Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary

File:Austin Dowling.jpg, founder of Nazareth Hall]]

In the early years of the Diocese of Saint Paul, its high-school and early college-aged seminarians were educated at a number of institutions. Many of the first seminarians of the diocese were tutored by bishop Joseph Crétin and other clerical teachers in the rectory next to the Cathedral of Saint Paul.{{rp|4}} In 1862, Bishop Thomas Grace opened the Ecclesiastical Preparatory Seminary of St. Paul in the former cathedral. In 1867, that institution merged with the coeducational cathedral school which operated in the same building.{{rp|159}} In November 1866, Grace purchased {{Convert|40|acre|km2}} on the shores of Lake Johanna for the purpose of establishing a permanent seminary.{{Cite book |last=Connors |first=Joseph |url=https://cdm17521.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ust-history/id/592/rec/3 |title=Journey Toward Fulfillment : A History of the College of St. Thomas |publisher=University of St. Thomas |year=1986 |isbn=9996232182 |location=Saint Paul, Minnesota |language=en}}{{rp|9}} However, after the re-opening of the Benedictine St. John's College within the diocese in 1867, those plans were stalled and seminarians were educated either at St. John's or more distant institutions in the United States or Europe.{{rp|10}}

Grace's successor, John Ireland, took office in June 1884 and in December of that same year announced plans to build a seminary for the diocese which would become the University of St. Thomas.{{rp|28}} The fledgling college would function as a combination of a theological seminary, minor seminary, junior college, high school, and junior high school.{{rp|35}}

Following Archbishop Ireland's death in 1918, Austin Dowling became the Archbishop of St. Paul, and began to plan to separate the preparatory seminary from the College of St. Thomas, envisioning a secluded rural institution at the Lake Johanna property that would aid in recruiting both priestly candidates and financial supporters.{{rp|186}}{{rp|434,437,438}} On the first anniversary of the death of Archbishop John Ireland, Dowling established a fund to finance the building of a preparatory seminary. In the fund, $1,280,000 {{USDCY|1280000|1918}} was raised specifically for the construction and endowment of the seminary. These plans were announced to the public in 1920, with the Romanesque-style campus estimated to cost $500,000 {{USDCY|500000|1918}} to construct, and planned to house 250 persons.{{rp|448,449,452}}{{Cite news |date=June 25, 1921 |title=Nazareth Hall, the Preparatory Seminary |url=https://newspapers.mnhs.org/jsp/PsImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=3c3d806b-3f84-4372-9fd7-43a77c1fedb5%2Fmnhi0031%2F1HMBHS5C%2F21062501 |access-date=November 8, 2022 |work=The Catholic Bulletin |pages=1 |via=Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub |volume=11 |issue=26 |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108173152/https://newspapers.mnhs.org/jsp/PsImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=3c3d806b-3f84-4372-9fd7-43a77c1fedb5/mnhi0031/1HMBHS5C/21062501 |url-status=live }} The cornerstone of the new complex was laid by Dowling on May 21, 1922, in a solemn ceremony.{{Cite news |date=May 27, 1922 |title=Cornerstone of Nazareth Hall is Laid |url=https://newspapers.mnhs.org/jsp/PsImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=3c3d806b-3f84-4372-9fd7-43a77c1fedb5%2Fmnhi0031%2F1HMBHS5C%2F22052701 |access-date=November 8, 2022 |work=The Catholic Bulletin |pages=1 |via=Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub |volume=12 |issue=21 |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108173155/https://newspapers.mnhs.org/jsp/PsImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=3c3d806b-3f84-4372-9fd7-43a77c1fedb5/mnhi0031/1HMBHS5C/22052701 |url-status=live }} The architects were Maginnis & Walsh of Boston, and the seminary was completed and dedicated by September 1923.{{Cite book |last=Reardon |first=James Michael |url=https://archive.org/details/catholicchurchin0000rear |title=The Catholic Church in the Diocese of St. Paul : from earliest origin to centennial achievement : a factual narrative |publisher=North Central Publishing Company |location=Saint Paul, Minnesota |year=1952 |author-link=James Michael Reardon}}{{rp|452}}

