Full Text of HR1284 096th General Assembly
HR1284 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 congratulate the pastor and | 4 |
| parishioners at St. Catherine Laboure Parish in Glenview as | 5 |
| they celebrate the golden anniversary of the church in 2010; | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, While celebrating his 25th anniversary of | 8 |
| ordination in Europe, Father William Buckley received a letter | 9 |
| from Msgr. Casey, the Vicar General, that Cardinal Meyer wanted | 10 |
| him to build a parish in the western Glenview area; it was on | 11 |
| this day that Father Buckley and his three traveling companions | 12 |
| visited the shrine of St. Catherine Laboure and knelt at the | 13 |
| chair where the Blessed Mother sat when she appeared to St. | 14 |
| Catherine Laboure; Father Buckley was so impressed with the | 15 |
| shrine that upon leaving, he announced that St. Catherine | 16 |
| Laboure would be the name of the new parish; and
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| WHEREAS, Upon returning home, Father Buckley was greeted by | 18 |
| Father Dussman and Father Ryan, from Our Lady of Perpetual | 19 |
| Help, who gave Father a place to live; the Superintendent of | 20 |
| Public Schools, then Dr. Springman, arranged for Father Buckley | 21 |
| to rent the Junior High School gym as a temporary place to say | 22 |
| Mass and hold services; and
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| WHEREAS, By October 1960, a Ladies' Guild and Holy Name | 2 |
| Society had been formed and plans were underway for a | 3 |
| combination church-school facility; on April 23, 1961, ground | 4 |
| was broken for a church-school structure; the cornerstone was | 5 |
| laid on August 26, 1961; Mass was celebrated in the new church | 6 |
| quarters on Christmas Eve, 1961 and the school was opened on | 7 |
| January 3, 1962; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Cardinal Meyer dedicated the new $750,000 parish | 9 |
| building on April 8, 1962; Father Burns was the first associate | 10 |
| pastor, followed by Father Paul Burke, Father James Ouletta, | 11 |
| Father William Barry, Father Richard Welc, Father Joseph | 12 |
| Altman, and Father Walter DeRoeck; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1965, a building at 3360 Thornwood Avenue was | 14 |
| purchased for use as a convent; on June 4, 1968, John Cardinal | 15 |
| Cody approved plans for the erection of a permanent church and | 16 |
| groundbreaking took place on June 9, 1968; the church was | 17 |
| opened officially on October 3, 1969, and dedicated on December | 18 |
| 14, 1969 by Cardinal Cody; in 1970, permission was granted for | 19 |
| construction of the 4-bedroom rectory; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, In 1994, Marian Hall was constructed, the existing | 21 |
| Father Buckley Hall was renovated, and new meeting rooms were | 22 |
| created for parish use; on the Feast of Christ the King, | 23 |
| November 26, 1995, the Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Chapel |
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| was dedicated and opened; in 1998, the church and chapel were | 2 |
| renovated and the Pro-Life Shrine was built; Francis Cardinal | 3 |
| George joined in the celebration, dedicating, and blessing the | 4 |
| church, chapel, and shrine on September 11, 1999; the Early | 5 |
| Childhood Development Center was completed and opened in the | 6 |
| fall of 2001; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, The 50th anniversary will be celebrated with | 8 |
| special mass services, a dinner dance, a brunch, and a special | 9 |
| time of sharing; and
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| WHEREAS, The parish has 1300 registered parishioners, 325 | 11 |
| school children from pre-school to 8th grade; the current | 12 |
| pastor is Father P. Maina Waithaka, assisted by Associate | 13 |
| Pastor Father Alfredo Salera, and weekend Associate Father | 14 |
| Joseph O'Brien; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 |
| congratulate the pastor and parishioners of St. Catherine | 18 |
| Laboure Parish and wish them continued success for years to | 19 |
| come; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to Father P. Maina Waithaka as a symbol of our | 22 |
| respect and esteem.
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