Wheaton, Illinois

===Religious institutions===
Wheaton has forty-five [[church (building)|church]]es located within city limits and an additional thirty places of worship in the outlying [[unincorporated area]]s, representing nearly forty religious denominations.<ref name="tully">{{cite web|last1=Tully |first1=Catherine L. |first2=Kristin |last2=Roberts |title=Wheaton Worship |url=http://www.villageprofile.com/illinois/wheaton/13/topic.html|work=VillageProfile.com |access-date=22 May 2011|year=2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705171626/http://www.villageprofile.com/illinois/wheaton/13/topic.html|archive-date=5 July 2008}}</ref> The Genius Edition of ''[[Trivial Pursuit]]'' states that Wheaton has the "second most churches per capita in America."<ref name="tully"/>

Built in 1926, the national headquarters of the [[Theosophical Society in America]] is located on a {{convert|42|acre|m2|adj=on}} estate on the north side of Wheaton.<ref>{{cite web|title=Programs|url=http://www.theosophical.org/programs|publisher=Theosophical Society in America |access-date=19 August 2010}}</ref>

Wheaton is also the North American headquarters for the [[Sisters of Loreto|Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary]], which moved into its new home in June 1946.<ref>{{cite web|title=Loretto Wheaton's 60th Anniversary|url=http://www.ibvm.us/LorettoWheaton60th.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722230754/http://www.ibvm.us/LorettoWheaton60th.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 July 2011|publisher=Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary|access-date=22 May 2011|date=28 February 2006}}</ref>

On March 18, 2002, St. Michael Catholic Church in downtown Wheaton was destroyed by [[arson]] by a Wheaton resident and parishioner, Adam Palinski, now serving 39 years in prison.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gutowski |first=Christy|title= St. Michael Church arsonist gets 39-year sentence|url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-1227616/St-Michael-Church-arsonist-gets.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615050101/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-1227616/St-Michael-Church-arsonist-gets.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 June 2011|work=Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)|access-date=25 July 2010|date=24 December 2003}}</ref> He lost his appeal, but still maintains his innocence. The church has since been rebuilt at a cost of $13 million, and reopened on March 18, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=St. Michael's Building News Index|url=http://stmichaelcommunity.org/Building/Progress/buildingindex.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705032625/http://www.stmichaelcommunity.org/Building/Progress/buildingindex.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2008|work=StMichaelCommunity.org|access-date=25 July 2010}}</ref>