Full Text of SR1022 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Father Mario Pedi, O.S.B., who passed | 4 | | away on August 28, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Father Mario Pedi was born on November 2, 1926 and | 6 | | was baptized as Stephen at St. Bernardine Parish in Forest | 7 | | Park; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, After graduating from Proviso High School in 1945, | 9 | | Father Mario Pedi studied at Loyola University and St. | 10 | | Procopius College; after entering Marmion Abbey in 1952, he | 11 | | professed his first vows and took the name of Mario in honor of | 12 | | the Blessed Virgin Mary; he made his solemn monastic profession | 13 | | on August 10, 1956 and was ordained as a priest on May 11, | 14 | | 1957; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, From 1957 to 1971, Father Mario Pedi served at | 16 | | Marmion Military Academy as an instructor, commandant, and | 17 | | librarian; from 1968 to 1971, he served as Principal of the | 18 | | Lake Street Campus of the Academy; he also taught at Delbarton | 19 | | School in New Jersey from 1971 to 1973, Fieldstone School in | 20 | | New York City from 1974 to 1976, and served as rector of St. | 21 | | Edward's Hall at the University of Notre Dame from 1976 to | 22 | | 1986; during his years at Notre Dame, he was well known for his |
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| 1 | | hospitality and for the personal contacts he maintained with | 2 | | students after graduation; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Father Mario Pedi served as pastor of Annunciation | 4 | | Church in Aurora from 1986 to 2009; as pastor, he oversaw the | 5 | | restoration of the church's interior and added a number of new | 6 | | artistic works, including a rendering of the Annunciation on | 7 | | the facade of the church and an outdoor Way of the Cross in the | 8 | | parish cemetery; he also introduced the celebration of the | 9 | | Luminary Mass in the cemetery each fall; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, After his retirement from active ministry in 2009, | 11 | | Father Mario Pedi returned to Marmion Abbey; during his final | 12 | | years, Father Mario remained faithful to daily prayer with his | 13 | | monastic community and to his priestly pastoral ministry at | 14 | | local parishes; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Father Mario Pedi was preceded in death by his | 16 | | parents, Philip and Mary (nee Brocato); his brothers, Sal and | 17 | | Philip; and his niece, Virginia Wohn; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Father Mario Pedi is survived by members of his | 19 | | monastic community; his brothers, Roy (Patricia) and John | 20 | | (Roberta); his sister, Marianne (George) Wohn; his nieces, | 21 | | Debbie Pedi, Beverly (Jim) Crupi, Laura (Joe) Ruddy, Kim Kane, | 22 | | Terrie Foster, and Nicole Barzano; his nephews, Stephen Foster |
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| 1 | | and Brian, David, and Michael Wohn; and his many great-nephews | 2 | | and great-nieces; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 5 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Father Mario Pedi; and | 6 | | be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Father Mario Pedi as an expression | 9 | | of our sympathy.
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