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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 the Sisters of the | ||||||
| 4 | Resurrection in Chicago on the beatification of their | ||||||
| 5 | foundress, Mother Celine Borzecka; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Sisters of the Resurrection, with provincial | ||||||
| 7 | headquarters at 7432 W. Talcott Ave., Chicago, have announced | ||||||
| 8 | the beatification of their foundress, Mother Celine Borzecka | ||||||
| 9 | (1833-1913), took place on Saturday, October 27, 2007, in the | ||||||
| 10 | Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome, Italy; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Beatification is the third phase in the four-phase | ||||||
| 12 | process of canonization, the final step to a person being | ||||||
| 13 | declared and recognized as a saint in the Roman Catholic | ||||||
| 14 | Church; before being proclaimed "Blessed," there is a formal | ||||||
| 15 | investigation into the faithful and exemplary life led by the | ||||||
| 16 | person; a miracle must be proven to have taken place through | ||||||
| 17 | the intercession of the person to be beatified; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, A fifth generation descendent of Mother Celine was | ||||||
| 19 | healed from a subdural hematoma and other complications after | ||||||
| 20 | being prayed for through the intercession of Mother Celine; the | ||||||
| 21 | Catholic Church's Medical Commission declared in 2005 that the | ||||||
| 22 | recovery could not be explained as a natural healing process | ||||||
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| 1 | and the miracle was approved by the Congregation for the Causes | ||||||
| 2 | of Saints; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, After Mother Celine Borzecka was widowed, she and | ||||||
| 4 | her younger daughter, Hedwig, began various ministries in 1882 | ||||||
| 5 | for women in their small Rome apartment; they worked under the | ||||||
| 6 | guidance of the priests of the Congregation of the | ||||||
| 7 | Resurrection; Celine Borzecka became a recognized and | ||||||
| 8 | respected leader in spiritual, political, educational, and | ||||||
| 9 | cultural arenas; as a dedicated wife, loving mother, empowered | ||||||
| 10 | widow, and devoted religious woman, she is credited as a role | ||||||
| 11 | model for today's modern woman; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS,
Once beatified, the church will formally proclaim | ||||||
| 13 | Mother Celine as "Blessed," meaning prayers in her name can be | ||||||
| 14 | used during the Eucharistic liturgy, and she can intercede on | ||||||
| 15 | behalf of individuals who pray in her name; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, The Sisters of the Resurrection continue to | ||||||
| 17 | minister in education, health care, and parish work in the | ||||||
| 18 | Archdiocese of Chicago; they have served in Chicago since 1900, | ||||||
| 19 | where their first assignment was teaching at the St. Mary of | ||||||
| 20 | the Angels School in Chicago, and have been based on Talcott | ||||||
| 21 | Avenue since 1912; Resurrection High School, Resurrection | ||||||
| 22 | Medical Center, Resurrection Retirement Community, | ||||||
| 23 | Resurrection Life Center, and Resurrection Health Care are all | ||||||
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| 1 | parts of the order's outreach; therefore, be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 3 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 4 | congratulate the Sisters of the Resurrection in Chicago on the | ||||||
| 5 | beatification of their foundress, Mother Celine Borzecka and | ||||||
| 6 | thank them for their ministry to the people of the Chicago | ||||||
| 7 | area; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | presented to Sister M. Barbara Sniegowski, head of the order's | ||||||
| 10 | Chicago province.
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