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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate  the congregation of St. 
4Malachy Precious Blood Church and School on the occasion of the 
5church's celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the 
6Emancipation Proclamation; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by 
8President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863; the Proclamation 
9declared that those enslaved in Confederate territory were to 
10be immediately freed; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, St. Malachy Precious Blood Church and School is 
12the oldest serving Black Catholic School on Chicago's West 
13Side; the church, which was established in 1882, was home to 
14the first black priest ordained for the Archdiocese of  Chicago, 
15Roland Lambert, who was a pioneer in the teaching of black 
16history; St. Malachy Precious Blood was also once home to 
17Mother Teresa and her order, who lived at the church and worked 
18in the community; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, St. Malachy Precious Blood Church is an active 
20participant in the Chicago community; the church administers 
21programs for the homeless and the poor in the community and 
22runs an afterschool program for the school and surrounding CPS 
 
 
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1Schools; the church also continues to educate and inform the 
2community of the church's history; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, St. Malachy Precious Blood Church was honored by 
4the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of the Chicago Archdiocese 
5for its work in the community with the poor; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, The congregation of St. Malachy Precious Blood 
7Church and School will celebrate this momentous occasion on 
8June 29, 2013 at St. Malachy Precious Blood Church; therefore, 
9be it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
11NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
12we congratulate the congregation of St. Malachy Precious Blood 
13Church and School on the occasion of the church's celebration 
14of the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation; and 
15be it further
  
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
17presented to St. Malachy Precious Blood Church and School as a 
18symbol of our esteem and respect.