program involves Priory faculty members, parents and students.
Sports
Priory is a member of the suburban ABC League. Priory students are required to participate in a sport each of the three seasons. In the fall, the school offers cross country, football, and soccer. In the winter, the school offers basketball, rugby, ice hockey, and wrestling. Students may choose to participate in the winter musicalMusical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
in order to fill their sports requirement. The rugby and ice hockey teams are club teams that are not sponsored by the school or state. However, according to a rule change starting in the 2009-2010 school year, they now fulfill the sports requirement for the winter term. In the spring, the school offers golf, track and field, tennis, baseball, and ultimate frisbee. As with rugby and ice hockey, the ultimate frisbee team is a club team. (Although the school has racquetball and squash facilities, it does not field teams in these sports, nor does it have a swimming and diving team, as it once did.)
In the winter of 2004, the hockey team received a bid to play in the Wickenheiser Cup, a memorial tournament named for the late St. Louis Blues Center Doug Wickenheiser
Doug Wickenheiser
Douglas Peter Wickenheiser was a Canadian ice hockey player. He was drafted first overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.-Career:Wickenheiser was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada...
. Priory won the championship game, played at the Scottrade Center
Scottrade Center
Scottrade Center is a 19,150 seat arena located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, opened in 1994. It is the home of the St...
, giving the school its first state sports title since 1973. In 2007, the hockey team won the Wickenheiser Cup for the second time.
In the fall of 2005, the Priory varsity soccer team became the first in this sport in Missouri's high school sports history, and the first since state titles were officially sanctioned by the Missouri State High School Activities Association
Missouri State High School Activities Association
The Missouri State High School Activities Association is the governing body for high school activities throughout the state of Missouri...
, to compete for a full season with no losses or ties. The soccer Rebels ended the season with a perfect 26-0-0 record, winning the state Class 2 title.In November 2011, the soccer Rebels again produced a perfect season, finishing 27-0-0 and winning the Missouri State High School Class 2 championship with a 2-0 victory over Trinity High School
Trinity High School
Trinity High School is the name of high schools:In the United Kingdom:*Trinity High School , in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland*Trinity High School and Sixth Form Centre, in Redditch, England*Trinity C.E...
. In so doing they became the only school in Missouri high school soccer history to twice post a perfect season, with no losses and no ties. The soccer Rebels' team record included 24 shutouts, and they outscored opponents 107-5.
In the spring of 2007, the Priory golf team won its first state title, winning by 27 shots. The final team score was 583.
The spring of 2007 brought upon another great change to Priory sports; fielding an Ultimate Frisbee team, nicknamed "The Jeromans" after an esteemed Priory classics teacher, Mr. Jerome Miller, Priory went undefeated in the regular season and ultimately, after a tough semifinals game against DeSmet Jesuit High School, went to the State Finals against Rockhurst High School
Rockhurst High School
Rockhurst High School is a private, Roman Catholic, Jesuit, preparatory school for boys located in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, on the Missouri-Kansas border along State Line Road....
, against whom they lost. In 2008, the team repeated its undefeated season, defeating Rockhurst (this time in the semifinals) before then falling to a very strong DeSmet team. In 2009, the team again went undefeated up until its third consecutive State Final loss, again to a nationally ranked DeSmet squad. 2010 brought on a tough year where the team struggled during the season before pulling off several upsets against St. Louis University High School, Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood High School is a secondary school in Kirkwood, Missouri. It is located at 801 W Essex Ave, Kirkwood, MO. The school is part of the Kirkwood R-7 School District. The current principal is Dr. Mike Havener who replaced Dr...
, and Parkway North High School
Parkway North High School
Parkway North High School is a coeducational public secondary school in Unincorporated St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The school is one of five high schools in the Parkway School District and enrolls 1,445 students in grades 9-12. Its mascot is the Viking...
before falling to DeSmet during the State Finals for the third year in a row.
Mascot
The school's sports mascot is the Rebels. "The Rebels" comes from the name of the school's first athletic team, the Rebel Ruggers. A version of the ConfederateConfederate States of America
The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...
