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67-468: SPS sits adjacent to the south campus of the University of St. Thomas . Since its creation in 1894, over 3,000 seminarians from SPS have been ordained priests. Thirty-three of these priests were consecrated as bishops , including three archbishops . One SPS alumnus, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen , is a candidate for canonization . After the opening of St. John's College in 1867, most minor seminarians for

134-546: A Pontifical Mass on July 2, 1901, the fiftieth anniversary of Bishop Joseph Crétin 's arrival in the new diocese . Though envisioned in 1891, the chapel was only completed by architect Clarence H. Johnston, Sr. , who completed the last of Hill's ambitious building project, in an Italian Romanesque style. St. Mary's chapel was officially consecrated by Bishop Cotter on May 24, 1905, in another Pontifical High Mass celebrated by Bishop McGolrick. Under Archbishop Austin Dowling ,

201-403: A Catholic seminary , it is named after Thomas Aquinas , the medieval Catholic theologian and philosopher who is the patron saint of students. As of fall 2021, St. Thomas enrolled 9,347 students, making it Minnesota's largest private, nonprofit university. Founded in 1885 by John Ireland , archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis , St. Thomas began as an all-male, Catholic seminary. In 1894,

268-628: A Master of Arts in Pastoral Leadership (MAPL) program, which is also 36 credits. Saint Paul Seminary has five institutes for clerical and lay formation. In 2023, the Institute for Diaconate Formation had 33 men in formation for the permanent diaconate, the Archbishop Harry J. Flynn Catechetical Institute had 2,200 a two-year, non-degree faith formation program, 30 students in the Institute for Catholic School Leadership , and 867 participants in

335-615: A baccelaureate degree from CUA. Ireland then began the second phase of the SPS project; erecting St. Mary's Chapel. Its decoration was quite plain to begin with until Archbishop Austin Dowling undertook a remodeling of the interior in the 1920s. It was dedicated on May 4, 1905 by Bishop Joseph Cotter of Winona; Bishop James McGolrick of Duluth celebrated the Pontifical Mass, and Bishop Thomas O'Gorman of Sioux Falls preached. The unexpected deaths of Cotter and Bishop John Shanley of Fargo and

402-559: A church, rectory, parochial school, and convent during his time there. In addition to his pastoral duties, he was named vicar general of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in December 1897. On July 21, 1902, Stariha was appointed by Pope Leo XIII to be the first bishop of the newly created Diocese of Lead in South Dakota . The diocese covered the portion of South Dakota west of

469-418: A planned speech by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and anti-apartheid figure, Desmond Tutu , on the grounds that his presence might offend some members of the local Jewish community. Members of the anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace led an email campaign calling on St. Thomas to reconsider its decision, which the president did and invited Tutu to campus. Tutu declined the re-invitation, speaking instead at

536-456: A seminary for the diocese, which would become the College of St. Thomas . The fledgling college was not unique among Catholic institutions of its time in that it functioned as a sort of combination theological seminary, minor seminary, junior college, high school, and junior high school. The land at Lake Johanna would eventually become Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary . The College of Saint Thomas

603-576: A similar experience. First year students have the opportunity to participate in Living Learning Communities (LLCs). These include Sustainability, Aquinas Scholars, Tommies Do Well(ness), Pathways to Engineering, eMedia, Bridging Divides, Catholic Studies, Major Explorers, and Business for the Common Good. In 2007, the president of the University of St. Thomas, Father Dennis Dease , cancelled

670-570: Is home to the American Museum of Asmat Art . St Thomas' newest dormitories, Frey Residence Hall and Tommie North Residence Hall, opened on north campus in 2020. Frey Residence Hall is a 5-story facility which houses 260 second-year and transfer students. Tommie North is also a 5-story facility, houses 480 residents and has a 116-stall underground parking ramp. It is connected to the Iverson Center for Faith and Ireland Hall via tunnel and sits on

737-468: Is integrated into the University of St. Thomas library system so that non-seminary students are able to use its resources as well. Classes are held in the Brady Educational Center, which also houses the undergraduate music department of the University of St. Thomas . Loras, Grace, and Cretin halls were the original SPS residence buildings; they were sold to the University of St. Thomas during

