Full Text of HR0428 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate St. James the Apostle | 4 | | Parish on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its founding; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, St. James, based in Glen Ellyn, was established in | 7 | | June of 1965 by Bishop Martin D. McNamara; Father Thomas | 8 | | Fleming was appointed the first Pastor and the first Mass was | 9 | | celebrated in the chapel of the Maryknoll Seminary on July 4, | 10 | | 1965; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ground was broken for the church and school on | 12 | | March 29, 1966; in September of 1966, St. James School opened | 13 | | in temporary quarters, and, in 1967, the school and the church | 14 | | were completed; the first Mass celebrated at the new church | 15 | | took place on Easter Sunday, March 29, 1967; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Throughout the years, St. James has been under the | 17 | | direction of Father James Lennon starting in 1971, Father Edwin | 18 | | Joyce starting in 1978, and Father John Sebahar starting in | 19 | | 1990; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, It was under Father Sebahar's leadership that on | 21 | | May 30, 1999, construction began for a new building, which was |
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| 1 | | dedicated in October of 2000; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Father John Ouper was appointed Pastor in 2001 and | 3 | | Father David Hankus was appointed the current Pastor in 2013; | 4 | | and | 5 | | WHEREAS, The congregation has grown to over 1,800 families; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, An anniversary concert featuring members of the | 8 | | St. James Music Ministry will be held at the church on May 17, | 9 | | 2015, and on May 31, a celebration Mass and reception will be | 10 | | held with Bishop R. Daniel Conlon of the Joliet Archdiocese; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 | | congratulate St. James the Apostle Parish on its 50th | 15 | | anniversary and we wish them many more wonderful years; and be | 16 | | it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the St. James the Apostle Parish as an expression | 19 | | of our esteem and respect.
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