The redirection of diocesan funds and the withdrawal of minor seminarians had an impact upon the still-young College of Saint Thomas, as the 140 high-school age seminarians moving from St. Thomas to Nazareth Hall constituted nearly twenty percent of the student body at this time.{{Cite book |url=https://cdm17521.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/yearbooks/id/1409/rec/23 |title=1923 Kaydet Yearbook |publisher=St. Thomas College |year=1923 |page=185 |access-date=October 28, 2024}} Additionally, some within the archdiocese thought that the establishment of Nazareth Hall spread the resources of the archdiocese too thinly, and many criticized the separation of high-school age students as undesirable.{{rp|187}}

File:Nazareth Hall 1920.jpg

Timothy Crowley was the first rector of the seminary from 1923 to 1935. In its first year, there were 125 students.{{r|ccdsp|p=662}} In the early years, the school struggled financially, operating at a deficit according to a 1929 report.{{r|ccdsp|p=489}} Dowling was nevertheless resistant to hearing any criticism of his project, and furnished a personal suite at the school for his frequent retreats and visits there.{{Cite book |last=Wolkenstorfer |first=John Christine |url=https://archive.org/details/youshallbemypeop0000wolk/page/50/mode/2up |title="You shall be my people" : a history of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis |publisher=Editions du Signe |year=1999 |isbn=9782877188982 |location=Strasbourg |language=en}}{{rp|50}} As one priest of the archdiocese stated: "Nazareth Hall was the apple of his eye and woe betide the priest or layman who dared to utter an uncomplimentary syllable about the institution, its architecture, purpose, faculty or product. Every other institution in the archdiocese was a stepchild, seldom visited except officially."{{rp|187}}

Nazareth Hall covered six years of education—four years of high school and the first two years of collegiate studies. The remaining six years were done at Saint Paul Seminary. Coursework for the students included classes in Latin, Gregorian chant, math, the sciences, and social studies. Not all students who attended Nazareth ended up becoming priests, and so over time seminary leadership worked to make the curriculum suitable preparation for life outside of the priesthood.{{Cite web |last=Luiken |first=Reba |date=October 11, 2021 |title=Storied Catholic seminary building still stands |url=https://thecatholicspirit.com/commentary/echoes-of-catholic-minnesota/storied-catholic-seminary-building-still-stands/ |access-date=November 8, 2022 |website=TheCatholicSpirit.com |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012140312/https://www.thecatholicspirit.com/commentary/echoes-of-catholic-minnesota/storied-catholic-seminary-building-still-stands/ |archive-date=October 12, 2021 |url-status=live}}

Students produced a publication called Puer Nazarenus ({{translation|Boy of Nazareth}}) which contained pieces such as poems, stories, and a humor column.{{Cite magazine |date=May 1, 1965 |title=Puer Nazarenus |url=https://archive.org/details/hallmark-puer-nazarenus-1965/page/22/mode/2up |access-date=November 10, 2024 |magazine=The Hallmark |volume=XXVIII |issue=8}}{{cite book |last1=McInerny |first1=Ralph |author1-link=Ralph McInerny |url=https://www3.nd.edu/~maritain/jmc/etext/ialone.html |title=I Alone Have Escaped to Tell You: My Life and Pastimes |date=2006 |publisher=University of Notre Dame Press |location=Notre Dame, Indiana |chapter=Three: Spoiled Priest |access-date=November 9, 2024 |archive-date=November 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109161921/https://www3.nd.edu/~maritain/jmc/etext/ialone.html |url-status=live }} Students had basketball leagues, and played pool, handball, football, skating, skiing, table tennis, and other sports.{{cite news |last1=Sittard |first1=Herm |title=Nazareth Hall's Wooded Campus Provides Seclusion for Youths Preparing for the Priesthood |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-minneapolis-star-nazareth-halls-woo/158422083/ |access-date=August 8, 2024 |work=The Minneapolis Star |page=41 |via=Newspapers.com |issue=May 25, 1960}} Over time, the institution received a shorthand nickname of Naz Hall.{{cite news |last1=Zavoral |first1=Nolan |title=A man of experience |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune-a-man-of-experience/158836604/ |access-date=November 11, 2024 |work=Newspapers.com |date=July 7, 2001 |archive-date=November 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241111144507/https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune-a-man-of-experience/158836604/ |url-status=live |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite web |title=Nazareth Hall |url=https://www.unwsp.edu/location/nazareth-hall/ |website=University of Northwestern, St. Paul |access-date=November 11, 2024 |archive-date=November 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241111144508/https://www.unwsp.edu/location/nazareth-hall/ |url-status=live }} The Sisters of Saint Francis (OSF) assisted with the domestic operations of the seminary and lived in one of the wings of the building.{{r|ccdsp|p=663}}