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804-462: Is the oldest hall on campus and was designed (along with Loras and Grace halls) by Emmanuel Louis Masqueray . Recently the department of residence life has purchased additional buildings on what they are calling 'mid-campus' in the area between Grand and Summit Avenues. These buildings house men and women transfer students in one of two buildings. There are two apartment complexes that are specifically designed for sophomores. Students are also housed in

871-580: The Conception Seminary soccer & volleyball tournament. Saint Paul Seminary offers three masters degrees. The Master of Divinity is for seminary students pursuing priesthood. The Master of Arts in Theology degree is a two-year, 36 credit program focused on academic theology. While students of the MAT program are primarily laypeople, it can also be taken by seminarians alongside their M.Div. degree. SPS also has

938-616: The Duchy of Carniola (present-day southeastern Slovenia ), the son of John and Anna (née Judnic) Stariha. He received his early education in Novo Mesto but his studies were interrupted in 1866 when he was drafted into the Imperial Austrian Army . He served for seven months and took part at the Battle of Custoza on June 24, 1866. He was awarded a silver medal for bravery, but later deserted

1005-545: The Institute for Ongoing Clergy Formation . The Institute for Catholic Theological Formation is for the further education of scholars and theologians. Some notable past and present faculty members of SPS include: Updated as of 2022. University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) The University of St. Thomas (also known as UST or simply St. Thomas ) is a private Catholic research university with campuses in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota . Founded in 1885 as

1072-550: The Missouri River . Upon receiving the news, he told a Saint Paul newspaper: "The news that I had been made a bishop was wholly unexpected and came as a surprise to me...I have never craved for this position and if I can help it I will not go." Nevertheless, he received his episcopal consecration on the following October 28 from Archbishop John Ireland , with Bishops Joseph Cotter and James McGolrick serving as co-consecrators. During his seven years as bishop, Stariha increased

1139-616: The School of Law , which was re-opened in 1999 after a 66-year hiatus. The University of St. Thomas is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities (ACTC), a consortium of five private liberal arts colleges. This program allows students to take classes at one of the associated colleges for no additional cost. Other schools include Hamline University , St. Catherine University , Macalester College , and Augsburg University . In

1206-577: The Summit League , an NCAA Division I conference. This announcement also noted that St. Thomas had applied for a waiver from the NCAA to move directly from Division III to Division I beginning with the 2021-22 season. While the process of transitioning from Division III to Division I normally takes 12 years and requires transitioning through Division II, on July 15, 2020, the NCAA announced they had approved St. Thomas's application to move directly to Division I. As

1273-660: The liberal arts program became an independent college through a gift from local railroad tycoon James J. Hill , who provided funds to establish the Saint Paul Seminary apart from the college. In 1903, the College of St. Thomas established a military program on campus, and it was officially termed a military school by the U.S. War Department in 1906. Initially, the school gave out two-year diplomas in commercial and classical programs before awarding its first academic degrees in 1915. In 1922, military training became optional. From

1340-623: The "JAXX") and SPS (playing as the "Sons of Thunder") play each other in a flag football game called the "Rectors' Bowl." SPS has won twelve of the nineteen Rectors' Bowls. In the spring, there is a priest/seminarian basketball tournament where Saint John Vianney College Seminary and the SPS face-off, and the winner of that match plays a team consisting of priests from the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis . Seminarians regularly play frisbee, basketball, and other sports together. They also regularly participate in other seminary tournaments such as

1407-559: The College of Saint Thomas, and four years of study at the Saint Paul Seminary. This plan was overwhelmingly supported. However, due to declining enrollment after the Second Vatican Council , by 1967 the "4-4-4" plan seemed no longer feasible and there was a stronger desire to create a college seminary at the University of St. Thomas and close Nazareth Hall. Saint John Vianney Seminary was founded in 1968, and Nazareth Hall

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1474-554: The Dean of St. Thomas's College of Arts and Sciences, Marisa Kelly , the two decisions were "completely unrelated". John Stariha John Nepomucene Stariha (May 12, 1845 – November 28, 1915) was a Slovenian-born American prelate of the Catholic Church . He was the first Bishop of Lead , South Dakota , serving from 1902 to 1909. John Stariha was born on May 12, 1845, in Semič in

