Bill Text: IL HR1394 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the 90th anniversary St. Cornelius Catholic Church in Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR1394 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR1394-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 recognize the 90th anniversary of the | ||||||
4 | founding of St. Cornelius Catholic Church in Chicago; and
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5 | WHEREAS, St. Cornelius was established in 1925 by George | ||||||
6 | Cardinal Mundelein as a parish for the Catholics of
Jefferson | ||||||
7 | Park on the northwest side of Chicago; the founding pastor was | ||||||
8 | Monsignor Luke H. Lyons; and
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9 | WHEREAS, The parish was placed under the patronage of Saint | ||||||
10 | Cornelius, a pope in the third century; he died
in exile in | ||||||
11 | 253, and is honored as both a Pope and a martyr of the early | ||||||
12 | Christian Church; his feast day is
September 16; and
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13 | WHEREAS, The first Mass was celebrated in the completed | ||||||
14 | church-school building in August of 1926; the school
opened its | ||||||
15 | doors in December of that same year; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Monsignor John R. Gleason began construction on | ||||||
17 | the present day church building in 1964; and
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18 | WHEREAS, In March of 2016, St. Cornelius began to offer | ||||||
19 | ethnic Masses for the Hispanic and Filipino
communities on a | ||||||
20 | monthly basis; and
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1 | WHEREAS, In June of 2016, St. Cornelius joined with
Saint | ||||||
2 | Pascal, Saint Tarcissus, and Our Lady of Victory to become the | ||||||
3 | Pope Francis Global
Academy, which opened its doors on August | ||||||
4 | 22; therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
6 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
7 | recognize the 90th anniversary of the founding of St. Cornelius | ||||||
8 | Catholic Church and we wish them many more wonderful years; and | ||||||
9 | be it further
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10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
11 | presented to the congregation at St. Cornelius as an expression | ||||||
12 | of our esteem and respect.
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