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{{Short description|Defunct Catholic school in California, United States}}
[[Image:LATimes Library.jpg|thumb|The former [[chapel]] of Villa Cabrini Academy, now the [[Los Angeles Times]] Library of Woodbury University]]
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'''Villa Cabrini Academy''' was a private Catholic high school for girls in the United States which operated in the mid-20th century, under the authority of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles]].
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'''Villa Cabrini Academy''' was a private [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] elementary and high school for girls that operated from 1937 to 1970,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/44147 |title=Villa Cabrini Academy |publisher=Los Angeles Public Library}}</ref> under the authority of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles|Archdiocese of Los Angeles]].


== History ==
The academy was located in [[Burbank, California]], and served the Catholic population of the [[San Fernando Valley]].<ref>{{cite web|work=The Museum of the San Fernando Valley|url=http://museumsanfernandovalley.blogspot.com/2013/11/villa-cabrini-yearbooks-more-than-just.html|title=Villa Cabrini}}</ref> It was sponsored by the [[Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart]], founded by St. [[Frances Xavier Cabrini]], the first citizen of the United States to be declared a saint by the Catholic Church.<ref name=MSC /<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mothercabrinishrine.org/activities|work=Mother Cabrini Shrine|title=Stained-Glass Windows}}</ref>
The academy was located in [[Burbank, California]], and served the Catholic population of the [[San Fernando Valley]].<ref>{{cite web|work=The Museum of the San Fernando Valley|url=http://museumsanfernandovalley.blogspot.com/2013/11/villa-cabrini-yearbooks-more-than-just.html|title=Villa Cabrini|date=8 November 2013 }}</ref> It was sponsored by the [[Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus]], founded by [[Frances Xavier Cabrini]], the first citizen of the United States to be declared a saint by the Catholic Church.<ref name="MSC">{{cite web|url=http://www.mothercabrinishrine.org/activities|work=Mother Cabrini Shrine|title=Stained-Glass Windows}}</ref>


The school closed in 1971. Its campus was acquired in the mid-1980s by [[Woodbury University]], which moved its operations from its original urban site in [[Los Angeles]] to the grounds of the former high school in 1987. The school [[chapel]] was converted into use as the university library.<ref name=MSC />
The school closed in June 1970. Its campus was used as the first location of the new [[California Institute of the Arts]] from July 1970 to when the new main campus for CalArts in [[Valencia, California]] was completed in November 1971. It was rented for some time, then acquired by Los Angeles Lutheran High School in 1977 and subsequently sold in the mid-1980s to [[Woodbury University]], which moved its operations from its original urban site in [[Los Angeles]] to the grounds of the former high school in 1987.

The academy [[chapel]] was converted into the university library,<ref name="MSC" /> and the chapel's statues and stained-glass windows were re-installed at the [[Mother Cabrini Shrine]] on Colorado's [[Lookout Mountain (Colorado)|Lookout Mountain]].

==Notable alumni==
* [[Joan Freeman (actress)|Joan Freeman]], actress
* Kimber Tunis, daughter of [[Clint Eastwood]]; attended this school under the name Kimber Scheck<ref>1970 Yearbook from Villa Cabrini Academy, Burbank, California. p. 161.</ref>


==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:17, 10 March 2024

Villa Cabrini Academy
The former chapel of Villa Cabrini Academy, now the Los Angeles Times Library of Woodbury University
Location
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United States
Coordinates34°12′27″N 118°20′28″W / 34.20750°N 118.34111°W / 34.20750; -118.34111
Information
TypePrivate
Religious affiliation(s)Catholic
Established1937
Closed1970
GenderGirls

Villa Cabrini Academy was a private Catholic elementary and high school for girls that operated from 1937 to 1970,[1] under the authority of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

History

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The academy was located in Burbank, California, and served the Catholic population of the San Fernando Valley.[2] It was sponsored by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, founded by Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first citizen of the United States to be declared a saint by the Catholic Church.[3]

The school closed in June 1970. Its campus was used as the first location of the new California Institute of the Arts from July 1970 to when the new main campus for CalArts in Valencia, California was completed in November 1971. It was rented for some time, then acquired by Los Angeles Lutheran High School in 1977 and subsequently sold in the mid-1980s to Woodbury University, which moved its operations from its original urban site in Los Angeles to the grounds of the former high school in 1987.

The academy chapel was converted into the university library,[3] and the chapel's statues and stained-glass windows were re-installed at the Mother Cabrini Shrine on Colorado's Lookout Mountain.

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ "Villa Cabrini Academy". Los Angeles Public Library.
  2. ^ "Villa Cabrini". The Museum of the San Fernando Valley. 8 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Stained-Glass Windows". Mother Cabrini Shrine.
  4. ^ 1970 Yearbook from Villa Cabrini Academy, Burbank, California. p. 161.