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Final nail in the coffin for Chicago’s Quigley Seminary
The 102 year old Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago closes due to shrinking enrollment and debt, emblematic of a broader decline in U S high school seminaries. Declining vocations, aging priests, and shifting church attitudes push parishes to rely on foreign-born clergy and later priestly formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edward Quigley
Quigley Preparatory Seminary
Chicago
New York
Edward Egan
Atlanta
Wilton Gregory
Quigley
United States
R. Scott Appleby
University of Notre Dame
U.S
Center For Applied Research
Georgetown University
Archdiocese of Chicago
Peter Makzinski
Archdiocese
James Accurso
Morgan Melske
Mellske
Appleby
Donald Cozzens
John Carroll University
Cleveland
Katarina Schuth
University of St. Thomas
Minnesota