Saint Louis Priory School
| Saint Louis Priory School | |
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| Address | |
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500 South Mason Road Creve Coeur, Missouri, (St. Louis County) 63141 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°38′39″N 90°28′44″W / 38.644193°N 90.478863°WCoordinates: 38°38′39″N 90°28′44″W / 38.644193°N 90.478863°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, All-Boys |
| Motto |
Laus Tibi Domine (Latin: "Praise to Thee, Lord") |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic Church |
| Established | 1955 |
| Principal | Dr. Jared Rashford |
| Headmaster | Rev. Gregory Mohrman, OSB '76 |
| Chaplain | Fr. Augustine Wetta, OSB |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Enrollment | 426 (2016) |
| Campus size | 150 acres (0.61 km2) |
| Color(s) | Red and Blue |
| Athletics conference | Metro |
| Team name | Rebels |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools,ISACS |
| Newspaper | The Record |
| Tuition | $19,995 plus additional $750 for lunch |
| Website | priory.org |
The Saint Louis Priory School, a Roman Catholic secondary day school for boys, is located on a sprawling 150 acres in suburban St. Louis, Missouri, within the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. The school is run by the Benedictine monks of Saint Louis Abbey as part of their religious ministry.
The school was established in 1955, at the invitation of St. Louis Catholics, by monks of the Benedictine 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.
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