Full Text of HR0236 96th General Assembly
HR0236 96TH 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 honor Father John Trout for his | 4 |
| service to Queen of All Saints Basilica in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Father John Trout began his current appointment as | 6 |
| Associate Pastor at Queen of All Saints Basilica on March 10, | 7 |
| 2005; his duties as Associate Pastor include: presiding at | 8 |
| liturgical celebrations, including Sunday Mass, weekday Mass, | 9 |
| funerals, weddings, and special liturgical celebrations; | 10 |
| serving as Director of Rite of Christian Initiation, teaching | 11 |
| religious education to adults wishing to become members of the | 12 |
| Catholic Church; visiting those in hospitals or homebound; | 13 |
| responding to emergency calls for those in in need of the last | 14 |
| rites and offering spiritual comfort and support to the elderly | 15 |
| and infirm homebound; assisting the Pastor in various pastoral | 16 |
| projects; serving as Spiritual Director to the Men's Group and | 17 |
| acting as liaison for the mentors group with Catholic Charities | 18 |
| Refugee Resettlement Program; and developing neighborhood | 19 |
| Christian Communities, including meeting with neighborhood | 20 |
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on a weekly basis; and
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| WHEREAS, After studying for the priesthood at St. Patrick's | 22 |
| Missionary Society seminary in Kiltegan, Ireland, he was | 23 |
| ordained in his hometown of Athy Town, County Kildare, Ireland, |
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| in June of 1989; his first position was as Pastor of a parish | 2 |
| in a rapidly developing suburb of Lagos, Nigeria called Ketu; | 3 |
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| WHEREAS, The parish community in Ketu, which comprised | 5 |
| approximately 5,000 families, did not have any parish buildings | 6 |
| in place; situated in a sprawling low income swampy area, most | 7 |
| of the land had to be sand-filled before basic buildings could | 8 |
| be erected; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, During his ten years in Ketu, he had the | 10 |
| opportunity to initiate some new approaches to parish | 11 |
| development, including the Small Christian Community movement; | 12 |
| today, the parish of Ketu has started four other churches, and | 13 |
| the parishioners are in the process of building a very fine | 14 |
| church; and
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| WHEREAS, His involvement in the HIV/AIDS pandemic emerged | 16 |
| during his next position, which was at Queen of All Saints as a | 17 |
| resident Priest from 2000 to 2003; he was in Chicago studying | 18 |
| for a Master's degree at Loyola University, in conjunction with | 19 |
| Vanderbilt University; his research in the area of African | 20 |
| community development focused on the breakdown of family and | 21 |
| tradition as one of the driving forces behind the spread of | 22 |
| HIV/AIDS in sub-Sahara Africa; this research was subsequently | 23 |
| published in the Journal of Community Psychology; and |
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| WHEREAS, As a result of the generosity of the people of | 2 |
| Queen of All Saints, Father Trout returned to Africa five years | 3 |
| ago; he began operating a chicken farm, and today the chicken | 4 |
| farm is providing a sustainable livelihood for 12 women who | 5 |
| have been widowed because of the HTV/AIDS pandemic; it is among | 6 |
| one of several successful projects he was able to initiate; | 7 |
| others include a craft business for people living with HIV, | 8 |
| vegetable gardens for food security, and a bead shop for young | 9 |
| unemployed people to raise funds for their education; and
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| WHEREAS, Father Trout returned to Queen of All Saints | 11 |
| Basilica with the aid of Father Prist and will work there until | 12 |
| June of this year; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 |
| honor Father Trout for his hard work and devotion to others, | 16 |
| both in the United States and abroad; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to Father John Trout as a symbol of our respect and | 19 |
| esteem.
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