10-22-12 Common Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 22, 2012 There was no one present wishing to speak to the Council either in favor of or in opposition to this Resolution. Principal Boyd thanked the Council for this honor. He also commended the 850 students and staff at LaSalle. He noted that this is the second blue ribbon honor, the first was awarded to the former LaSalle High School. Councilmember Varner made a motion to adopt this Resolution by acclamation. Councilmember Henry Davis seconded the motion which carried. RESOLUTION NO. 4209-12 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, PUBLICLY COMMENDING AND HONORING SISTER SUSAN KINTZELE, C.S.C., FOR HER COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY Whereas, the South Bend Common Council is proud to recognize that Sister Susan Kintzele, C.S.C. was one of eleven Sisters of the Holy Cross who celebrated their jubilee years in Holy Cross this Summer, with Sister Sue celebrating her Golden Jubilee having made her First Profession in 1962; and Whereas, the Common Council notes that for the past 52 years, Sister Susan Kintzele, C.S.C., has diligently and compassionately worked on behalf of the poor and disadvantaged throughout our city in countless community service outreach programs; and Whereas, since 1975, Sister Sue has served as the Director of the Bail Bond Project, and can be seen almost on a daily basis counseling many persons in and around the St. Joseph County Courthouse and throughout downtown South Bend; and Whereas, as a trained Pastoral Counselor, who earned her undergraduate degree from Saint Mary’s and her Master’s from Notre Dame in mathematics, Sister Sue donates her time and many talents to countless boards and commissions some of which include overseeing the LaSalle Park Homes, Dismas House of Michiana, the YWCA, JJC’s Pastoral Advisory Board, the Parish Council of St. Augustine Church, the Justice and Peace Center, and the DuComb Center of St. Joseph County; and Whereas, Sister Sue was one of the leaders who spearheaded the raising of over $200,000 to support the mission of Saint Mary’s College’s Office for Civic and Social Engagement, a nationally recognized resource center which facilitates St. Mary’s volunteer efforts in the community; and Whereas, Sister Sue has been honored for her dedicated work & service as part of the Prisoner Re-Entry programs, “Companions on the Journey”, & received the T. Brooks Brademas Lifetime Achievement Award for over 35 years of ministering to inmates - just to name a few of her many honors & awards, while she continues to teach math at IU South Bend. Now, Therefore, be it resolved, by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: Section I. On behalf of all of the citizens of South Bend, Indiana, the Common Council honors, publicly commends and congratulates SISTER SUSAN KINTZELE, C.S.C., a native of Michigan City for her many, many deeds of kindness and in particular for carrying out along life’s journey to “work collaboratively to forge just political, economic and social structures in solidarity with impoverished and excluded persons”. Section II. Sister Sue’s work in prison ministries provides hope in times of despair and “encouragement to those who need it”. Perhaps one of the most telling of all of Sister Sue’s many attributes is the time she spends as a godmother to 15-year old Annie Johnson, a 3