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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
IN MEMORY OF MARGURITE "MARGO" BUTLER
WHEREAS, Margo Butler lived a rich and fulfilled life of devotion to community, family and faith. She was a strong community leader and activist founding Evanston Area Black Catholics as well as being a dedicated and enduring force in the Office for Black Catholics of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Margo Butler died October 5 at 79; and
WHEREAS, Margo Butler was passionate about her church, she founded the Evanston Area Black Catholics [EABC] in 1998, bringing together black Catholics from North Shore communities to ensure African-American culture was melded into the Catholic experience; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Butler's hard work and devotion were singled out for distinction. The Office for Black Catholics of the Archdiocese of Chicago presented Ms. Butler the Father Augustus Tolton St. Nicholas Parish Award in 1999 for outstanding service and contributions to the black Catholic community of Metropolitan Chicago; and
WHEREAS, Margo Butler also received the Sister Thea Bowman Award from the Holy Angels Knights of St. Peter Claver Auxiliary, and in 2002, the Office for Black Catholics presented her with the Dr. Nathan Jones Award for her work to promote involvement and enrichment of the faith for black Catholics within the Archdiocese; and
WHEREAS, At St. Nicholas Parish in Evanston, where she was an active member for well over forty years, she founded the church's 15-year-old Kwanzaa celebration, annually drawing black Catholics from across the region. She served as a lector, Eucharistic minister, and minister of care. She was the first chairperson of the church's Race & Ethnic Unity Committee; a member of the Parish Pastoral Council for years and chairperson for two years; member of its Finance Council since 2004; and member of its Welcoming and Bereavement committees; and
WHEREAS, Margo Butler was secretary of the planning committee for the Archdiocese' Black Catholic Convocation...
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