https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=5375831&GUID=D68C917B-1667-404E-81E4-6D7194943770Legistar15https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=5375831&GUID=D68C917B-1667-404E-81E4-6D7194943770D68C917B-1667-404E-81E4-6D7194943770-2022-02-03-13-26-37Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING GUERIN PREP HIGH SCHOOL AND THE SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE FOR PROVIDING DECADES OF QUALITY CATHOLIC EDUCATION WHEREAS, in the early 1960s, Chicago Archbishop Meyer invited the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, to establish a high school for young women in River Grove, Illinois; and WHEREAS, the Sisters of Providence named the school in honor of their founder, Mother Theodore Guerin, a teacher and missionary to the sick and poor; and WHEREAS, originally from France, Mother Theodore established schools in Indiana and Illinois. She was later canonized. One of her sayings, “Love the children first, then teach them,” would be a guiding principle at the high school; and WHEREAS, in 1962, while waiting for the new high school to be completed, more than 300 freshmen began classes at a wing of Holy Cross High School for young men on the property next door. In September of 1963, classes began with 796 freshmen and sophomores in the new Mother Theodore Guerin High School building located at 8001 W. Belmont Avenue; and WHEREAS, Thu, 03 Feb 2022 13:26:37 GMT