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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Sister Kathleen Ryan of
4Aurora on winning the Aurora Deanery Council of Catholic Women
5Award for her contributions to the community; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Sister Ryan is the founder and director of the
7Dominican Literacy Center in Aurora; along with other nuns and
8volunteers, she founded the center in 1993 to give immigrant
9women free tutoring in reading, writing, and speaking English;
10since its founding, the center has aided more than 2,500 women;
11a separate program prepares immigrant women and men to take the
12United States citizenship exam; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Sister Ryan was among 15 women from 14 Fox Valley
14churches honored at the Aurora Deanery Council of Catholic
15Women's 10th annual Catholic Women of Inspiration awards dinner
16held at the Gaslite Manor in Aurora on September 14, 2014 and
17attended by a record 480 people; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Sister Ryan is a member of the Dominican Sisters
19of Springfield; therefore, be it
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that

 

 

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1we congratulate Sister Kathleen Ryan on winning the Aurora
2Deanery Council of Catholic Women Award; and be it further
 
3    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4presented to Sister Ryan as an expression of our esteem and
5respect.