1541-717: The Diocese of Saint Paul were educated there or at other seminary institutions in the United States or in Europe. However, Thomas Grace hoped that eventually a dedicated college for the diocese would be founded, and in November 1866 purchased forty acres on the shores of Lake Johanna with the hope it would eventually become a seminary. Grace's successor, John Ireland , took office in June 1884, and in December of that same year announced plans to build

1608-495: The MIAC conference. Other St. Thomas sports that use the AARC's facilities have also had recent success, including a playoff run for the football team, and a national championship for the men's basketball team. The new Anderson Student Center is home to new food venues, as well as entertainment options, including a game room and bowling alley, and a coffee shop. An art gallery on the second floor

1675-474: The Minneapolis Convention Center at an event hosted by Metropolitan State University . However, he addressed the issue two days later while making his final appearance at Metro State. In 2008, plans were announced to the public that the theater department at the University of St. Thomas was to be dissolved and that the school would no longer offer this major. Declining numbers of theater majors

1742-615: The Princeton Review 2023 rankings for best undergraduate entrepreneurship programs the St. Thomas Schulze School of Entrepreneurship was ranked 18th in the country. St. Thomas's school colors are purple and gray, and the athletic teams are called the Tommies. The mascot for these teams is "Tommie". "Tommy" was changed to the "ie" spelling when women were accepted as full-time students, to be more inclusive. For most of its athletic history, St. Thomas

1809-472: The Saint Paul Seminary was designed by architect Cass Gilbert , who also designed the Minnesota State Capitol . The six original buildings were constructed to look like a train depot (the SPS administration building), a steam engine (gymnasium and physical plant), box cars ( Cretin , Grace (though constructed in 1913), and Loras halls), a refectory , and a roundhouse (school building). The campus

1876-549: The St. Paul campus. The two main additions that were completed are the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Center (AARC) and the Anderson Student Center. These projects were completed in the summer of 2010 and January 2012, respectively. The Anderson Athletic and Recreation Center has a field house, basketball arena, weight room, and swimming pool. The track in the field house is home to the most dominant track team in

1943-1000: The Summit League does not sponsor football or ice hockey, St. Thomas joined the Pioneer Football League for football, the CCHA for men's hockey and the WCHA for women's hockey. Starting in the 2026-2027 season, St. Thomas will join the NCHC for men's hockey. Undergraduate housing is found on the St. Paul Campus. Approximately 2,400 residents live in 10 traditional halls and apartments. Additionally, St. John Vianney College Seminary holds approximately 140 students. All residence halls are co-ed. Residence halls on campus are named after Archbishops of St. Paul-Minneapolis , such as William O. Brady , Austin Dowling , and John Ireland . Built in 1894, Cretin Hall

2010-544: The arena. In fall 1992, the university opened a permanent 150,000 sq ft (14,000 m ) campus at 1000 LaSalle Ave. in Minneapolis . The first building, named Terrence Murphy Hall in May 2000, is headquarters to the university's Opus College of Business . Artist Mark Balma created one of the largest frescoes in the United States on the arched ceiling of its atrium. The seven-panel, 1,904 square feet (176.9 m ) fresco

2077-458: The army and fled to the United States. He arrived in New York City in May 1867 and then headed west to Wisconsin . After briefly working as a farmhand to earn money, he was encouraged by his fellow Slovene and former schoolmate John Vertin to enter Saint Francis de Sales Seminary near Milwaukee . He completed his theological studies there, along with his brother and a cousin. Stariha

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2144-634: The arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences, plus a number of interdisciplinary programs. The Opus College of Business has seven departments offering graduate and undergraduate curricula including Executive Education and Professional Development at University of St. Thomas, and is one of six AACSB accredited business schools in Minnesota. St. Thomas also houses the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity , which offers master's- and doctoral-level degrees oriented to theological study and

2211-466: The chapel that day for the ceremony. Prior to the founding of Saint John Vianney Seminary, students received their education in a "6-6" plan at Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary and the Saint Paul Seminary . In 1959, Archbishop William Brady ordered a feasibility study for a "4-4-4" plan for priestly formation: four years of study at Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary , four years of study at

