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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Sister Kathleen Ryan of |
| 4 | | Aurora on winning the Aurora Deanery Council of Catholic Women |
| 5 | | Award for her contributions to the community; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Sister Ryan is the founder and director of the |
| 7 | | Dominican Literacy Center in Aurora; along with other nuns and |
| 8 | | volunteers, she founded the center in 1993 to give immigrant |
| 9 | | women free tutoring in reading, writing, and speaking English; |
| 10 | | since its founding, the center has aided more than 2,500 women; |
| 11 | | a separate program prepares immigrant women and men to take the |
| 12 | | United States citizenship exam; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Sister Ryan was among 15 women from 14 Fox Valley |
| 14 | | churches honored at the Aurora Deanery Council of Catholic |
| 15 | | Women's 10th annual Catholic Women of Inspiration awards dinner |
| 16 | | held at the Gaslite Manor in Aurora on September 14, 2014 and |
| 17 | | attended by a record 480 people; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Sister Ryan is a member of the Dominican Sisters |
| 19 | | of Springfield; therefore, be it
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 21 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |