St. Lawrence Seminary High School
| St. Lawrence Seminary High School St. Lawrence or SLS |
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301 Church Street Mt. Calvary, Wisconsin, (Fond du Lac County) 53057 United States |
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| Coordinates | 43°49′22″N 88°15′2″W / 43.82278°N 88.25056°WCoordinates: 43°49′22″N 88°15′2″W / 43.82278°N 88.25056°W |
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| Type | Private, all male |
| Motto | Celsitudo ex Humilitate (To the heights, from the depths) |
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Roman Catholic Franciscan Capuchin |
| Patron saint(s) | St. Lawrence of Brindisi |
| Established | 1860 |
| Founder | Fathers Gregory Haas & Bonaventure Frey |
| Rector | Fr. John Holly, O.F.M. Cap. |
| Faculty | 25 full time |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 215 (2008) |
| Campus | 13 buildings |
| Campus size | 80 acres (320,000 m2) |
| Color(s) | Brown and gold |
| Song | Laurentianum |
| Fight song | Get Out and Fight |
| Mascot | Hilltopper |
| Team name | Hilltoppers |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | Hilltopics |
| Yearbook | Laurentian |
| Academic Dean | David Bartel |
| Dean of Students | Kevin Buelow. |
| Athletic Director | Phil McCabe |
| Website | http://www.stlawrence.edu |
St. Lawrence Seminary High School is a preparatory high school operated by the Province of St. Joseph of the Capuchin Order at Mount Calvary, Wisconsin. The school is in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. It is an all-male boarding school, with approximately 225 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12. The school's mission is to prepare its male students for vocations in the Roman Catholic Church.
The high school was founded in 1860 as the Convent Latin School by two Capuchin friars, Gregory Haas (1826-1895) and Bonaventure Frey (1831-1912). Over the years it has been called the Convent Latin School, the Little Seminary of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, St. Lawrence College, St. Lawrence Seminary, and St. Lawrence Seminary High School. St. Francis Brothers' School merged with St. Lawrence Seminary.
St. Lawrence has existed, since its founding in 1860, as a school for Catholic high school and college youth interested in pursuing a vocation to ministry in the Catholic Church, primarily in the priesthood. As the understanding of ministry has grown within the Church, the school has historically adjusted its purpose to respond to the various ministerial needs of the Church and society. Underlying the school’s philosophy is the conviction that the primary obligation of all Christians is to witness to gospel values in that vocation to which God calls them. Combined with this belief is the additional conviction that such values are not only the path to eternal salvation and union with God for each individual but also the only real remedy for the ills of the human community. Therefore, the staff of St. Lawrence attempts to promote and foster these values in themselves and in the adolescents who enter into and participate in the life of the community. The overriding purpose for St. Lawrence’s existence is to promote, foster, and live principles and values announced in the gospel of Jesus Christ and articulated in the Catholic Church.
Celsitudo ex humilitate is the motto of St. Lawrence Seminary, which has been incorporated into the school seal. Used to describe St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Celsitudo ex humilitate can be translated literally as “To the heavens out of our humility” or more poetically as “To the heights, from the depths.” The seal depicts a cross on a hill with the motto and date of the school’s .
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