That same year, the Archdiocese of Chicago purchased 22 adjacent acres from the Mercy Sisters to sell to the Christian Brothers of Ireland to open their second all male high school in Chicago Brother Rice High School which is one of largest all male high schools in the United States.
That same year, the Archdiocese of Chicago acquired 22 adjacent acres from the Mercy Sisters and then sold them to the Christian Brothers of Ireland to launch their second exclusively male educational institution in Chicago, Brother Rice High School, which is one of the largest all-male high schools in the United States.