Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2015-804

• Record #: R2015-804
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 10/14/2015
• Final action: 10/14/2015
• Title: Congratulations extended to St. Rita of Cascia Catholic Church on 110th anniversary and 75th Jubilee Year of Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel
• Sponsors: Burke, Edward M.

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
10/14/2015		City Council	Introduced (Agreed Calendar)
10/14/2015	10159	City Council	Adopted	Pass

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Saint Rita of Cascia Catholic Church in Chicago will celebrate its 110^th Anniversary at a special event on October 17, 2015, which will also honor the 75^th Jubilee Year of the Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel; and

WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of this dual event by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and

WHEREAS, Canonized by Pope Leo XIII, Saint Rita of Cascia was an Italian Augustinian nun who is called the "Patron Saint of the Impossible"; and

WHEREAS, In 1905 Archbishop James E. Quigley invited the Order of St. Augustine to Chicago to establish a presence on the sparsely populated Southwest Side; and

WHEREAS, A five-acre tract of land was purchased on 63^rd Street between Oakley and Claremont Avenues and construction soon began on a chapel, monastery and school; and

WHEREAS, By 1911, with the parish increasing in growth every year, there was need for a larger church and school which resulted in the purchase of another tract of land, at 63^rd and Fairfield and 62^nd and Washtenaw, where the present day parish is located; and

WHEREAS, Over the ensuing decades, the parish continued to replace the church and school with larger buildings as the neighborhood rapidly developed; and

WHEREAS, In 1950 Samuel Cardinal Stritch dedicated what is now the current church, a Romanesque style structure, and praised it as "magnificent in its simplicity"; and

WHEREAS, During its long and rich history, Saint Rita of Cascia Catholic Church has fostered a deep sense of faith and community in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood; and

WHEREAS, The hard work, sacrifice and dedication of the religious of Saint Rita of Cascia Catholic Church serve as an example to all; now, therefore

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BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and the members of the Chicago City Council, assembled this fourteenth day of October 2015, do hereby congratulate Saint Rita of Cascia Catholic Church on its 110^th Anniversary and the 75^th Jubilee Year of the Province of Our Mother of Good; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the Reverend Tony Pizzo, Pastor of Saint Rita of Cascia Catholic Church.