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HR0880 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION

2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Reverend Wayne F.
4 Prist, Pastor of Queen of All Saints Basilica in Chicago, on
5 his retirement; and

6     WHEREAS, Father Wayne Prist was ordained a priest in 1967;
7 his first assignment was as Associate Pastor of St. Giles in
8 Oak Park; in 1975 he was assigned to St. John Berchmans in
9 Chicago; in addition to this assignment, Father Prist served as
10 an archdiocesan television producer and Associate to the Center
11 for Pastoral Ministry; and

12     WHEREAS, For seven years Father Prist produced a weekly
13 show on NBC; he founded the Summer Scripture Seminary at the
14 University of St. Mary of the Lake, a program which he directed
15 for 22 years; in 1983 Cardinal Bernardin appointed him Director
16 of the Center for Pastoral Ministry which moved in 1986 to the
17 St. Mary of the Lake campus and evolved into the Center for
18 Development in Ministry; and

19     WHEREAS, Father Prist oversaw the renovation of the campus
20 and served as the Director of the Center for Development in
21 Ministry for 10 years; the Center for Development in Ministry
22 served as the Archdiocesan host and resource for the

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1 development of all its Pastoral Ministries; and

2     WHEREAS, In February of 1996 Cardinal Bernardin appointed
3 Father Prist as the Pastor of Queen of All Saints Basilica; in
4 September of 1997 Francis Cardinal George appointed Father
5 Prist as Chairman of the Archdiocesan Millennium Committee, a
6 responsibility he had until 2001; and

7     WHEREAS, Father Prist is retiring as Pastor of Queen of All
8 Saints Basilica; therefore, be it

9     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
10 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
11 congratulate Father Prist on his retirement, thank him for his
12 many years of service to the citizens of Illinois, and wish him
13 the best in all his future endeavors; and be it further

14     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15 presented to Father Prist as a symbol of our respect and
16 esteem.

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