2278-441: The chapel. All of the new additions were done under the direction of rector Aloysius Callaghan . As of the 2022-2023 academic year, SPS had 82 seminarians in formation for the priesthood, representing 16 dioceses and religious communities. These students were spread across the propaedeutic, pre-theology, and theology programs. Seminarians participate in a wide variety of activities, including choir, schola, theatre, and sports. In

2345-534: The entire 180-acre property and all the buildings except for the Winton Guest House, which was designed by architect Frank Gehry . St. Thomas then sold the house at auction and it was moved from the site. Since 1999, the University of St. Thomas has been the only university in the United States to have a formal affiliation with the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) . Each year,

2412-712: The first time in the Stagg Bowl in Salem, Virginia , which is the Division III Football National Championship game, against the University of Mount Union , losing 28-10. In 2015, St. Thomas reached the Stagg Bowl for the second time, prompting another championship match against Mount Union. St. Thomas ultimately ended up losing the game, with a final score of 49-35. WCCO has broadcast radio coverage of Tommies football games since 2011. On May 22, 2019 it

2479-569: The hand while on guard duty. The western edge of the campus borders the Mississippi Gorge Regional Park . Summit Avenue, which runs through the middle of the campus, is the country's longest span of Victorian homes. This tree-lined avenue includes the Governor's Mansion, F. Scott Fitzgerald 's townhome, and James J. Hill 's mansion. In 2005, a new apartment-style residence hall was built on an existing parking lot. McNeely Hall

2546-456: The interior of the chapel was finished in the 1920s. Bishop Fulton Sheen , in his autobiography A Treasure in Clay , talks about how his love for a daily Holy Hour was started at St. Mary's Chapel. The chapel was renovated in 1988, as part of the construction of the new SPS building, with a new design by Frank Kacmarcik which included reversing the interior of the chapel, removing the statues from

2613-475: The late 1920s through the mid-1930s, the Holy Cross Fathers , who run the University of Notre Dame, controlled the college's administration. The diocese called those priests in to help with the school's financial problems; those priests were known as a crisis intervention team of sorts for parochial schools of that time. During World War II, St. Thomas served as a training base for naval officers, which kept

2680-444: The latter half of the 20th century, St. Thomas started two of its most notable graduate programs, education in 1950 and business administration in 1974. The school became co-educational in 1977, and although women were not allowed to enroll until then, female students from St. Catherine University (then the College of St. Catherine) often took classes at St. Thomas. Women were also present as instructors and administrators on campus, but

2747-533: The past, SPS had a theatre program going back as far as 1939. The program appears to have died out in the late 1960s. In 2013, seminarians revived the theatre program and have put on various plays and musicals, many of them originals, since then. While most of the productions have only been put on by seminarians from SPS, Saint John Vianney College Seminary has been invited to join some of them as well. Each year in October, Saint John Vianney College Seminary (playing as

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2814-734: The practice of ministry. Saint John Vianney Seminary , a minor college seminary, is also at St. Thomas. Other schools include the School of Education, the School of Engineering, and the School of Social Work. The Master of Social Work is offered as a double degree program with the St. Catherine University . Schools housed on the Minneapolis campus include the Graduate School of Professional Psychology, Undergraduate and Graduate Schools of Education, Graduate Programs in Software Engineering, and

2881-454: The residence above the Center for Well-Being. The University of St. Thomas offers special interest floors, or floors that are intended to house specific residents with similar interests or class standing. Almost one-third of all floors are First Year Experience floors, which consist of only freshmen . This practice attempts to create a cohesive community by placing students together who will have

2948-577: The resignation of Bishop John Stariha of Lead, all in 1909, prompted a crisis of the episcopate in the Upper Midwest. In addition, the Diocese of Crookston and Diocese of Bismarck were established. As such, there were five sees that required bishops. With the additional assignment of an axuliary bishop for Saint Paul, six priests required episcopal consecration. That consecration took place at St. Mary's Chapel on May 19, 1910. Approximately 1,000 people filled

3015-465: The sale, but the books remained the property of Saint Paul Seminary. The reorganization allowed SPS increased resources for formation of seminarians to priests. The new School of Divinity provided graduate level course in theology for lay people who wished to assume leadership roles in their parishes and schools. The School of Divinity remained under the jurisdiction of SPS. St. Mary's Chapel was also renovated at that time. In 2005, Aloysius R. Callaghan