Johnny Rebel
Johnny Rebel
Johnny Reb or Johnny Rebel is the national personification of the Southern states of the United States. The latter part of his name is derived from Rebellion. Patriots used Johnny Reb and his Union counterpart Billy Yank to symbolize the lost souls in the American Civil War of the 1860s.Johnny Reb...
figure, then known as General Beauregard, was featured in the school's sports iconography. The school briefly flew a Confederate flag until it was removed due to controversy surrounding the symbolic meaning of the flag. During the U. S. Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
had a pro-Union government, Saint Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
was a predominantly Union city, and most Roman Catholics in Missouri during the Civil War were pro-Union, so school supporters thought the Confederate identification was inappropriate.
The school has always said that the term "rebels" referred to the colonial rebels of the American Revolution
American Revolution
The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...
. The students replaced the mascot of General Beauregard with a super-hero-style "Rebel Man".
The jersey colors are red, white, and blue.
Recognition
Missouri State High School Athletic Association (MSHSAA) Titles:- 1956, 1970 Rugby (high school state champions)
- 1973 Football
- 1999, 2009, 2010 Academic Competition
- 2004 Cross Country
- 2005 Soccer (The first team in MSHSAA history to go undefeated at 26-0-0), 2011 Soccer (The only team in MSHSAA history to have a perfect season twice, finishing undefeated and breaking 2005 Rebels win total, at 27-0-0)
- 2007 Golf ( 2nd lowest 36-hole Total (583) for par 71-hole course in MSHSAA history)
- Wickenheiser Cup (Hockey) (One of two Missouri-state ice hockey championship tracks) 2004 & 2007
- Mock Trial 2007; the team went on to place fourth in the National Competition
Abbey Church
The Abbey Church was constructed in 1962. It is also known as the Church of St. Mary and St. Louis and the Priory Chapel. It was designed by Gyo ObataGyo Obata
Gyo Obata is a significant American architect, the son of renowned painter Chiura Obata and his wife, Haruko Obata, a floral designer. In 1955, he co-founded global architectural firm HOK . He lives in St. Louis, Missouri and still works in HOK's St. Louis office...
of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum
Hok
Hok may refer to:*Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, HOK is a major, international architecture, interiors, engineering, planning and consulting firm*Hok , a location in Sweden*Hok/sok system, a host-killing gene of the R1 E...
. The church's circular facade consists of three tiers of whitewashed, thin-shell concrete parabolic arches, the top one forming a bell-tower. The arches appear to float upwards from their grassy base. They are faced with dark insulated-fiberglass polyester window walls which create a meditative translucency when viewed from within. The church holds a 14th-century sculpture of the Madonna and Christ child, a 17th-century holy font
Baptismal font
A baptismal font is an article of church furniture or a fixture used for the baptism of children and adults.-Aspersion and affusion fonts:...
in the Della Robbia
Della Robbia
Della Robbia may refer to:*Luca della Robbia , Italian sculptor*Andrea della Robbia , Italian sculptor, nephew of Luca*Giovanni della Robbia , son of Andrea*Girolamo della Robbia , son of Andrea...
style, and modern sacred art by artists from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. The 2007 AIA|CPC Design Committee bestowed its Twenty-five Year Award
Twenty-five Year Award
The Twenty-five Year Award is an architecture prize awarded by the American Institute of Architects to buildings and structures that have "stood the test of time for 25 to 35 years", and that "[exemplify] design of enduring significance." The project receiving the award can be located anywhere in...
on the Abbey Church/Priory Chapel.
On the grounds outside the church sit life-size sculptures of the abbey's patron saints, Saint Benedict
Benedict of Nursia
Saint Benedict of Nursia is a Christian saint, honored by the Roman Catholic Church as the patron saint of Europe and students.Benedict founded twelve communities for monks at Subiaco, about to the east of Rome, before moving to Monte Cassino in the mountains of southern Italy. There is no...
, by Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
n-born artist Wiktor Szostalo
Wiktor Szostalo
Wiktor Szostalo is a Polish sculptor who currently resides in the United States. He works in a variety of media, most notably welded stainless steel, wood, and bronze.-Early life:...
, and the Holy Blessed Virgin Mother Mary, Our Lady of Grace, by American Philip Howie. The Abbey Church also serves as the home church for the Saint Louis Archdiocese parish of Saint Anselm.
Notable alumni
Government and politics- Carl J. ArtmanCarl J. ArtmanCarl J. Artman served as the United States Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs with jurisdiction over the Office of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education from 2007 to 2008, and he served as the Associate Solicitor for Indian Affairs at the...
