HR1394 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


  
 

 
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to recognize the 90th anniversary of the 
4founding of St. Cornelius Catholic Church in Chicago; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, St. Cornelius was established in 1925 by George 
6Cardinal Mundelein as a parish for the Catholics of
Jefferson 
7Park on the northwest side of Chicago; the founding pastor was 
8Monsignor Luke H. Lyons; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, The parish was placed under the patronage of Saint 
10Cornelius, a pope in the third century; he died
in exile in 
11253, and is honored as both a Pope and a martyr of the early 
12Christian Church; his feast day is
September 16; and
 
13    WHEREAS, The first Mass was celebrated in the completed 
14church-school building in August of 1926; the school
opened its 
15doors in December of that same year; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Monsignor John R. Gleason began construction on 
17the present day church building in 1964; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, In March of 2016, St. Cornelius began to offer 
19ethnic Masses for the Hispanic and Filipino
communities on a 
20monthly basis; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, In June of 2016, St. Cornelius joined with
Saint 
2Pascal, Saint Tarcissus, and Our Lady of Victory to become the 
3Pope Francis Global
Academy, which opened its doors on August 
422; therefore, be it
  
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
6NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we  
7recognize the 90th anniversary of the founding of St. Cornelius 
8Catholic Church and we wish them many more wonderful years; and 
9be it further
  
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
11presented to the congregation at St. Cornelius as an expression 
12of our esteem and respect.