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History of Religious Orders at
Our Lady of Victory Elementary School
1910-1999
 
The School Sisters
of Saint Francis from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, established Our
Lady of Victory School in 1910. Their call to serve the
people of the northwest area of Chicago began as a simple
mission and made for a solid foundation for the school and
parish. Here at Our Lady of Victory, together with the
priests and people of the parish, the Sisters have helped
form Christian men and women through Catholic Education.
Beginning with a
faculty of six Sisters in 1910, the school enrollment
reached its peak in 1950 with a faculty of twenty-four
School Sisters and a student body nearing one thousand.
To read about these two
sisters of the order, Sister Katy and Sister Clarita,
please click on:
www.sssf.org/english/documents/it_spring06.pdf
and go to page 4 of In Touch,
a newsletter of the School Sisters of St. Francis published
in 2006.
To read a tribute to
Sister Clarita Langenfeld by Father Dan Mayall of Holy Name
Cathedral Parish, please click on:
http://www.holynamecathedral.org/bulletin_board/msgs/msg06Jul23.htm
 1999-2004
From 1999 to 2004,
the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia from Nashville,
Tennessee, assumed care of the school, continuing the
tradition of dedication to youth that was established by the
Franciscan Sisters nearly 100 years ago.
Since 2004, members of the
lay community have once again served as principals.
Rooted in Jesus
Christ, Our Lady of Victory Elementary School strives to
form each child so that he or she may live fully the Gospel
of Christ in the world. Academic instruction permeated
with the truth of prepares the whole child to serve the
Church and civil society with integrity and joy.
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