Full Text of HR0815 95th General Assembly
HR0815 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Sisters of the | 4 |
| Resurrection in Chicago on the beatification of their | 5 |
| foundress, Mother Celine Borzecka; and
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| WHEREAS, The Sisters of the Resurrection, with provincial | 7 |
| headquarters at 7432 W. Talcott Ave., Chicago, have announced | 8 |
| the beatification of their foundress, Mother Celine Borzecka | 9 |
| (1833-1913), took place on Saturday, October 27, 2007, in the | 10 |
| Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome, Italy; and
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| WHEREAS, Beatification is the third phase in the four-phase | 12 |
| process of canonization, the final step to a person being | 13 |
| declared and recognized as a saint in the Roman Catholic | 14 |
| Church; before being proclaimed "Blessed," there is a formal | 15 |
| investigation into the faithful and exemplary life led by the | 16 |
| person; a miracle must be proven to have taken place through | 17 |
| the intercession of the person to be beatified; and
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| WHEREAS, A fifth generation descendent of Mother Celine was | 19 |
| healed from a subdural hematoma and other complications after | 20 |
| being prayed for through the intercession of Mother Celine; the | 21 |
| Catholic Church's Medical Commission declared in 2005 that the | 22 |
| recovery could not be explained as a natural healing process |
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| and the miracle was approved by the Congregation for the Causes | 2 |
| of Saints; and
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| WHEREAS, After Mother Celine Borzecka was widowed, she and | 4 |
| her younger daughter, Hedwig, began various ministries in 1882 | 5 |
| for women in their small Rome apartment; they worked under the | 6 |
| guidance of the priests of the Congregation of the | 7 |
| Resurrection; Celine Borzecka became a recognized and | 8 |
| respected leader in spiritual, political, educational, and | 9 |
| cultural arenas; as a dedicated wife, loving mother, empowered | 10 |
| widow, and devoted religious woman, she is credited as a role | 11 |
| model for today's modern woman; and
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Once beatified, the church will formally proclaim | 13 |
| Mother Celine as "Blessed," meaning prayers in her name can be | 14 |
| used during the Eucharistic liturgy, and she can intercede on | 15 |
| behalf of individuals who pray in her name; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, The Sisters of the Resurrection continue to | 17 |
| minister in education, health care, and parish work in the | 18 |
| Archdiocese of Chicago; they have served in Chicago since 1900, | 19 |
| where their first assignment was teaching at the St. Mary of | 20 |
| the Angels School in Chicago, and have been based on Talcott | 21 |
| Avenue since 1912; Resurrection High School, Resurrection | 22 |
| Medical Center, Resurrection Retirement Community, | 23 |
| Resurrection Life Center, and Resurrection Health Care are all |
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| parts of the order's outreach; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 4 |
| congratulate the Sisters of the Resurrection in Chicago on the | 5 |
| beatification of their foundress, Mother Celine Borzecka and | 6 |
| thank them for their ministry to the people of the Chicago | 7 |
| area; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to Sister M. Barbara Sniegowski, head of the order's | 10 |
| Chicago province.
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