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The following year, St. Ludmilla Parish was established adjacent to Saint Casimir, in order to serve an influx of Czech Catholics moving into the area. In 1927, St. Casimir Parish established St. Casimir High School, located at Cermak Road and Whipple Street. The school offered a variety of college preparatory classes exclusively for young ...
St. Casimir High School (St. Casimir Academy changed name to Maria High School in 1952. St. Casimir Commercial High School changed name to Our Lady of Tepeyac High School in 1991.) St. Catherine of Siena (See 1977 for Siena Catholic High School) Closed in 1960: St. Dominic High School [30] St. Philomena Commercial High School [31] Closed in 1961:
The school's predecessor, St. Casimir Academy, was established in the Marquette Park area of Chicago, Illinois, in 1911 by the Sisters of Saint Casimir. Due to increased demand, a bigger but adjacent school was built and opened in 1952 as Maria High School.
As the Lithuanian immigration to the United States increased, Lithuanians in Chicago established the Catholic cemetery of Saint Casimir in 1903. However, this cemetery would accept only Catholics for burials. The cemetery was controlled by Matas Kriaučiūnas, priest of St. George parish, who was suspected of embezzling parish's funds. [2]
Marist High School is a private Catholic preparatory high school located in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, operated by the Marist Brothers on behalf of the Archdiocese of Chicago. [3] Founded in 1963 as an all-male institution, the school became co-ed in 2002 and today educates over 1,700 young students each year. [4]
St. Casimir's Lithuanian Cemetery in Chicago. The Lithuanian Research and Studies Center (Lituanistikos Tyrimo Centras) has two facilities. Its archival, periodical, audio-visual and musicology collections are in a 7,000 square foot self-owned facility at 15533 129th St. in Lemont.
Some institutions sponsored by the order are Villa Joseph Marie High School in Holland, Pennsylvania, and Holy Cross Hospital and the former Maria High School, both in Chicago, Illinois. The Chicago institutions as well as the Sisters of St. Casimir Motherhouse are located just east of Marquette Park in a neighborhood where numerous immigrants ...
On August 29, 1907, Kaupas made her profession of religious vows, and the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Casimir was founded. [1] The Sisters immediately began to work in the parochial schools of the region. In 1911, they established their motherhouse in Chicago, where there was a large Lithuanian population. They began to staff schools in ...