Full Text of HR0491 94th General Assembly
HR0491 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Slovak Catholic Sokol was founded by American | 3 |
| Catholics of Slovak ancestry in the City of Passaic and the | 4 |
| State of New Jersey on July 4, 1905; and
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| WHEREAS, The Slovak Catholic Sokol is observing its one | 6 |
| hundredth anniversary during the year July 4, 2005 through July | 7 |
| 4, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, The Slovak Catholic Sokol, having the distinction | 9 |
| of being America's greatest Slovak gymnastic and athletic | 10 |
| fraternity, was organized for the purpose of benevolence and | 11 |
| physical fitness, which it continues to practice since its | 12 |
| inception, living up to the slogan of the organization, "A | 13 |
| Sound Mind in a Sound Body"; and
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| WHEREAS, The Slovak Catholic Sokol, by contributing | 15 |
| generously to churches, schools, and educational and cultural | 16 |
| institutions, and by fostering education, brotherly love, and | 17 |
| loyalty to one's country, as citizens of the United States and | 18 |
| Canada, continues to act in keeping with its motto, "For God | 19 |
| and Country"; and
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| WHEREAS, The first assembly of the Slovak Catholic Sokol, | 21 |
| Assembly 11, was organized in the City of Chicago and the State | 22 |
| of Illinois on July 8, 1906, at St. Michael the Archangel | 23 |
| Parish, at 48th Street and Damen Avenue, and numerous other | 24 |
| assemblies and wreaths were founded locally in Illinois, | 25 |
| Indiana, and Wisconsin during the following years; and
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| WHEREAS, The assemblies and wreaths founded in Illinois, | 27 |
| Indiana, and Wisconsin were brought together under the umbrella | 28 |
| of Group Four, which was organized in the City of Chicago and | 29 |
| the State of Illinois on April 11, 1911, at St. Michael the | 30 |
| Archangel Parish; and
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| WHEREAS, The membership of the Slovak Catholic Sokol in | 2 |
| Group Four now numbers over three thousand; and
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| WHEREAS, The members of Group Four will officially | 4 |
| celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the Slovak Catholic | 5 |
| Sokol on Sunday, September 25, 2005, with a Solemn Holy Mass at | 6 |
| St. Simon the Apostle Church, followed by a Gala Celebration at | 7 |
| the Hickory Hills Country Club in Hickory Hills; therefore, be | 8 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 |
| we proclaim the week of September 25 to October 1, 2005 be | 12 |
| called "Slovak Catholic Sokol Week" in the State of Illinois | 13 |
| and urge our good citizens to join in making this celebration | 14 |
| successful; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the Slovak Catholic Sokol as an expression of our | 17 |
| esteem.
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