Full Text of HR1033 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives is pleased to congratulate Sister M. Wencesla | 4 | | Rieger, F.S.G.M., of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George, on | 5 | | her Diamond Jubilee; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In honor of Sister Wencesla, St. Francis Convent | 7 | | in Alton will hold a Jubilee Mass on May 12, 2012; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Sister Wencesla was born March 29, 1925, in | 9 | | Weigelsdorf, Kreis Reichenbach, Germany; in 1952, during her | 10 | | novitiate training, she was helping at St. Mary's in Papenburg, | 11 | | Germany; on March 19, 1953, Sister Wencesla professed her first | 12 | | vows at the Motherhouse in Thuine, Germany; after her first | 13 | | profession, she was assigned to help the convent in Schwazdorf, | 14 | | Germany; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, She also worked at St. Joseph's nursing home in | 16 | | Thuine, Germany; on March 30, 1954, she came to United States | 17 | | and worked in the dietary department of Saint Anthony's | 18 | | Hospital in Alton until July 1, 1991; on July 21, 1991, she was | 19 | | transferred and worked in the St. Francis Convent dining room; | 20 | | and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, On August 12, 1993, Sister Wencesla transferred to |
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| 1 | | St. Sixtus Convent in Hastings, Nebraska, where she cooked and | 2 | | did housekeeping for 4 sisters teaching at a nearby grade | 3 | | school; the children there called her the "cookie sister"; | 4 | | Sister Wencesla worked there until 2006; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Since 2006, Sister Wencesla has been in the | 6 | | infirmary at St. Francis Convent of Alton and is the oldest | 7 | | sister in their American Province; as an Adoration Sister, | 8 | | Sister Wencesla spends up to 3 hours in the Adoration Chapel | 9 | | praying for sisters, the church, and the world; therefore, be | 10 | | it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we congratulate Sister Rieger and thank her for her years of | 14 | | service and dedication to helping others; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to Sister M. Wencesla Rieger as a symbol of our | 17 | | respect and esteem.
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