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92_HR0486

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  are pleased to recognize milestone events in
 4    the history of organizations in the State of Illinois; and

 5        WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that St.  John  the
 6    Baptist Catholic Church in Joliet, Illinois is commencing its
 7    Sesquicentennial Celebration this year; and

 8        WHEREAS,  In  November  1851,  a group of fifty immigrant
 9    Germans from Bavaria, Alsace-Lorraine, Prussia and the  Rhine
10    Province met to discuss forming a new parish; and

11        WHEREAS,  The  Right  Reverend  Van  de  Velde, Bishop of
12    Chicago, laid  the  cornerstone  for  St.  John  the  Baptist
13    Catholic  Church on April 18, 1852 on the southwest corner of
14    Hickory and Division Streets; the Reverend Caspar Mueller was
15    appointed as the first resident pastor; and

16        WHEREAS, In May of 1863, Sister Alfred  Moes  arrived  to
17    serve the new parish and became the founder of the Sisters of
18    St. Francis Mary Immaculate in 1867; and

19        WHEREAS,  The  cornerstone  for  the St. John the Baptist
20    Catholic Church's present location was laid August  15,  1866
21    by  the  Very  Reverend  Dennis  Dunne, Victar General of the
22    diocese; and

23        WHEREAS,  On  December  22,  1876,  the  Reverend  Gerard
24    Becher, OFM, became the first Franciscan pastor of  St.  John
25    the Baptist Catholic Church; and

26        WHEREAS,  Throughout  its  150 years of service, St. John
27    the Baptist Catholic Church has welcomed parishioners of  all
28    ethnic  origins,  including  the Hispanic community by adding
29    Spanish speaking masses and Hispanic celebrations; and

30        WHEREAS, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church opened  its
 
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 1    150  year  anniversary  with  the  Reverend  Joseph L. Imesch
 2    presiding at a mass on the grounds  of  the  Sisters  of  St.
 3    Francis motherhouse on June 24, 2001, also known as the Feast
 4    of John the Baptist; and

 5        WHEREAS,  St.  John  the  Baptist  Catholic  Church  will
 6    celebrate  their  sesquicentennial  anniversary from June 24,
 7    2001  through  June  24,  2002  with  prayer,  dance,   song,
 8    memorials, and reunions; and

 9        WHEREAS,  As  part  of  the  year  long  Sesquicentennial
10    Celebration,  a  recognition  dinner  honoring the Franciscan
11    Friars and Sisters who have been part of the faith  community
12    at  St.  John  the  Baptist  Catholic  Church will be held on
13    October 13, 2001; therefore, be it

14        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
15    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
16    we  congratulate  St. John the Baptist Catholic Church on the
17    celebration of 150 years of service to the Joliet  community;
18    and be it further

19        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
20    presented to Father Ed Shea, OFM,  Pastor  of  St.  John  the
21    Baptist Catholic Church.

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