By 1949, the institution had 226 students and more than 185 alumni had been ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis; 70 had been ordained for other dioceses, one to the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church (Stephen Kocisko) and 13 for religious orders.{{r|ccdsp|p=662}} In 1962, St. Austin's House (now called Riley Hall) was added on to the main complex due to growth in the seminary body throughout the 1950s.{{Cite web |last=Baden |first=Mark |date=January 12, 2018 |title=Designing the Dream of Nazareth Hall |url=https://unwsp.edu/blog/designing-the-dream-of-nazareth-hall/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710150257/https://www.unwsp.edu/blog/designing-the-dream-of-nazareth-hall/ |archive-date=July 10, 2024 |access-date=November 8, 2022 |website=University of Northwestern, St. Paul |language=en-us}} The peak enrollment for the seminary was in 1962, with 270 in the high school and 89 in the college.{{r|starClosing}} By the time of its closure in 1970, about 600 priests had been ordained; some 3,000 students attended Nazareth Hall during its 48 years of operation.{{cite news |date=January 8, 1970 |title=Archdiocese orders closing of Nazareth Hall this spring |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-minneapolis-star-archdiocese-orders/158422026/ |access-date=August 8, 2024 |work=The Minneapolis Star |page=79 |via=Newspapers.com}}

File:Nazareth Hall Altart at the St. Michael Church, Minnesota.jpg from Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary, now at the Church of Saint Michael in Saint Michael, Minnesota|200px|left]]

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, four years of study at the College of Saint Thomas, and four years of study at the Saint Paul Seminary.{{cite book |last1=Athens |first1=Mary Christine |title=To Work for the Whole People: John Ireland's Seminary in St. Paul |publisher=Paulist Press |year=2013 |isbn=9780809105458 |location=New York}}{{rp|256}} This plan was overwhelmingly supported. But 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.{{r|work|p=259}} In 1968, enrollment fell from 148 the prior year to 105 with the opening of Saint John Vianney College Seminary. On January 8, 1970, Archbishop Byrne announced that Nazareth Hall would close after the 1969–70 academic year.

The land and buildings were sold for $2,575,000 {{USDCY|2575000|1971}} to Northwestern College (now the University of Northwestern).{{cite news |last1=Thorkelson |first1=Willmar |date=November 5, 1970 |title=Northwestern College Sells campus, will buy Nazareth Hall |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-minneapolis-star-northwestern-colleg/158715971/ |url-status= |access-date=November 9, 2024 |work=The Minneapolis Star |via=Newspapers.com}} This decision was negatively received by the clergy of the archdiocese, especially the perceived low sale price, which was seen as the seminary being "given away".{{r|work|p=316}} The University of Northwestern presently uses the buildings for academic and administrative uses, and has preserved much of the campus in its original state.{{Cite web |title=Nazareth Hall |url=https://unwsp.edu/about-us/history-heritage/nazareth-hall/ |access-date=November 8, 2022 |website=University of Northwestern, St. Paul |language=en-us |archive-date=June 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627175451/https://unwsp.edu/about-us/history-heritage/nazareth-hall/ |url-status=live }}

