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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 recognize Reverend Christopher | ||||||
| 4 | J. Devron as he leaves Christ the King Jesuit College Prep; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, A Chicago native, Rev. Christopher Devron is the | ||||||
| 6 | founding president of Christ the King Jesuit College Prep.; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Rev. Christopher Devron earned a bachelors of arts | ||||||
| 8 | in philosophy and government from the University of Notre Dame | ||||||
| 9 | in 1989 and entered the Society of Jesus in 1991; he earned a | ||||||
| 10 | masters of arts in the history of philosophy from Loyola | ||||||
| 11 | University in Chicago, a masters of divinity from the Weston | ||||||
| 12 | Jesuit School of Theology, and a masters of arts in theology | ||||||
| 13 | with a concentration in African-American religious experience | ||||||
| 14 | through coursework at Harvard Divinity School and the Institute | ||||||
| 15 | for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University in New Orleans; | ||||||
| 16 | and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, From 1995 to 1996, Rev. Christopher Devron was | ||||||
| 18 | executive director of the Inner-City Teaching Corps in Chicago, | ||||||
| 19 | which recruits recent college graduates to teach in inner-city | ||||||
| 20 | schools throughout the city; he taught for a year at the | ||||||
| 21 | Gonzaga Middle School program in Harlem, and created a | ||||||
| 22 | scholarship program to assist Gonzaga graduates attend private | ||||||
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| 1 | high schools; afterwards he was assigned as director of the | ||||||
| 2 | Loyola Youth Center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Following his ordination in 2001, Rev. | ||||||
| 4 | Christopher Devron worked as the founding director of | ||||||
| 5 | Recruiting Excellence for Academics in Catholic High Schools | ||||||
| 6 | (REACH), to identify, recruit, and financially assist | ||||||
| 7 | academically gifted middle school boys to attend Regis and | ||||||
| 8 | other top Jesuit high schools in New York; he has also taught | ||||||
| 9 | theology and worked as a campus minister and chair of the | ||||||
| 10 | committee on diversity at Regis, served as a weekend associate | ||||||
| 11 | at the Church of St. Joseph in Harlem, and published articles | ||||||
| 12 | in America, The Tablet, the Journal of Popular Culture, and | ||||||
| 13 | BustedHalo.com; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Rev. Christopher Devron is listed in Who's Who of | ||||||
| 15 | American Teachers and Educators; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 17 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 18 | we recognize Reverend Christopher J. Devron founding president | ||||||
| 19 | of Christ the King Jesuit College Prep as he leaves the school; | ||||||
| 20 | and be it further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 22 | presented to Rev. Christopher Devron as an expression of our | ||||||
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| 1 | esteem and respect.
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