Full Text of HR0819 095th General Assembly
HR0819 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 congregation | 4 |
| of the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Olney on the occasion of | 5 |
| the church's 150th anniversary; and
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| WHEREAS, St. Joseph Catholic Church was started in 1857, | 7 |
| when a group of parishioners met at the home of Peter McDonald | 8 |
| Jr. at 122 West North Avenue in Olney; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1861, St. Joseph Catholic Church's first | 10 |
| building was built at the corner of North Fair and East Butler | 11 |
| in Olney; in 1892, St. Joseph Catholic Church was moved to its | 12 |
| present location at the corner of South Elliott and East | 13 |
| Chestnut Streets; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1907, the congregation of St. Joseph Catholic | 15 |
| Church built a Catholic school, with the first day of school | 16 |
| starting in January of 1908; the church vacated the old church | 17 |
| building and held Mass in the school until 1938, when the | 18 |
| current church building was erected; and
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| WHEREAS, On April 22, 1953, the St. Joseph Catholic Church | 20 |
| congregation bought the C.P. Porter property south of the | 21 |
| church in order to build a convent for the church's nuns; in |
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| 1957, construction began on the church's Parish Center, which | 2 |
| houses the school's gymnasium and cafeteria; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1961, the property located at 215 South Elliott | 4 |
| in Olney was acquired by St. Joseph Catholic Church to be used | 5 |
| as a new rectory for the parish's priest; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, St. Joseph Catholic Church's new Multi-Purpose | 7 |
| Center was built in August of 1997; the church's newest | 8 |
| addition contains meeting rooms, offices, additional | 9 |
| classrooms, an all-purpose room, kitchen, and school and church | 10 |
| offices; and
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| WHEREAS, The congregation has held many activities in | 12 |
| celebration of St. Joseph Catholic Church's 150th anniversary, | 13 |
| including a Day of Remembering, a Memorial Day Mass at the | 14 |
| Catholic cemetery, a parish picnic, and a visit from the Bishop | 15 |
| of Belleville; the celebration will conclude with the burial of | 16 |
| a time capsule in January of 2008; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| congratulate the congregation of the St. Joseph Catholic Church | 20 |
| on the occasion of the church's 150th anniversary and wish them | 21 |
| continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | 22 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to a representative of the St. Joseph Catholic Church | 3 |
| as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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