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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Brother Konrad Diebold, FSC, was born in
3Minneapolis to Laura and Joseph Diebold on June 22, 1937; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Brother Konrad joined the Brothers of the
5Christian Schools in 1957 at the age of 20; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Brother Konrad received his Bachelor of Arts in
71961 and his master's degree in Education in 1966 from St.
8Mary's University of Minnesota; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Brother Konrad also took graduate courses at
10Loyola University, DePaul University, and Northwestern
11University in addition to studying at the Université de
12Montréal, L'Alliance Française in Paris and the Lasallian
13Institute Center in Rome; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Brother Konrad began teaching at St. Patrick High
15School on Chicago's northwest side in 1961 and transferred to
16St. Paul High School on the south side in 1966, where he taught
17and was principal through 1974; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Following his time at St. Paul's, Brother Konrad
19was the high school Curriculum Consultant with the
20Archdiocesan Office of Catholic Education and was then called

 

 

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1to province leadership for the Christian Brothers as Auxiliary
2Provincial from 1975 through 1982, where he worked as the
3Director of Finance and Director of Education for all Province
4entities; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Brother Konrad returned to St. Patrick High
6School after a year of sabbatical and study in Europe,
7primarily in Paris and Rome; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Brother Konrad began serving as principal of St.
9Patrick High School in 1983 and was named the first president
10of St. Patrick in 1987; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Brother Konrad also served on many boards,
12councils, and associations with almost all being related to
13education and being mission-driven; and
 
14    WHEREAS, In his 50th year as a Brother of the Christian
15Schools and in acknowledgment of his educational and
16administrative leadership, Lewis University conferred on
17Brother Konrad a doctoral degree in Humanities, Honoris Causa,
18in December 2007; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Six years later in 2013, Brother Konrad retired
20but returned as a substitute English teacher in October of
212022; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Brother Konrad passed away on October 10th, 2022
2after decades of devoted service and commitment to his
3communities and schools; and
 
4    WHEREAS, In a demonstration of how beloved Brother Konrad
5was at St. Patrick's High School, the day after Brother Konrad
6died, all of the students attended school in a shirt and tie to
7honor him; therefore, be it
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
9HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10we recognize and honor the life of Brother Konrad Diebold,
11FSC, his contributions to education, and the institutions
12where he served in his esteemed career, answering the call to
13service one last time in the final days of his life; and be it
14further
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16presented to President Dan Santucci of St. Patrick's High
17School as an expression of our grief and to uphold the legacy
18of Brother Konrad Diebold.