File:Nazareth Hall Chapel from Sanctuary.jpg

The campus of Nazareth Hall, which is still maintained and is in active use by the University of Northwestern – St. Paul, primarily consists of "six buildings in one."{{r|ccdsp|p=452}} The Lombard Romanesque chapel, residence wings, and classrooms are all interconnected across {{convert|120752|sqft}}.{{cite web |last1=Baden |first1=Mark |date=January 12, 2018 |title=Designing the Dream of Nazareth Hall |url=https://unwsp.edu/blog/designing-the-dream-of-nazareth-hall/ |access-date=November 8, 2022 |website=University of Northwestern, St. Paul |language=en-us |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108181847/https://unwsp.edu/blog/designing-the-dream-of-nazareth-hall/ |url-status=live }}

The main entrance, beneath the {{convert|40|by|40|ft|adj=on}} long and wide, and {{convert|105|ft|adj=mid||-tall}} bell tower, shows the child Jesus standing with arms outstretched; inscriptions of "Amen, amen, dico vobis quia ego sum ostium ovium" ({{translation|Amen, Amen, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep}}) and "Venite ad me quoniam iugum meum suave est et onus leve" ({{translation|Come to me because my yoke is sweet and my burden light}}) surround him.

The chapel was named for Our Lady of the Annunciation and was consecrated on September 8, 1924. It originally sat 300 people and has a crypt church underneath where daily Masses were said.{{r|ccdsp|p=452}}{{r|laj}} The lower portion of the chapel walls are made from red Numidian marble from Africa. Gray marble columns support the tile vaulted ceiling. While the apse dome has since been painted white, it was originally gold leaf.{{cite web |title=Nazareth Chapel |url=https://unwsp.edu/about-us/history-heritage/nazareth-chapel-heritage/ |access-date=November 8, 2022 |website=University of Northwestern, St. Paul |language=en-us |archive-date=December 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203113655/https://unwsp.edu/about-us/history-heritage/nazareth-chapel-heritage/ |url-status=live }}

The pews have since been replaced by the University of Northwestern. The space, since renamed Nazareth Chapel by the University of Northwestern, is a popular wedding venue.{{r|unwspHeritage}}

File:Nazareth Hall Fourteenth Station of the Cross.jpg

Many original decorations of the chapel remain such as the Stations of the Cross. A number of artifacts from the seminary are in active use in Catholic churches across the St. Paul area. The altar and baldachin of the seminary chapel are at St. Michael's Church in St. Michael, Minnesota; the chapel statues of Mary and Joseph are at St. John Vianney Seminary; a lectern is at All Saints in Minneapolis; some kneelers, chairs and vestments are at St. Agnes in Frogtown.{{cite web |last1=Sonnen |first1=John Paul |date=July 20, 2022 |title=The 100th Anniversary of the "Our Lady of the Annunciation" Chapel at Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary |url=https://www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2022/07/the-100th-anniversary-of-our-lady-of.html |access-date=November 8, 2022 |website=Liturgical Arts Journal |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108152733/https://www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2022/07/the-100th-anniversary-of-our-lady-of.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Sonnen |first=John Paul |title=Showcasing One of the Largest Vestment Collections in the United States |url=http://www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2022/11/showcasing-one-of-largest-vestment.html |access-date=November 15, 2022 |website=Liturgical Arts Journal |archive-date=November 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115160649/https://www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2022/11/showcasing-one-of-largest-vestment.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Wiering |first1=Maria |date=January 14, 2010 |editor-last=Towalski |editor-first=Joe |title=Liturgical object re-use 'keeps church's sacred art alive' |url=https://news.arcasearchdev.com/csvirth/pdfs/spm-2010-01-14-0-023.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110141302/https://news.arcasearchdev.com/csvirth/pdfs/spm-2010-01-14-0-023.pdf |archive-date=November 10, 2024 |access-date=November 9, 2024 |work=The Catholic Spirit |publisher=Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis |page=23 |volume=15 |issue=1}}

