Full Text of HR1165 95th General Assembly
HR1165 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 Franciscan | 4 |
| priests and brothers on the occasion of the 150th anniversary | 5 |
| of their arrival in Teutopolis; and
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| WHEREAS, In March of 1858, Bishop Junker, the first Bishop | 7 |
| of Chicago, called upon the Provincial of the Holy Cross | 8 |
| Province of the Franciscan Fathers for European priests to aid | 9 |
| him in his religious domain; responding to the request, three | 10 |
| Franciscan priests and six brothers embarked from Bremen for | 11 |
| America on August 28, 1858; arriving in Alton on September 21, | 12 |
| 1858, the priests learned that their destination was | 13 |
| Teutopolis; and
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| WHEREAS, The Franciscan priests and brothers arrived in | 15 |
| Teutopolis on September 28, 1858; the group consisted of Father | 16 |
| Damian Hennewig, Father John Capistran Zwinge, Father Servace | 17 |
| Altmicks, Brother Irenaeus Drewes, Brother Paschal Kutsche, | 18 |
| Brother Marianus Beile, Brother Julius Schmaenck, Tertiary | 19 |
| Brother Edmund Wilde, and Tertiary Brother Francis Uphof; and
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| WHEREAS, After taking control of the rectory from departing | 21 |
| pastor Father Bartholomew Bartels, the Franciscan priests and | 22 |
| brothers rang the church bells in Teutopolis at four in the |
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| morning on September 24, 1858, startling many of the town's | 2 |
| residents; many of the residents came to the church out of | 3 |
| curiosity, then stayed to pray with the fathers and attend | 4 |
| Mass; the day proved to be a momentous day for the people of | 5 |
| Teutopolis and the Midwest; and
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| WHEREAS, The Franciscan priests and brothers were witness | 7 |
| to a trying period in the history of Teutopolis; the | 8 |
| settlement, with its log and clapboard homes, struggling | 9 |
| businesses, and rut-riddled National Road, was resistant to the | 10 |
| creation of the Illinois Central Railroad, fearing that the | 11 |
| vibrations coming from the train tracks would sterilize the | 12 |
| soil; the railroad, thought to be the harbinger of doom, | 13 |
| brought about the creation of the settlement of Broughton, | 14 |
| which would be re-christened Effingham and become the county | 15 |
| seat in the early 1850s; the children and grandchildren of | 16 |
| Teutopolis' first settlers moved to this new village; and
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| WHEREAS, The history of the Franciscan priests' and | 18 |
| brothers' arrival in Teutopolis is inextricably bound to the | 19 |
| rich history of the village and its inhabitants; their arrival | 20 |
| and the subsequent spiritual and charitable services that they | 21 |
| have rendered to the people of Teutopolis have been invaluable | 22 |
| to them and the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 2 |
| congratulate the Franciscan priests and brothers on the | 3 |
| occasion of the 150th anniversary of their arrival in | 4 |
| Teutopolis and wish them continued success and happiness in the | 5 |
| future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to the Franciscan priests and brothers of Teutopolis | 8 |
| as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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