David Joseph Schallom
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David Schallom is in his first year at St. John Vianney High School.
The year was 1960. Joseph Cardinal Ritter was the Shepherd of the St. Louis Archdiocese and Brother Kenneth Nesbit,
S.M. was principal. The occasion was thirteen priests and Brothers of the Society of Mary and two lay faculty welcoming 19
seniors, 35 juniors, 35 sophomores, and 215 freshmen to St. John Vianney High School, a new high school in south St.
Louis County. The name adopted was the name of a village priest in Ars, France, John Mary Vianney, known as the Cure
of Ars.
Vianney High School was born out of necessity. For twenty years Eugene Coyle High School, a new high school in 1939
operated as a parish school for St. Peter's parish in Kirkwood and the surrounding areas. The student body having
outgrown the facilities at St. Peter's parish and the migration of families to south St. Louis County prompted the
archbishop to build a new high school--a private boy's school. The Society of Mary was asked to sponsor the new school.
The Society obliged the archbishop. The school was built on the grounds of Maryhurst, the novitiate for the Society of Mary.
Thus, Coyle High School was closed and St. John Vianney High School opened in 1960.
In July of 2007, Mr. Michael Loyet became the first lay President of St. John Vianney High. He was a graduate of Vianney in
1977. His leadership began with optimism for the people, mission and the potential greatness for Vianney. In 2007, the
high school still sits on part of those thirty-five areas of Maryhurst property. The Brownhurst mansion coexists peacefully
with the headquarters of the Lutheran Church of the Missouri Synod. Two large retail stores and a fast-food restaurant
have replaced the Maryhurst novitiate building. The chicken coup was transformed into a makeshift classroom. Brother
Mel Meyer's large colorful abstract metal art creations dot the landscape and surround his art studio. The baseball field
and soccer and football practice fields surround Maryhurst gym.
Editors Note: The same Society of Mary that staffed St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas which his uncle Mick
Maurer attended and graduated from in 1978.
The year was 1960. Joseph Cardinal Ritter was the Shepherd of the St. Louis Archdiocese and Brother Kenneth Nesbit,
S.M. was principal. The occasion was thirteen priests and Brothers of the Society of Mary and two lay faculty welcoming 19
seniors, 35 juniors, 35 sophomores, and 215 freshmen to St. John Vianney High School, a new high school in south St.
Louis County. The name adopted was the name of a village priest in Ars, France, John Mary Vianney, known as the Cure
of Ars.
Vianney High School was born out of necessity. For twenty years Eugene Coyle High School, a new high school in 1939
operated as a parish school for St. Peter's parish in Kirkwood and the surrounding areas. The student body having
outgrown the facilities at St. Peter's parish and the migration of families to south St. Louis County prompted the
archbishop to build a new high school--a private boy's school. The Society of Mary was asked to sponsor the new school.
The Society obliged the archbishop. The school was built on the grounds of Maryhurst, the novitiate for the Society of Mary.
Thus, Coyle High School was closed and St. John Vianney High School opened in 1960.
In July of 2007, Mr. Michael Loyet became the first lay President of St. John Vianney High. He was a graduate of Vianney in
1977. His leadership began with optimism for the people, mission and the potential greatness for Vianney. In 2007, the
high school still sits on part of those thirty-five areas of Maryhurst property. The Brownhurst mansion coexists peacefully
with the headquarters of the Lutheran Church of the Missouri Synod. Two large retail stores and a fast-food restaurant
have replaced the Maryhurst novitiate building. The chicken coup was transformed into a makeshift classroom. Brother
Mel Meyer's large colorful abstract metal art creations dot the landscape and surround his art studio. The baseball field
and soccer and football practice fields surround Maryhurst gym.
Editors Note: The same Society of Mary that staffed St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas which his uncle Mick
Maurer attended and graduated from in 1978.
Their youngest David J. Schallom attended Parkway Southwest Middle School
and is now a freshman at Vianney High School.
and is now a freshman at Vianney High School.
David Schallom between his uncle Mick Maurer and his uncle Robbie
Wilson in June 2003 at his Grandma Marge and Grandpa John Maurer's
50th Wedding Anniversary
Wilson in June 2003 at his Grandma Marge and Grandpa John Maurer's
50th Wedding Anniversary
