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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois are pleased to recognize milestone events for |
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| institutions in the State; and
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| WHEREAS, Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School's parish in |
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| Collinsville was founded in 1856; the first school was started |
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| by Father S. Wegener, and the first students graduated in 1869; |
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| in 1884, Ursuline nuns arrived to run the school; the first |
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| principal was Mother Clara Spang; in 1894, a brick school was |
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| built at a cost of $5,500, and the current school building was |
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| completed in 1958; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1993, the school had its first lay principal, |
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| Mrs. Cathy McGarrahan, and the current principal, Mr. Mike |
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| Palmer, began in 2003; the highest enrollment at Saints Peter |
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| and Paul Catholic School was in the 1960s, when over 600 |
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| students were enrolled; and
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| WHEREAS, The Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School family |
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| will celebrate a liturgy on Wednesday, February 2, 2005, to |
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| close the school's 135th anniversary; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we congratulate the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School |
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| family on the occasion of the school's 135th anniversary; and |
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| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School in |
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| Collinsville as an expression of our esteem and with best |
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| wishes for the school's future success.
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