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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Franciscan | ||||||
| 4 | priests and brothers on the occasion of the 150th anniversary | ||||||
| 5 | of their arrival in Teutopolis; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, In March of 1858, Bishop Junker, the first Bishop | ||||||
| 7 | of Chicago, called upon the Provincial of the Holy Cross | ||||||
| 8 | Province of the Franciscan Fathers for European priests to aid | ||||||
| 9 | him in his religious domain; responding to the request, three | ||||||
| 10 | Franciscan priests and six brothers embarked from Bremen for | ||||||
| 11 | America on August 28, 1858; arriving in Alton on September 21, | ||||||
| 12 | 1858, the priests learned that their destination was | ||||||
| 13 | Teutopolis; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, The Franciscan priests and brothers arrived in | ||||||
| 15 | Teutopolis on September 28, 1858; the group consisted of Father | ||||||
| 16 | Damian Hennewig, Father John Capistran Zwinge, Father Servace | ||||||
| 17 | Altmicks, Brother Irenaeus Drewes, Brother Paschal Kutsche, | ||||||
| 18 | Brother Marianus Beile, Brother Julius Schmaenck, Tertiary | ||||||
| 19 | Brother Edmund Wilde, and Tertiary Brother Francis Uphof; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, After taking control of the rectory from departing | ||||||
| 21 | pastor Father Bartholomew Bartels, the Franciscan priests and | ||||||
| 22 | brothers rang the church bells in Teutopolis at four in the | ||||||
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| 1 | morning on September 24, 1858, startling many of the town's | ||||||
| 2 | residents; many of the residents came to the church out of | ||||||
| 3 | curiosity, then stayed to pray with the fathers and attend | ||||||
| 4 | Mass; the day proved to be a momentous day for the people of | ||||||
| 5 | Teutopolis and the Midwest; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Franciscan priests and brothers were witness | ||||||
| 7 | to a trying period in the history of Teutopolis; the | ||||||
| 8 | settlement, with its log and clapboard homes, struggling | ||||||
| 9 | businesses, and rut-riddled National Road, was resistant to the | ||||||
| 10 | creation of the Illinois Central Railroad, fearing that the | ||||||
| 11 | vibrations coming from the train tracks would sterilize the | ||||||
| 12 | soil; the railroad, thought to be the harbinger of doom, | ||||||
| 13 | brought about the creation of the settlement of Broughton, | ||||||
| 14 | which would be re-christened Effingham and become the county | ||||||
| 15 | seat in the early 1850s; the children and grandchildren of | ||||||
| 16 | Teutopolis' first settlers moved to this new village; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, The history of the Franciscan priests' and | ||||||
| 18 | brothers' arrival in Teutopolis is inextricably bound to the | ||||||
| 19 | rich history of the village and its inhabitants; their arrival | ||||||
| 20 | and the subsequent spiritual and charitable services that they | ||||||
| 21 | have rendered to the people of Teutopolis have been invaluable | ||||||
| 22 | to them and the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 23 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
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| 1 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 2 | congratulate the Franciscan priests and brothers on the | ||||||
| 3 | occasion of the 150th anniversary of their arrival in | ||||||
| 4 | Teutopolis and wish them continued success and happiness in the | ||||||
| 5 | future; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to the Franciscan priests and brothers of Teutopolis | ||||||
| 8 | as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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