File:Nazareth Hall Island Chapel.jpg

There is a small chapel, formerly called Mater Dei Chapel in an island in the middle of Lake Johanna.{{Cite magazine |last=Sondag |first=Christine |date=1996 |title=Triptych finds new home in Bryne Residence |url=https://cdm17521.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/magazines/id/3670 |access-date=November 10, 2024 |magazine=The magazine of the University of St. Thomas |page=5 |volume=XII |issue=4 |archive-date=November 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110150449/https://cdm17521.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/magazines/id/3670 |url-status=live }} It was originally built in 1925 as a crypt for benefactor Wilhelmine Coolbaugh, who donated the money for its construction herself, with the approval of Archbishop Dowling. However, since then her remains have been removed and reinterred at Resurrection Cemetery in Mendota Heights.{{cite web |title=Island Chapel |url=https://unwsp.edu/about-us/history-heritage/island-chapel/ |access-date=November 10, 2024 |website=University of Northwestern, St. Paul |language=en-us |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713135431/https://www.unwsp.edu/about-us/history-heritage/island-chapel/ |url-status=live }}

The exterior of the chapel is made with limestone, and above the entrance is a mosaic of an angel holding a scroll with the words "Regina Angelorum ora pro nobis" ({{translation|Queen of the Angels, pray for us}}). Directly above the door is the Latin inscription "Ego mater pulchrae delectionis et timoris et agnitionis et sanctae spei" ({{translation|I am the mother of beautiful delight and of reverence and of knowledge and of holy hope}}).{{refn|group=note|In the Vulgate and Douay-Rheims translation, this is a verse is numbered at Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus) 24:24. Other translations may place it at Sirach 24:18, or not include it at all.Ecclesiasticus 24:24 - [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiasticus%2024%3A24&version=VULGATE Biblia Sacra Vulgata]Ecclesiasticus 24:24 - [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiasticus%2024%3A24&version=DRA Douay-Rheims]{{cite book |last1=Skehan |first1=Patrick William |last2=Di Lella |first2=Alexander A. |title=The Anchor Bible: The Wisdom of Ben Sira |date=1987 |publisher=Doubleday |location=Garden City, NY |isbn=0-385-13517-3 |pages=328, 330 |url=https://archive.org/details/AbLeviticus116Milgrom1991Opt/abWisdomBenSira%20SkehanPW%201987-opt/ |access-date=October 30, 2024 |chapter=Praise of Wisdom}}}}

The interior walls are also limestone with a marble floor. Prior to the sale of the seminary, there were stained-glass windows and a triptych of the Archangel Gabriel inside. The triptych above the altar, "The Adoration of the Peasants", was by American painter and muralist Frank H. Schwarz. The stained-glass windows and triptych were removed after the sale, with the triptych being moved to the Byrne residence for retired priests of the archdiocese.

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• Raymond Alphonse Lucker, auxiliary bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (1971–1976) and bishop of New Ulm (1976–2000){{Cite web |title=Most Reverend Raymond A. Lucker, S.T.D. |url=http://www.dnu.org/news/lucker/lbio.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012051346/http://www.dnu.org/news/lucker/lbio.html |archive-date=October 12, 2008 |website=Diocese of New Ulm}}
• Ralph McInerny, American novelist
• Richard Pates, auxiliary bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (2000–2008), bishop of Des Moines (2008–2019){{cite news |last1=McPartlin |first1=Mary Kay |date=May 11, 2021 |title=Meet Bishop Richard E. Pates |url=https://www.crookston.org/news/localnews/2301-meet-bishop-richard-e-pates |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513200120/https://www.crookston.org/news/localnews/2301-meet-bishop-richard-e-pates |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |access-date=November 9, 2024 |work=Our Northland Diocese |publisher=Diocese of Crookston |language=en-gb}}
• John Roach, auxiliary bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (1971–1975), and archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (1975–1995){{cite web |date=July 14, 2003 |title=Archbishop John Roach Dies Friday |url=https://news.stthomas.edu/archbishop-john-roach-dies-friday/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819103946/https://news.stthomas.edu/archbishop-john-roach-dies-friday/ |archive-date=August 19, 2022 |access-date=October 25, 2024 |website=St. Thomas Newsroom}}{{cite web |title=Most Reverend John R Roach |url=https://www.archspm.org/leadership/past-bishops/most-reverend-john-r-roach/ |website=Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis |access-date=November 9, 2024 |language=en |date=January 15, 2019 |archive-date=November 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109161925/https://www.archspm.org/leadership/past-bishops/most-reverend-john-r-roach/ |url-status=live }}
• Peter P. Stumpf Jr., American politician and businessman{{cite web |title=Stumpf, Jr., Peter P. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present |url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10641 |access-date=November 10, 2024 |website=Minnesota Legislature |archive-date=February 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228115337/https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?id=10641 |url-status=live }}

