Full Text of HR0072 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to celebrate Father Jude Randall's | 4 | | ("Father Jude") 50th Anniversary Jubilee as a Roman Catholic | 5 | | priest; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Father Jude was born in Downers Grove, where he | 7 | | lived at the corner of Franklin and Forest Avenues; his | 8 | | parents, Joseph and Teresa Randazzo, emigrated from Sicily, | 9 | | Italy; he has one sibling, Sr. Dorothy Randall, C.S.J., who is | 10 | | currently the president of St. Joseph School in Downers Grove; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Father Jude attended St. Procopius Academy (now | 13 | | Benet Academy) in Lisle, graduating from there in 1951; he | 14 | | professed his vows as Benedictine Monk on June 27, 1954 and | 15 | | graduated from St. Procopius College (now Benedictine | 16 | | University) with a degree in Theology in 1956; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Father Jude was ordained a Roman Catholic priest | 18 | | on May 28, 1960; he taught religion at Benet Academy from 1960 | 19 | | to 1973; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Father Jude has served as president of Benet | 21 | | Academy from 1992 to the present; under his leadership, and |
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| 1 | | those of his predecessors, Benet Academy has established itself | 2 | | as one of the top academic high schools in the State of | 3 | | Illinois; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Under Father Jude's leadership, Benet Academy has | 5 | | embarked on 3 highly successful capital campaigns for the | 6 | | Father Ronald Gymnasium, the St. Daniel Performance Hall, and | 7 | | the St. Jude Science and Activity Center; these capital | 8 | | improvements to Benet Academy have served to further enhance | 9 | | the academic, athletic, and performing arts programs for its | 10 | | students; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we join the Benet Academy family in celebration of the 50th | 14 | | Anniversary Jubilee for Father Jude Randall; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to Father Jude Randall as a symbol of our sincere | 17 | | congratulations.
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