Full Text of SR0084 94th General Assembly
SR0084 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| were grieved to learn of the death of Monsignor Ignatius D. | 4 |
| McDermott on December 31, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Monsignor McDermott was born on July 31, 1909, on | 6 |
| Chicago's South Side to Michael J. and Ellen "Nellie" | 7 |
| McDermott; and
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| WHEREAS, Monsignor McDermott, known as "Father Mac", was | 9 |
| ordained in 1936 after studying at Quigley Preparatory Seminary | 10 |
| and Mundelein's St. Mary of the Lake Seminary; and
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| WHEREAS, While studying for the priesthood in 1930, Father | 12 |
| Mac worked at Arlington Park racetrack and began ministering to | 13 |
| the homeless and alcoholics who populated the area along his | 14 |
| commute known as "Skid Row"; and
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| WHEREAS, After ordination, his assignment until June 1941 | 16 |
| was to staff a home for dependent children at Maryville | 17 |
| Academy, where he first realized that alcoholism was not only | 18 |
| an illness but an inherited tendency; and
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| WHEREAS, He worked as assistant pastor of Our Lady of Peace | 20 |
| from 1941 to 1946 in the then affluent South Shore | 21 |
| neighborhood; in 1946 he was named assistant director of the | 22 |
| Chicago Archdiocese's Catholic Charities, where he was | 23 |
| executive director of the Catholic Dependent Child Commission, | 24 |
| and simultaneously he was director of Holy Cross Mission, an | 25 |
| agency administering to the corporal and spiritual needs of | 26 |
| Skid Row inhabitants; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, After working a full career both as a parish | 28 |
| priest and as an administrator in the Chicago Archdiocese, | 29 |
| Father Mac, at age 65, co-founded Haymarket Center, the Near |
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| West Side facility which has helped thousands of people, men | 2 |
| and women, to recovery and rehabilitation from alcohol and | 3 |
| substance abuse; and
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| WHEREAS, Haymarket is a full-scale substance abuse | 5 |
| treatment center which administers 28 programs that provide a | 6 |
| comprehensive approach to substance abuse known as a continuum | 7 |
| of care; serving over 14,000 individuals each year, Haymarket | 8 |
| Center is one of the largest providers of rehabilitation | 9 |
| education for Illinoisans dealing with substance abuse; and
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| WHEREAS, The McDermott Foundation was formed in June 1963 | 11 |
| with the fusion of the Catholic Dependent Child Commission; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Monsignor Ignatius D. McDermott has | 13 |
| been deeply felt by many, especially his niece, Helen (P.J.) | 14 |
| Sheehan; his nephews, the Honorable James (Jeri) Stack, Jim | 15 |
| (Sis) and Frank (Judith Ann) McDermott, William (Mary Jane) | 16 |
| McDermott, and John (Dorothy) McDermott; his many great-nieces | 17 |
| and great-nephews; and his dear friend, Mary Stack; therefore, | 18 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 20 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 |
| Monsignor Ignatius D. McDermott along with all who knew and | 22 |
| loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 24 |
| presented to the McDermott Foundation, Haymarket Center, and | 25 |
| his family as a token of our deepest sympathy.
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