Bill Text: IL HR0505 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Sister Jean Dolores on her l00th birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-11-13 - Resolution Adopted [HR0505 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0505-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives
wish to congratulate Sister Jean Dolores | ||||||
4 | Schmidt, BVM on the
occasion of her l00th birthday on August | ||||||
5 | 21, 2019; and
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6 | WHEREAS, A beloved icon on the campus of Loyola University
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7 | Chicago, Sister Jean has become an international celebrity
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8 | thanks to her role as chaplain of the Loyola Ramblers men's
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9 | basketball team, rising to stardom as she joined the team | ||||||
10 | during
their historic 2018 NCAA March Madness run; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Sister Jean was born the first of three children | ||||||
12 | in a
devout Catholic family to Joseph and Bertha Schmidt in San
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13 | Francisco on August 21, 1919; and
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14 | WHEREAS, When she was in third grade, Sister Jean was | ||||||
15 | inspired
by the joy, kindness, and devotion of her teacher, a | ||||||
16 | member of
the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary | ||||||
17 | (BVM); Sister
Jean would later say that when she prayed as a | ||||||
18 | child, her prayer
would be, "Please God tell me what I should | ||||||
19 | do ... but please tell
me that I am to be a BVM"; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Sister Jean left her home in San Francisco during
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21 | September of 1937 for a two-day, three-night train trip to |
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1 | Dubuque,
Iowa to begin a six-month period as a postulant, or | ||||||
2 | candidate,
with the BVMs; and
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3 | WHEREAS, On March 19, 1938, she was officially received | ||||||
4 | into the
BVMs, taking on the order's traditional habit and her | ||||||
5 | new
religious name, Sister Jean Dolores; and
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6 | WHEREAS, After professing her final vows as a BVM in | ||||||
7 | Dubuque on
August 15, 1945, Sister Jean was assigned to teach | ||||||
8 | at St.
Charles Elementary School in North Hollywood, | ||||||
9 | California, where
she started a sports program, coaching | ||||||
10 | women's basketball,
softball, volleyball, track, ping-pong, | ||||||
11 | and yo-yo; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Sister Jean continued to teach for 20 years in | ||||||
13 | several
elementary schools in the Los Angeles Archdiocese until | ||||||
14 | the
summer of 1961, when she arrived on the campus of Mundelein
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15 | College in Chicago after completing her master's degree at
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16 | Loyola University, Los Angeles and began teaching college
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17 | courses for the first time; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Sister Jean held numerous roles at Mundelein | ||||||
19 | College
over the next 30 years; she was named Acting Dean of | ||||||
20 | Mundelein College in 1970, afterwards serving as Director of | ||||||
21 | Coffey Hall
for four years, in addition to already serving as | ||||||
22 | Associate Dean
and Director of Summer Sessions; and
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1 | WHEREAS, In 1984, Sister Jean ended her tenure as Associate | ||||||
2 | Dean
and Director of Academic Services, becoming Associate Vice
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3 | President for Academic Affairs at Mundelein College; and
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4 | WHEREAS, In 1991, Mundelein College become affiliated with
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5 | Loyola University Chicago, and Sister Jean joined Loyola
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6 | University as Assistant Dean and an academic advisor; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Sister Jean took on a new role in 1994 with the | ||||||
8 | Loyola
men's and women's basketball teams, helping the players | ||||||
9 | keep
their grades high enough to remain eligible to play, | ||||||
10 | calling
herself the "Booster Shooter"; and
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11 | WHEREAS, In 1996, Sister Jean transitioned from her role as | ||||||
12 | an
academic advisor to official team chaplain for the men's
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13 | basketball team, where she long maintained a key role in
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14 | supporting the team, offering both spiritual support and
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15 | practical advice on the players' game performance; and
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16 | WHEREAS, In addition to her work with the Loyola University
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17 | basketball team, Sister Jean held a weekly prayer group for
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18 | students in her Regis apartment and launched the SMILE program
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19 | (Students Moving Into the Lives of the Elderly) in 2009, | ||||||
20 | pairing
Loyola students with residents at the Clare, a | ||||||
21 | retirement home
next door to the Water Tower Campus; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Sister Jean received numerous honors in her time | ||||||
2 | at
Loyola University, including a Doctor of Humane Letters | ||||||
3 | honorary
degree from the university in 2016, induction into the | ||||||
4 | Loyola
Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017 and receiving the Sword | ||||||
5 | of
Loyola, the university's highest honor, at the 2018 | ||||||
6 | Founders'
Dinner; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Sister Jean has devoted her lifetime to serving | ||||||
8 | others,
touching the lives of countless people, especially | ||||||
9 | students,
faculty, staff, alumni, and other members of the | ||||||
10 | Loyola community; therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
12 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
13 | we
congratulate Sister Jean Dolores on her l00th birthday on | ||||||
14 | August
21, 2019; and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to Sister Jean as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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