Chicago, a history and forecast . and opened a year before the fire, and theparent school of the present Loyola college, being outof the path of the flames, was spared. Fifty years have passed and this is the significantgrowth of the Catholic church in Chicago as officially indicated by its authorities: 1921 1872 Catholic churches in Chicago 227 28 Diocesan priests 643 138 Priests of religious orders 350 31 Parochial schools 202 23 Pupils in parochial schools 130,000 10,000 High schools 22 .... Pupils in high schools 2,172 .... The above statistics measure only in part the develop-ment of the
Chicago, a history and forecast . and opened a year before the fire, and theparent school of the present Loyola college, being outof the path of the flames, was spared. Fifty years have passed and this is the significantgrowth of the Catholic church in Chicago as officially indicated by its authorities: 1921 1872 Catholic churches in Chicago 227 28 Diocesan priests 643 138 Priests of religious orders 350 31 Parochial schools 202 23 Pupils in parochial schools 130,000 10,000 High schools 22 .... Pupils in high schools 2,172 .... The above statistics measure only in part the develop-ment of the Catholic church in Chicago whose funda-mental is religion, but whose activities reach out intoeducation, charitable work, orphanages, hospitals, socialwork and civic betterment. Chicagos Catholic population today is declared to be1,200,000. In 1880 the diocese became an archdiocese. Archbishops Great Educational Plan The plans for the future of the Roman Catholic churchin Chicago are indeed spacious, commensurate not only 107 ^\. c 3 o J3 >. J=! ^ aj r^ • H t S I*- a o o r: Is 0) :: ™ en C fc- O 4-> o y o i| a oT 3 >, -^ ^ J= rt^ CJ « o :, iH s — CTi oo ^ i£ »—» oj •^ o S5 o ^ K C/i_; *z^ ui <-i— i—t o O &.S £ ?? > t- ^:^ _o o J3 aJ CJ ^ rt S o Pi ^_, CO <u 108 with its achievements in Chicago, but with its vast deedsfor civilization throughout the world. The great educational plan of Archbishop Mundelein,which is definitely and rapidly unfolding, centers aboutthe University of St. Mary of the Lake, the seat of whichis being erected on a 1,000-acre tract on the shore ofSt. Mary Lake at Area, near Libertyville, about fortymiles from the heart of the Loop. On this site thedivinity school, including the colleges of philosophy andtheology, are to stand, with the administration building,chapel, dormitories, power houses, library, recreationhalls with terraced lawns, roads and bridges, to cost
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