HR1294 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate Ed and Mary Morley on winning the 2012 Christifideles Award; and

WHEREAS, The prestigious Christifideles Award is bestowed on an individual or individuals who have demonstrated, by participation in parish life, the personal and ministerial renewal set forth by Pope John Paul II's exhortation Christifideles Laici; this appeal called upon the laity to the vocation of responsibility, to stir and promote a deeper awareness among all the faithful of the gift and responsibility they share, both as a group and as individuals, in the communion and mission of the church; and

WHEREAS, The award was presented to Ed and Mary by Francis Cardinal George at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Ed and Mary Morley on winning the Christifideles Award; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Ed and Mary Morley as an expression of our respect and esteem.