3082-482: The school open when men who would have attended college were fighting in the war. After the war, in 1948, the college established "Tom Town" on the eastern end of the lower quadrant, which is currently the site to the O'Shaughnessey-Frey Library and O'Shaughnessey Education Center. Tom Town, made of 20 double-dwelling huts, consisted of white, barracks-like housing units for faculty, students, and their families. The units helped to meet housing demand after World War II. In

3149-460: The seminary/university affiliation agreement. Ground was broken on the current residence and administration buildings in 1988, and they were completed in 1989. Seminarians in the propadeutic program live in a former convent several blocks off-campus. The center of Ireland's vision for SPS, was the chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary . The cornerstone of the chapel was laid during

3216-458: The side altars, and removing or updating many components of the interior decoration. Presently, the interior of the chapel has begun to be redecorated when the original Stations of the Cross were restored to the chapel, a statue of Our Lady of Confidence (Madonna della Fiducia) was installed and dedicated in a side-altar niche, and a relic of Mother Teresa of Calcutta was placed for veneration in

3283-408: The site of the former John Paul II dormitory. In 2021, St. Thomas moved forward with plans for a new $ 110 million, 130,000 square foot building on South Campus called Schoenecker Center. A dedication ceremony to celebrate the latest addition to campus was held on May 8, 2024. The new facility will focus on STEAM fields . The 126-year-old Loras Hall, most recently used as an administrative building,

3350-542: The staff, faculty, and administration have seen a vast increase in female employment since the move to co-education. In 1990, the College of St. Thomas became the University of St. Thomas and the following year, the university opened the Minneapolis campus. In 2001, St. Thomas reinstated its School of Law at its Minneapolis campus; it had been shut down during the Great Depression . U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

3417-552: The surrounding missions. During his tenure, Stariha built a new church and opened a parochial school to accommodate the growing parish. He received a pardon from Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1879 for deserting the army so that he could visit Slovenia. Stariha remained in Red Wing until January 1884, when he was called to organize St. Francis de Sales Parish in Saint Paul, Minnesota for German-speaking immigrants. He built

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3484-544: The university awards almost 2,500 degrees, including five different bachelor's degrees (B.A., B.M. , B.S., B.S.M.E. and B.S.E.E. ). It has 88 major fields at the undergraduate level, with 59 minor fields of study and seven preprofessional programs. At the graduate and professional level, the university offers 41 master's degrees, 2 education specialist degree, 1 juris doctor , and 5 doctorates. The university offers its degree programs through nine divisions. The College of Arts and Sciences includes undergraduate departments in

3551-760: Was a founding member of the MIAC in 1920. St. Thomas celebrated its 100th year of varsity athletics in 2003–2004. St. Thomas' longtime archrival was Saint John's University from Collegeville, Minnesota . Recent national titles include men's basketball in 2011 and 2016; men's baseball in 2009 and 2001; women's softball in 2005 and 2004; men's lacrosse (MCLA Division II) in 2019, 2016, 2013, 2012, 2010 and 2009; women's volleyball in 2012; and dance team in 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2008 and 2006. St. Thomas also won national championships with women's basketball in 1991; men's cross country in 1986 and 1984; men's indoor track in 1985; and women's cross country in 1987, 1986, 1984 and 1982. In 2012, St. Thomas played for

3618-565: Was a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC), which performs at the NCAA Division III level. Since 1885, athletics have been present on St. Thomas' campus. The first sports teams that became popular were intramural . The top intramural baseball teams in the 1890s were the "Blues" and "Grays", which is where the school colors come from. Varsity sports did not begin until 1904, and UST

3685-436: Was also built the following year. It is a large classroom building for business that replaced the smaller building of the same name. A new residential village, more parking ramps , and general planning all have been negotiated successfully with the surrounding neighborhood. These developments are expected to begin within the next five years. In early 2012, St. Thomas completed the final stage of its three-building expansion on

3752-470: Was announced that St. Thomas was "involuntarily removed" from the MIAC. St. Thomas was to have been allowed to remain as a member of the conference until the spring of 2021 while they searched for a new conference had that become necessary but would be allowed to leave at an earlier date should a new conference accept them prior to spring 2021 or should they have decided to become an independent. On October 4, 2019, St. Thomas announced that it had been invited to

