Full Text of HR0718 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the students, | 4 | | faculty, staff, and alumni of Benet Academy on the occasion of | 5 | | the school's 125th anniversary on March 2, 2012; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Continuing a distinguished 1,500-year tradition | 7 | | of the Order of St. Benedict and the Benedictines as educators, | 8 | | St. Procopius College Academy was founded as a school for boys | 9 | | by the Benedictine monks in the Pilsen area on the west side of | 10 | | Chicago in 1887; in 1901, St. Procopius College Academy was | 11 | | relocated to Lisle on what is now the Benedictine University | 12 | | campus; Sacred Heart Academy, a school for young women, was | 13 | | established in Lisle in 1926 by the Benedictine sisters of | 14 | | Sacred Heart Monastery; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, In 1956, St. Procopius College Academy was | 16 | | relocated to the former St. Joseph Bohemian Orphanage property | 17 | | (now the Benet Academy campus) and was renamed St. Procopius | 18 | | Academy; in 1967, St. Procopius Academy and Sacred Heart | 19 | | Academy were joined together by the monks of St. Procopius | 20 | | Abbey and the sisters of Sacred Heart Monastery; this | 21 | | co-educational school was named Benet Academy; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Today, Benet Academy continues to apply its |
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| 1 | | cherished Benedictine core values of community, hospitality, | 2 | | respect, stewardship, and love of learning; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Benet Academy has established itself as one of the | 4 | | top high schools in the State of Illinois for academic | 5 | | achievement; in 1999, U.S. News and World Report, in | 6 | | conjunction with the University of Chicago, found Benet Academy | 7 | | to be one of the top 100 high schools in the nation for high | 8 | | academic standards; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Benet Academy will celebrate the 125th | 10 | | anniversary of its founding with a number of activities and | 11 | | events throughout 2012 to honor and celebrate this very special | 12 | | occasion; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we congratulate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of | 16 | | Benet Academy on the occasion of the school's 125th anniversary | 17 | | and wish them continued success and happiness in the future; | 18 | | and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to Benet Academy as a symbol of our esteem and | 21 | | respect.
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