Full Text of HR0426 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, St. Hubert Catholic Parish was founded in June of | 3 | | 1960, in Hoffman Estates, with the appointment of Reverend Leo | 4 | | Wincek as pastor; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, In the beginning, masses were held in the dining | 6 | | hall of the Buggy Whip Tavern on Roselle Road, near the corner | 7 | | of Schaumburg Road, until a temporary church was built; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The first major building project was a brick | 9 | | school on Flagstaff Lane, dedicated in 1962, with a permanent | 10 | | church being erected in 1967; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, In 1967, Reverend William Shields was appointed | 12 | | pastor; in 1977, a 3-story building was erected to serve as a | 13 | | rectory, administration building, and Religious Education | 14 | | Center; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Upon Reverend Shields' retirement in 1991, | 16 | | Reverend Eugene Nowak was appointed pastor, and a building | 17 | | campaign was begun to fund the construction of an Early | 18 | | Childhood Education Center and a Parish Ministry Center; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, In 2005, with the appointment of Reverend Robert | 20 | | Rizzo as pastor, the decision was made to renovate the church |
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| 1 | | and a capital campaign was launched; thanks to the generosity | 2 | | of so many, the renovated church opened its doors in November | 3 | | of 2008; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, St. Hubert Catholic Parish currently serves | 5 | | almost 3,000 families in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, | 6 | | offering various ministries and organizations, continuing its | 7 | | focus on worship, education, and service; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 | | we congratulate the congregants of St. Hubert Catholic Parish | 11 | | on the 50th anniversary of the parish and wish them continued | 12 | | success for years to come; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to Pastor Rizzo on behalf of the congregation of St. | 15 | | Hubert Catholic Parish as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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