St. Rita of Cascia High School
| St. Rita of Cascia High School | |
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7740 S. Western Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60620 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°45′07″N 87°41′06″W / 41.752°N 87.685°W |
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| School type | private |
| Motto |
Veritas, Unitas, Caritas (Truth, Unity, Love) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Founded | 1905 |
| Founder | Very Rev. James F. Green |
| Authority | Archdiocese of Chicago |
| Oversight | Order of Saint Augustine |
| CEEB code | 141255 |
| President | Rev. Paul Galetto, O.S.A. |
| Chairman | Rev. Thomas McCarthy, O.S.A. |
| Principal | Mr. Brendan Conroy |
| Staff | 75 |
| Grades | 1-12 |
| Gender | all-male |
| Enrollment | 600 |
| Campus type | urban |
| Color(s) |
red blue |
| Athletics conference | Chicago Catholic League |
| Team name | Mustangs |
| Rivals | Mt. Carmel,Br. RiceMaristFenwickLoyola AcademyProvidence |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | Tolle Lege |
| Yearbook | The Ritan |
| Tuition | US$10,800 |
| Website | http://www.stritahs.com |
St. Rita of Cascia High School is an all-male Roman Catholic high school located on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, is operated by the Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel, a Catholic jurisdiction of the Order of Saint Augustine, and is a member of the Augustinian Secondary Education Association. It is named for Rita of Cascia (1381-1457), an Italian Augustinian nun and Roman Catholic saint.
The school was founded in 1905 by Augustinian friar James F. Green, O.S.A, who bought the property on which the original school sat for US$30,000 for the 5-acre (20,000 m2) site. Green Hall was the initial building on the original campus. The school was formally dedicated on 22 April 1906, at which time the San Francisco earthquake of four days earlier was invoked.
Successor to the founder was William L. Egan, O.S.A., during whose tenure the original Harris Gym and Egan Hall were completed. In 1922, the school's first stadium was constructed. Joseph B. Kepperling, O.S.A. followed Egan in 1926, but his career was brought to a close by his death in 1929. John J. Harris, O.S.A. was selected as the next rector of St. Rita.
In January 1935, a fire caused extensive damage to the school's shrine after an altar candle was placed too close to a Christmas tree.
In the summer of 1935, Ruellan P. Fink, O.S.A. succeeded Harris. Under Fink's leadership, technical coursework began at the school in 1936. This period also saw the construction of the Mendel Technical Building (1938), and an addition to Egan Hall (1939), which (at the time) made St. Rita the largest all-boys Catholic school in the American Midwest. A fire destroyed the wooden stands in the athletic stadium in 1944, and were soon replaced with concrete bleachers. An April 1939 benefit for the addition included actors Arthur Treacher, Fifi d'Orsay, Eddie Bracken, and Virginia Payne. The new monastery was completed in 1949.
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