Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana Senate Bill SR0061 Compare Versions

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1	1	Introduced Version
2	2	SENATE RESOLUTION No. ___
3	3	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOL UTION
4	4	A SENATE RESOLUTION to celebrate Sacred Heart of Jesus
5	5	Catholic Church and its 150 years of faith and service for the
6	6	southside of Indianapolis.
7	7	HUNLEY
8	8	, read first time and referred to Committee on
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10	10	First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
11	11	SENATE RESOLUTION ____
12	12	MR. PRESIDENT:
13	13	I offer the following resolution and move its adoption:
14	14	1 A SENATE RESOLUTION to celebrate Sacred Heart of
15	15	2 Jesus Catholic Church and its 150 years of faith and service for
16	16	3 the southside of Indianapolis.
17	17	4 Whereas, In 1850, Germans were the largest immigrant
18	18	5 group in Indianapolis. Initially the German Catholics attended
19	19	6 mass at St. John's, an English-speaking church. Aware that
20	20	7 other German denominations were forming, plans were soon
21	21	8 underway for a church where sermons, confessions, and
22	22	9 devotions could be heard in their familiar German;
23	23	10 Whereas, In 1854, Bishop Maurice de St. Palais began to
24	24	11 visit Indianapolis and lay plans for a German parish. Peter
25	25	12 Leonard Brandt, pastor of St. Mary in Madison, Indiana,
26	26	13 commuted regularly to Indianapolis in order to encourage
27	27	14 Germans to return to their religion. He established a building
28	28	15 committee to raise money for the city's second Catholic church.
29	29	16 Mass was celebrated August 15, 1858, at the new St. Mary's on
30	30	17 the south side of Maryland Street between Pennsylvania Avenue
31	31	18 and Delaware Street;
32	32	19 Whereas, By the early 1870s parish membership resided in
33	33	20 such a wide area that attending St. Mary's was inconvenient
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35	35	1 and overcrowded for Mass, so Reverend Anthony Scheideler
36	36	2 proposed that the Bishop divide St. Mary Parish and invite the
37	37	3 Franciscans to organize a second German Parish. The German
38	38	4 community resided east and south of the Mile Square and
39	39	5 Germantown was located on the near eastside. Following the
40	40	6 Civil War, Germans began to settle south of Washington Street
41	41	7 and then beyond Union Station along the railroad tracks;
42	42	8 Whereas, In July 1875, Franciscan Fathers Alardus
43	43	9 Andrescheck, Francis Moening, Vincent Halbfas, Pancratius,
44	44	10 and Arsenius Fahle arrived in the Hoosier Capital along with
45	45	11 architect Brother Adrian Wewer. In the German Catholic
46	46	12 tradition, a lay council assisted the clergy with financial and
47	47	13 property matters. Local businessmen, including basket maker
48	48	14 George Ohleyer, teamster Heinrich Gimber, and tailors
49	49	15 Hermann Hoerst and Louis Budenz, stepped forward to act as
50	50	16 parish trustees to assist Father Alardus in locating a suitable
51	51	17 site. All four were neighbors residing around McCarty and
52	52	18 Meridian Streets;
53	53	19 Whereas, The Bishop approved a new parish site in the
54	54	20 Nathan B. Palmer addition west of Madison and Indianapolis
55	55	21 railroad tracks and north of Palmer Street. This was a rural
56	56	22 location for farmland and was purchased for $10,000. On
57	57	23 September 19, 1875, various societies and musical units
58	58	24 organized at St. Mary's and marched down Meridian Street to
59	59	25 the new Sacred Heart where Benedictine Father Bede
60	60	26 O'Connor laid the cornerstone for the new building;
61	61	27 Whereas, Construction began immediately for a
62	62	28 combination chapel, school, and friary. Brother Adrian Wewer,
63	63	29 O.F.M., was the carpenter, builder, and architect who designed
64	64	30 all of the structures. He built over 100 churches throughout the
65	65	31 United States, with Sacred Heart being his only church in
66	66	32 Indianapolis. The first structure of the Friary was built for a
67	67	33 low cost of $20,000 due to parishioner contributions of labor
68	68	34 and material. In 1883-84, the sanctuary was built adjoining the
69	69	35 friary. The new structure designed by Brother Adrian Wewer is
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71	71	1 a brick Gothic Revival and was built at a cost of $50,000. An
72	72	2 endlessly-detailed house of God, Sacred Heart easily holds the
73	73	3 title of most beautiful church in Indianapolis;
74	74	4 Whereas, Charter members created the four sources of
75	75	5 parish life: ministry and spiritual life, the organization and role
76	76	6 of societies, education of youth, and building of the parish
77	77	7 campus. The school enrollment increased so dramatically that
78	78	8 new wings and floors were added. In 1895, a new school
79	79	9 building for boys was constructed north of the church. St.
80	80	10 Cecilia Hall in the Boys Grade School had a seating capacity
81	81	11 of 1,000 and was the social center for the southside of
82	82	12 Indianapolis;
83	83	13 Whereas, Since 1875, the community of Sacred Heart of
84	84	14 Jesus, a Franciscan parish, has, with the power of the Holy
85	85	15 Spirit, proclaimed the Gospel of Jesus Christ through words,
86	86	16 action, and prayer for the salvation of souls; and
87	87	17 Whereas, Sacred Heart is now celebrating 150 years of
88	88	18 service to the southside of Indianapolis. "Celebrating our past,
89	89	19 embracing the present, and building for their future" is our
90	90	20 motto for the next 150 years: Therefore,
91	91	21 Be it resolved by the Senate of the
92	92	22 General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
93	93	23 SECTION 1. That the Indiana Senate acknowledges and
94	94	24 honors Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church for 150 years
95	95	25 of faithful service.
96	96	26 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby
97	97	27 directed to transmit one copy of this Resolution to the Sacred
98	98	28 Heart of Jesus Catholic Church.
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