Full Text of HR0956 94th General Assembly
HR0956 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that St. Vincent | 3 |
| Ferrer Parish is celebrating its 75th anniversary during 2006; | 4 |
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| WHEREAS, In 1922, George Cardinal Mundelein, then | 6 |
| Archbishop of Chicago, granted to the Dominican Order a unique | 7 |
| privilege by giving it permission to establish a parish to | 8 |
| serve an area comprising north River Forest and south Elmwood | 9 |
| Park; this was unique in that the property to be acquired would | 10 |
| be owned by the Dominican Order rather than by the Archdiocese | 11 |
| of Chicago; thus, the order would have the complete | 12 |
| responsibility for financing, developing, and maintaining the | 13 |
| proposed parish; and
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| WHEREAS, The Order began implementing its plan for this new | 15 |
| parish in 1923 when it appointed the Reverend John Dooley, | 16 |
| O.P., as titular pastor; for approximately $33,000 Father | 17 |
| Dooley purchased the full square block which encompasses the | 18 |
| present church, school, convent, and rectory; the parish was | 19 |
| named in honor of St. Vincent Ferrer, the Dominican known as | 20 |
| the "Patron of Builders"; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1931, with approximately 35 families in the | 22 |
| parish, the Reverend William McIntyre, O.P., was appointed | 23 |
| pastor; he began holding services in the auditorium of Trinity | 24 |
| High School; the following autumn a temporary frame church, | 25 |
| accommodating about two hundred people, was erected facing | 26 |
| North Avenue; in December of the same year, the people of St. | 27 |
| Vincent Ferrer Parish were able to attend Mass in their own | 28 |
| church; three years later the number of families in the | 29 |
| fledgling parish had grown to 64; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1940 the school building consisting of four | 31 |
| classrooms was constructed; the total enrollment was 44, with |
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| the largest class boasting 12 pupils; of the four classrooms, | 2 |
| only three were used for school; the fourth served as a winter | 3 |
| chapel because of the difficulty in adequately heating the | 4 |
| frame church; the new school was staffed by the Dominican | 5 |
| Sisters of Sinsinawa with Sister Ramona McAllister, O.P., as | 6 |
| principal; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1945 the old frame church was sold for $400; it | 8 |
| was moved to Wood Dale, where it again became a "first" church, | 9 |
| that of Holy Ghost Parish of the Diocese of Joliet; | 10 |
| refurbished, it remained in use through August of 1981; and
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| WHEREAS, During Father Richard B. Connolly's pastorate the | 12 |
| present convent was erected, two classrooms were added to the | 13 |
| school, and in 1949, the rectory was built; on October 25, | 14 |
| 1954, the cornerstone of the present church was laid and | 15 |
| construction was begun; in less than two years, St. Vincent | 16 |
| Ferrer Church was completed; it was consecrated by Cardinal | 17 |
| Stritch on September 23, 1956; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Vincent W. Bryce, O.P., served from July, | 19 |
| 1970, to July of 1979; the outstanding characteristic of Father | 20 |
| Bryce's pastorate was the implementation of his conviction that | 21 |
| every parish should be a living Christian community, and that | 22 |
| the principal endeavor of the pastor and staff is to create an | 23 |
| atmosphere in which this Christian community can be nurtured | 24 |
| and developed; building on the accomplishments of the previous | 25 |
| pastors, he shepherded the parish as it came alive spiritually, | 26 |
| liturgically, and socially, so that today, at St. Vincent's the | 27 |
| people truly are the Church, and this Church is truly a | 28 |
| Christian community; and
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| WHEREAS, The current pastor of St. Vincent Ferrer is Fr. | 30 |
| Thomas D. Noesen, O.P.; Fr. Robert Kilbridge, O.P., Fr. Albert | 31 |
| G. Judy, O.P., and Fr. Michael Kyte serve as Pastoral Vicars; | 32 |
| Mr. Jerome J. Trakszelis and Mr. John Gaughan serve as Deacons; |
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| Mr. Robert Sassetti is Deacon Emeritus; Ms. Frances Mazzula is | 2 |
| the Principal of St. Vincent Ferrer School; Mrs. Karen Dix is | 3 |
| the Director of the Parish School of Religion; Mr. Steve Senski | 4 |
| serves as Worship Director; and Mr. Patrick Curran serves as | 5 |
| Youth Director; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 |
| we congratulate the staff and parishioners of St. Vincent | 9 |
| Ferrer Parish on the occasion of the parish's 75th anniversary; | 10 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to St. Vincent Ferrer Parish as an expression of our | 13 |
| esteem.
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