3819-419: Was appointed rector of SPS. During his tenure as rector, Saint Paul Seminary greatly increased its enrollment and programs. On January 1, 2019, Joseph Taphorn succeeded Callaghan as Saint Paul Seminary rector. Under Taphorn, resturcturing to allow for the implementation of a propadeutic year began. The Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library is the theological library of SPS with over 110,000 volumes. The library

3886-589: Was attended by 20,000 people all told. The Mass was celebrated outdoors, with an altar constructed up against the administration building. When it opened in 1894, SPS had sixty-five seminarians . By 1900, enrollment had risen to 110 seminarians from all over the Midwest and as far away as San Francisco, California . John Ireland's deep involvement with the Catholic University of America led to an affiliation that allowed any graduate of SPS to present himself for

3953-439: Was closed in 1971, thereby moving to a "4-4" plan with no high school seminary. While the Saint Paul Seminary and University of St. Thomas both were owned by the archdiocese and were next to each, they operated separately. In 1980, rector William Baumgartner began to think that collaboration between the two institutions could have some great benefit. Bishop Kinney of Saint Cloud suggested a merger in 1981. From 1983 to 1987, there

4020-509: Was completed in 1894. The dormitory row (Loras, Cretin, and Grace halls) at SPS was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as a historic district , but the listing was never finalized. The dedication ceremony for the Saint Paul Seminary was attended by the apostolic delegate to the United States, Archbishop Francesco Satolli , four other archbishops, ten bishops, and over four hundred priests. The Pontifical Mass

4087-606: Was completed in the summer of 1994 and portrays the seven virtues discussed in the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas. The Minneapolis campus also holds St. Thomas' School of Education, the School of Law , and Schulze School of Entrepreneurship. As announced on May 15, 2014, the Daniel C. Gainey Conference Center was to be sold to Meridian Behavioral Health, LLC, with a plan to convert it to a treatment facility for addiction and behavioral disorders. The deal closed in August 2014. The deal included

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4154-467: Was demolished to make way for Schoenecker Center. In 2023, the university announced plans for a $ 175 million on-campus indoor arena known as Lee and Penny Anderson Arena . The 6,000-seat arena is planned to be the home of the basketball and hockey teams in addition to hosting other events such as commencement. Cretin Hall , McCarthy Gymnasium and the Service Center are to be demolished to make way for

4221-510: Was established in 1885. There was a desire for a dedicated theologate seminary, and plans for a major seminary to be established on the land kitty-corner to the College were formed. Ireland's primary benefactor for this project was James J. Hill , president of the Great Northern Railway . Hill was a Protestant , but his wife Mary Hill was a devout Catholic. In honor of his wife, James Hill donated $ 500,000 to create SPS. The campus of

4288-449: Was much discussion and politics attempting to determine what such a union should look like. Finally, in 1987, an agreement was made. Under the agreement, Saint Paul Seminary built new administration and dormitory buildings and sold the most of its land and buildings to St. Thomas, including Loras, Grace, and Cretin residence halls and the Binz refectory. The Ireland library building was included in

4355-671: Was ordained a priest by Bishop Ignatius Mrak on September 19, 1869, in Marquette , Michigan. His first assignment was as an assistant pastor at Saint Paul's Parish in Negaunee, Michigan , where he remained for two years. Stariha came to the Diocese of Saint Paul in September 1871 and served for nine months in Marystown, Minnesota . In June 1872 he became pastor of St. Joseph's Parish in Red Wing and

4422-417: Was publicly cited as the reason. However, during this same time, plans were underway to make space for a new student center to be named after the Anderson family, then the largest single donors to a single private institution in United States history. Despite protests from senior faculty and students, the decision was made to demolish the theater and dissolve the department the same semester; though, according to

4489-428: Was the speaker at the grand opening. The St. Paul campus is the main campus and is home to most undergraduate students. The main campus, built on a farm site once considered "far removed from town", is located where St. Paul's Summit Avenue meets the Mississippi River . The site was farmed by ex- Fort Snelling soldier William Finn, who received the property as a pension settlement after he accidentally shot himself in

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