(1983), Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, United States Department of the InteriorUnited States Department of the InteriorThe United States Department of the Interior is the United States federal executive department of the U.S. government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land and natural resources, and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native...
, 2007–2008
Business
- Tom BaldwinTom Baldwin (trader)Lucian Thomas Baldwin III is a bond trader investor and founder of the Baldwin Group of companies. He was described by the Wall Street Journal as the trader who can singlehandedly move the Treasury bond market...
(1974), bondBond (finance)In finance, a bond is a debt security, in which the authorized issuer owes the holders a debt and, depending on the terms of the bond, is obliged to pay interest to use and/or to repay the principal at a later date, termed maturity...
traderTrader (finance)A trader is someone in finance who buys and sells financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, commodities and derivatives. A broker who simply fills buy or sell orders is not a trader, as they are merely executing instructions given to them. According to the Wall Street Journal in 2004, a managing...
and investor; founded the Baldwin Group - William K. "Billy" Busch (1978), (son of former Anheuser-BuschAnheuser-BuschAnheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. , is an American brewing company. The company operates 12 breweries in the United States and 18 in other countries. It was, until December 2009, also one of America's largest theme park operators; operating ten theme parks across the United States through the...
chairman and Saint Louis Cardinals baseball teamSt. Louis CardinalsThe St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
owner August A. Busch, Jr.Gussie BuschAugust "Gussie" Anheuser Busch, Jr. was an American brewing magnate who built the Anheuser-Busch Companies into the largest brewery in the world as company chairman from 1946–75, and became a prominent sportsman as owner of the St...
), founder of William K. Busch Brewing Co. - William Donius (1977), President and CEO, Pulaski Bank
- Thomas SchlaflyThomas SchlaflyThomas Francis Schlafly is an American businessman and writer. He co-founded the Saint Louis Brewery, the first microbrewery in Missouri, which produces the Schlafly line of beers. Schlafly is a graduate of the Saint Louis Priory School, and received his A.B. and J.D...
(1966), co-founder of Saint Louis BrewerySaint Louis BrewerySchlafly is the brand name of beers produced by the Saint Louis Brewery, Inc. Currently, all beers produced by this brewery are under the Schlafly brand. Located in St. Louis, Missouri, it is widely available in Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois...
(creators of Schlafly beer)
Sports and entertainment
- Kevin KlineKevin KlineKevin Delaney Kline is an American theatre, voice, film actor and comedian. He has won an Academy Award and two Tony Awards, and has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards and an Emmy Award.- Early life :...
(1965), Academy Award-winning actor - R. Emmett McAuliffe, Jr.Emmett McAuliffeR. Emmett McAuliffe, Jr. is an American intellectual property and entertainment lawyer. He formerly hosted a radio talk show in Saint Louis, Missouri.-Legal career:...
(1976), KMOX radio host and entertainment attorney - Dave HolmesDave HolmesDavid Robert "Dave" Holmes is a television personality who gained national attention as the runner-up on MTV's first Wanna Be a VJ contest in 1998. From the beginning, he distinguished himself from other candidates with an encyclopedic knowledge of music trivia.Despite his loss to Jesse Camp, MTV...
(1989), MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
VJ and reality TV show host - Benjamin R. NollBen NollBenjamin Richard Noll is an American football guard who is a practice squad player for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2004...
(2000), NFL Offensive Lineman, Detroit LionsDetroit LionsThe Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
practice squad; had stints with the St. Louis RamsSt. Louis RamsThe St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,...
and the Dallas CowboysDallas CowboysThe Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas... - Josh WalburnJosh WalburnJosh Walburn is an American soccer player.-Youth and College:Walburn attended Saint Louis Priory School, where he helped lead the soccer team to a state title after a 26-0-0 season, the first perfect record in MSHSAA history...
(2007), MLSMajor League SoccerMajor League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
soccer player - Colin Linkul (2010), West Point footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
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- Eddy L. HarrisEddy L. HarrisEddy L. Harris, a creative nonfiction author, spent his early years in Indianapolis, Indiana before moving to suburban Saint Louis, Missouri at age 10. He graduated from the Saint Louis Priory School and Stanford University. Harris has served as a Visiting Writer in Residence at Washington...
(1974), author (Mississippi Solo, Native Stranger, South of Haunted Dreams, and Still Life in Harlem)