• Father Timothy Crowley: 1923–1935{{r|ccdsp|p=662}}
• Father John Cullinan: 1935–1940{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/officialcatholic1936unse |title=The Official Catholic Directory Anno Domini 1936 |publisher=P. J. Kenedy |year=1936 |location=New York |language=en}}{{rp|162}}{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/officialcatholic1940unse |title=The Official Catholic Directory Anno Domini 1940 |publisher=P. J. Kenedy |year=1940 |location=New York |language=en}}{{rp|212}}
• Father James Connolly: 1940–1943{{Cite book |last=Code |first=Joseph Bernard |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofamer0000jose/page/48/mode/2up |title=Dictionary of the American Hierarchy (1789-1964) |publisher=Joseph F. Wagner, Inc. |year=1964 |location=New York |language=en}}{{rp|48}}
• Father Thomas Shanahan{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/officialcatholic1945unse/page/256/mode/2up |title=The Official Catholic Directory Anno Domini 1945 |publisher=P. J. Kenedy |year=1945 |location=New York |language=en |access-date=November 9, 2024}}{{rp|256}}{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/officialcatholic1948unse |title=The Official Catholic Directory Anno Domini 1948 |publisher=P. J. Kenedy |year=1948 |location=New York |language=en}}{{rp|274}}
• Father Louis McCarthy{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/officialcatholic1949unse |title=The Official Catholic Directory Anno Domini 1949 |publisher=P. J. Kenedy |year=1949 |location=New York |language=en}}{{rp|189}}{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/officialcatholic1952unse |title=The Official Catholic Directory Anno Domini 1952 |publisher=P. J. Kenedy |year=1952 |location=New York |language=en}}{{rp|200}}
• Father James Cecka{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/officialcatholic1960unse |title=The Official Catholic Directory Anno Domini 1960 |publisher=P. J. Kenedy |year=1960 |location=New York |language=en}}{{rp|238}}{{cite news |date=July 9, 1992 |editor-last=Zyskowski |editor-first=Bob |title=Stories will fly at Naz Hall reunion this fall |url=https://news.arcasearchdev.com/csvirth/pdfs/spm-1992-07-09-0-002.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241107182826/https://news.arcasearchdev.com/csvirth/pdfs/spm-1992-07-09-0-002.pdf |archive-date=November 7, 2024 |access-date=November 10, 2024 |work=The Catholic Bulletin |publisher=Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis |page=2}}
• Father John Sankovitz: 1961–1965{{cite web |date=August 31, 2010 |title=Please Remember in Your Prayers Monsignor John Sankovitz |url=https://news.stthomas.edu/please-remember-in-your-prayers-monsignor-john-sankovitz/ |access-date=November 8, 2022 |website=St. Thomas Newsroom |publisher=University of St. Thomas |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108203121/https://news.stthomas.edu/please-remember-in-your-prayers-monsignor-john-sankovitz/ |url-status=live }}
• Father Richard Moudry: 1965–1970{{cite news |date=June 21, 2018 |editor-last=Wiering |editor-first=Maria |title=Msgr. Moudry's ministry focused on pastoral care |url=https://news.arcasearchdev.com/csvirth/pdfs/spm-2018-07-12-0-002.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241107185352/https://news.arcasearchdev.com/csvirth/pdfs/spm-2018-07-12-0-002.pdf |archive-date=November 7, 2024 |access-date=November 10, 2024 |work=The Catholic Spirit |publisher=Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis |page=2 |volume=23 |issue=13}}

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