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91_SR0418
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 express their sincere condolences to the family and friends
4 of Father Terence Joseph Stanton, O.S.B, who passed away on
5 October 27, 2000; and
6 WHEREAS, Father Terence Joseph Stanton, O.S.B. was born
7 on October 28, 1917 in Aurora, Illinois; and
8 WHEREAS, Father Terence Joseph Stanton, O.S.B. attended
9 Fox Valley Catholic High School and St. Meinrad Minor
10 Seminary in St. Meinrad, Indiana; and
11 WHEREAS, On August 6, 1938 Father Terence professed his
12 vows as a Benedictine monk of St. Meinrad Abbey; he was
13 ordained a priest on June 5, 1943 and he began the following
14 year teaching at St. Meinrad Minor Seminary; and
15 WHEREAS, Father Terence Joseph Stanton, O.S.B. returned
16 to Aurora, Illinois as a founding member of Marmion Abbey;
17 from 1947-1953 he taught history and Latin at Marmion
18 Military Academy; he also acted as a Student Chaplain; and
19 WHEREAS, Father Terence Joseph Stanton O.S.B. traveled
20 the country from 1953-1958 giving spiritual retreats to a
21 variety of groups and ages-clergy, religious, military
22 personnel, and youth; he was particularly sought after as a
23 giver of high school retreats; he returned to Marmion Academy
24 in 1958 as the Student Chaplain and teacher of theology and
25 Latin; and
26 WHEREAS, From 1972 until his retirement in 1991, Father
27 Terence was pastor of parishes in Elkton and Tyndall, South
28 Dakota; in 1991 he returned to Marmion Academy to live the
29 monastic life assuming the position of Director of Oblates
30 and serving parishes in the Fox Valley area; and
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1 WHEREAS, The passing of Father Terence Joseph Stanton,
2 O.S.B. will be deeply felt by all who knew and loved him,
3 they include his monastic family at Marmion Academy; his
4 cousins; his nephews; his nieces; and the countless number of
5 students whom he has taught over the years; therefore, be it
6 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
7 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we note with sorrow
8 and regret the death of Father Terence Joseph Stanton, O.S.B.
9 of Aurora, Illinois, and extend our sincere condolences to
10 his family and friends; and be it
11 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to the family of Father Terence Joseph Stanton,
13 O.S.B. with our deepest sympathy.