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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois 
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learned with sadness of the death of Rev. Stanley T. Wisniewski 
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of Chicago on January 27, 2005; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born on the Southeast Side of Chicago in 
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1933; he attended St. Viator grammar school and Loyola Academy, 
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where he graduated in 1951; he then entered the Jesuit 
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novitiate in Milford, Ohio; and

 
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    WHEREAS, During his studies to become a priest, Father 
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Wisniewski also attended Loyola University-Chicago, where he 
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received a degree in Latin in 1956 and a master's degree in 
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English and philosophy in 1962; and

 
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    WHEREAS, From 1958 to 1961, he taught English at St. Xavier 
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High School in Cincinnati; he then went on to complete his 
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studies in theology and philosophy at West  Baden College in 
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West Baden Springs, Indiana, where he was ordained a priest in 
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June 1964; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Following his ordination, Father Wisniewski went 
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on to teach at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago in 1966; he 
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spent the next 22 years there; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He loved his students and he really tried to get 
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inside of their minds and hearts to see what motivated them; he 
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knew that grades were not necessarily the most important thing 
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in life, so he could put all of that into perspective; he also 
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had an unassuming sense of humor that brightened his 
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classrooms; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In line with his work as a life-long educator, he 
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was an editor for "Correct Writing", a textbook used nationally 
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in Jesuit schools; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, He spent the late 1980s and 1990s at churches in 
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Nevada; in 1988, he was assigned to Reno, where he was 
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associate pastor of Our Lady of the Snows Parish until 1991; 
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for a year after that, he was associate pastor of the Holy 
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Family Catholic Church in Las Vegas; in 1992, he moved to 
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Fallon, Nevada, where he was pastor at St. Patrick's Parish; in 
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1999, he returned to Chicago to serve as rector of St. 
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Stephen's Shrine, a small parish on the Southwest Side; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Rev. Stanley T. Wisniewski is felt 
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by all who knew and loved him, especially his sister, Susan 
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Zurek, and his brother, Thomas; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
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Rev. Stanley T. Wisniewski and we extend our sincere 
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condolences to his family, friends, and community; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to his family as an expression of our deepest 
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sympathy.