Full Text of HR0904 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Our Lady of Mount Carmel | 4 | | Catholic Church in Darien on the occasion of the parish's 50th | 5 | | anniversary on September 26, 2020; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The parish was given authorization to proceed in | 7 | | 1970 by the administration of the Joliet Diocese that intended | 8 | | to place a new Catholic church in the vicinity of Interstate 55 | 9 | | and Cass Avenue in Darien; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The new church served a growing population of | 11 | | local residents and families living in the Darien, Willowbrook, | 12 | | Burr Ridge, and surrounding unincorporated communities of | 13 | | DuPage County; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Carmelite Provincial, The Reverend Malachy Smith, | 15 | | agreed to sell a 7-acre parcel of land in Darien to the Joliet | 16 | | Diocese with the request that leaders of the Carmelite Order be | 17 | | allowed to staff and lead the new parish; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The name of the church, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, | 19 | | was chosen by Bishop Romeo R. Blanchette and honors the | 20 | | patroness of all Carmelites; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Founding families officially formed a religious | 2 | | community and worshiped at various locations before an official | 3 | | groundbreaking for the church building took place in 1975; the | 4 | | new parish building was formally dedicated on September 26, | 5 | | 1976, exactly six years after the parish was started within the | 6 | | Joliet Diocese; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Father Pat Gleeson, whose name and vision are | 8 | | often recalled and reminisced in the long history of the | 9 | | parish, was selected to be the first pastor to lead the parish | 10 | | from 1970 to 1979; his successors included Father Russ Gavin | 11 | | from 1979 to 1988, Father Jim Wilson from 1988 to 1990, Father | 12 | | Gavin Quinn from 1990 to 2006, and current pastor Father | 13 | | Michael O'Keefe from 2006 to present; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Darien | 15 | | originated in a tradition of dedication and service to others, | 16 | | encouraging all parishioners to share their time, talents, and | 17 | | skills for the betterment of the church and the communities | 18 | | being served; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 20 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we congratulate Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Darien on | 22 | | the parish's 50th anniversary, and we commend all past and | 23 | | present administrators, religious leaders, parish council |
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| 1 | | members, support staff, and parishioners for their remarkable | 2 | | service and successful stewardship of the church; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to Father Michael O'Keefe as an expression of our | 6 | | esteem and respect.
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