Bill Text: IL HR1271 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Father Louis Busemeyer, S.J., of St. Rita of Cascia Church in Aurora, on his 40th year of ministry as a priest.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-05-25 - Resolution Adopted [HR1271 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR1271-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Father Louis | ||||||
| 4 | Busemeyer, S.J., of St. Rita of Cascia Church in Aurora, on his | ||||||
| 5 | 40th year of ministry as a priest; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Father Busemeyer is the Parochial Vicar at St. | ||||||
| 7 | Rita of Cascia Church, Aurora and will celebrate this | ||||||
| 8 | anniversary on June 11, 2010; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Father Busemeyer was a young seminarian at | ||||||
| 10 | Bellarmine when it was located in North Aurora; he was ordained | ||||||
| 11 | in 1970 at St. Joseph's Church in Aurora, by then Bishop Arthur | ||||||
| 12 | J. O'Neill; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, His provincial house later moved to Chicago and he | ||||||
| 14 | remained there as teacher for many years until he was invited | ||||||
| 15 | back to the Aurora area to teach at Aurora Central Catholic | ||||||
| 16 | High School and assist the pastor of St. Rita of Cascia Church | ||||||
| 17 | on Old Indian Trail in Aurora; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, For the 10 years that he has been assigned to St. | ||||||
| 19 | Rita's Church, he has assisted the spiritual leadership of the | ||||||
| 20 | parish as well as taking on administrative duties on several | ||||||
| 21 | occasions, including pastoral sabbaticals and transitional | ||||||
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| 1 | times such as when Monsignor Willhite retired and the parish | ||||||
| 2 | was waiting on the appointment of a new pastor; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Father Busemeyer has received the St. George Award | ||||||
| 4 | in Scouting; he was a member of Troop 53 at St. Rita of Cascia | ||||||
| 5 | Church and supported the Catholic Committee on Scouting and | ||||||
| 6 | Religious Awards for Scouts; he is an avid outdoorsman; along | ||||||
| 7 | with Sr. Mary Catherine Martini at Aurora Central, he helped | ||||||
| 8 | guide groups of young people by canoe through the boundary | ||||||
| 9 | waters between Canada and the United States yearly; therefore, | ||||||
| 10 | be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 12 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 13 | congratulate Father Busemeyer and wish him continued success in | ||||||
| 14 | his ministry; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to Father Louis Busemeyer, S.J., as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 17 | respect and esteem.
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