I learned that in the WP Query I had to specify page instead of quick_links which was the custom post type. In fact I completely removed the Custom Post Type UI and the plugin. It was all completely unnecessary.
I did not want every single page, just the news, about us and get involved so I researched if there was a way to grab specific pages, namely, those with a featured image and in the correct order and from what I found online I was able to piece together this code:
<?php $loop = new WP_Query(array('post_type' => 'page', 'meta_key' => '_thumbnail_id', 'order' => 'asc')); ?>
and it works:
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