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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to recognize Reverend Christopher
4J. Devron as he leaves Christ the King Jesuit College Prep; and
 
5    WHEREAS, A Chicago native, Rev. Christopher Devron is the
6founding president of Christ the King Jesuit College Prep.; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Rev. Christopher Devron earned a bachelors of arts
8in philosophy and government from the University of Notre Dame
9in 1989 and entered the Society of Jesus in 1991; he earned a
10masters of arts in the history of philosophy from Loyola
11University in Chicago, a masters of divinity from the Weston
12Jesuit School of Theology, and a masters of arts in theology
13with a concentration in African-American religious experience
14through coursework at Harvard Divinity School and the Institute
15for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University in New Orleans;
16and
 
17    WHEREAS, From 1995 to 1996, Rev. Christopher Devron was
18executive director of the Inner-City Teaching Corps in Chicago,
19which recruits recent college graduates to teach in inner-city
20schools throughout the city; he taught for a year at the
21Gonzaga Middle School program in Harlem, and created a
22scholarship program to assist Gonzaga graduates attend private

 

 

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1high schools; afterwards he was assigned as director of the
2Loyola Youth Center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Following his ordination in 2001, Rev.
4Christopher Devron worked as the founding director of
5Recruiting Excellence for Academics in Catholic High Schools
6(REACH), to identify, recruit, and financially assist
7academically gifted middle school boys to attend Regis and
8other top Jesuit high schools in New York; he has also taught
9theology and worked as a campus minister and chair of the
10committee on diversity at Regis, served as a weekend associate
11at the Church of St. Joseph in Harlem, and published articles
12in America, The Tablet, the Journal of Popular Culture, and
13BustedHalo.com; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Rev. Christopher Devron is listed in Who's Who of
15American Teachers and Educators; therefore, be it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
18we recognize Reverend Christopher J. Devron founding president
19of Christ the King Jesuit College Prep as he leaves the school;
20and be it further
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22presented to Rev. Christopher Devron as an expression of our

 

 

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1esteem and respect.