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St. Francis College confers its first bachelor of science degrees. 1896 St. Francis fields the first collegiate men’s basketball team in the city. 1899 A total of 30 students (all of whom were of Irish descent), comprise the St. Francis College student body. ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE Presidents 1858 esent 1858-62 Brother John McMahon, O.S.F.* 1862 ...
He gives the college to Saint Louis University in 1946. In 2022, Parks College becomes part of SLU's School of Science and Engineering. It is the oldest federally certified school of aviation west of the Mississippi River. 1927
- Seeking Help on All Fronts
- SLU's Jesuits Step in to Aid A Child in Crisis
- The Exorcism
- The Struggle For A Soul Reaches Its End
- After The Exorcism
- What Happened to The People Involved?
Increasingly concerned, Robbie's parents took him to see a medical doctor, a psychologist and a psychiatrist. The family also turned to a local Lutheran minister, Rev. Luther Miles Schulze, who agreed to observe their son. Schulze also saw the boy's bed shake, dishes fly through the air and furniture move of its own accord. Even after inviting Robb...
After Robbie and his mother arrived in St. Louis, on March 9, 1949, Raymond Bishop, S.J., a Jesuit teaching at SLU's Department (now School) of Education, visited the family. One of Robbie's cousins, a University student, had informed Bishop about the strange events. The young priest, acting on the advice of fellow faculty member, Laurence Kenny, S...
According to the diary kept by Bishop, after Ritter authorized the Exorcism, he and Bowdern, the lead exorcist, visited Robbie in Bel Nor nightly throughout the rest of March and into April 1949. Other Jesuits and Scholastics including Walter Halloran, William Van Roo, S.J., John O'Flaherty, S.J., and Joseph Boland, S.J., also assisted during the m...
On Easter Monday, April 18, 1949, Robbie awoke in a fit at the Alexian Brothers Hospital. Bowdern continued the rite of exorcism, placing holy items in the boy's hands and around his neck. According to Bishop's diary, the exorcist then demanded to know the name of the demon possessing Robbie. The Jesuit demanded the demon leave the boy in peace. Th...
The Archdiocese of St. Louis received a formal report on the Exorcism, closing the matter formally. Neither the archdiocese or the Missouri Province of the Society of Jesus spoke publicly about the events, to protect Robbie's identity and because the matter was finished from an ecclesiastical standpoint. In August 1949, Schulze spoke about the even...
After200 years, there are many legends and untold tales hiding in the nooks and crannies of Saint Louis University. Delve into the myths, fables, fantastic lives, moments and surprises you will find in its story with“SLU Legends and Lore.” Story based on the "SLU Legends and Lore" Bicentennial Series by John Waide, University archivist emeritus. Te...
A Catholic academy, St. Louis Academy (later Saint Louis University), was established in 1818 as the first college west of the Mississippi River. [3] According to William Barnaby Faherty, Rev. Peter Verhaegen , SJ., was a key leader in building Catholicism in the West from his arrival 1823 to his death in 1853.
St. Francis College began as a parochial all-boys academy in the City of Brooklyn and has become a small liberal arts college that has 19 academic departments offering 72 majors and minors. St. Francis College is a predominantly undergraduate institution with some graduate programs; it is considered a commuter college. As of 2021, there were ...
Feb 27, 2013 · On February 11, 1944, at the 8:45 AM student Mass in Saint Louis University’s St. Francis Xavier College Church, Fr. Claude Heithaus, SJ, delivered a homily that would forever change the University. This homily was a calculated act--carefully re-written and revised, shared among trusted confidantes, and distributed to the press—that pushed Saint Louis University into the reluctant role of ...
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In recent years, St. Francis College has grown its student body from about 2,300 to more than 2,700. By 2026, we aim to welcome more than 3,500 students seeking a competitive and affordable higher education to become the critical thinkers and leaders of the 21st-century global economy. SFC Forward strengthens the College’s financial footing ...
