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September 1957: The Academy
erected a new convent on
Jackson Avenue. It had two new
large classrooms and a popular
student lounge.
July 1962: The ground-
breaking ceremony was held at
Sheridan Road and Glen Avenue
for a new, 28-acre northside
Peoria Catholic high school.
September 1963: The freshman
class “pioneers” of the new
Bergan High School were
enrolled with other grades being
added over the next three years.
The school name honored
Gerald T. Bergan, Archbishop
of Omaha, the first native-born
Peorian to become a bishop.
April 5, 1964: Bishop John B.
Franz of Peoria led the grand
procession to dedicate the new
Bergan High School with much
fanfare.
The keynote address was
given by Archbishop Gerald
Bergan, who remembered fondly
his days at Spalding Institute
and how it shaped his life.
September 1973: The two
downtown Peoria schools
merged into one administrative
and academic unit to become the
Academy of Our Lady/Spalding
Institute.
June 1980: The section of
Madison Street that separated
the Academy and Spalding was
permanently closed for the safety
of the hundreds of students that
cross for classes everyday.
Oct. 30, 1987: Bishop
Edward O’Rourke celebrated
the 125th anniversary of
Catholic education in Peoria by
dedicating the new Madison
Street mall with refurbished
walkways, green trees, bushes,
and floral beds.
Fr. Raymond Novacek’s 1963
“
Madonna & Child” sculpture
was refurbished and became the
central focal point of this urban
pocket park.
March 1988: The Peoria
Area Pastors Board, under the
leadership of Bishop Edward
O’Rourke and Coadjutor Bishop
John Myers, made the decision
to strengthen Catholic high
school education for the future
by merging the Academy of Our
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