April 2,1956
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Father Thomas B. O'Keefe appointed founding pastor
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June 15,1956
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Public announcement by Bishop Martin D. McNamara that
Fr. O'Keefe is to be founding pastor of new parish
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June 24, 1956
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First Parish Mass - celebrated in Emerson School
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July 5, 1956
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New Ladies Organization - forerunner of C.C.W.
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August 22, 1956
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Possession of Rectory taken
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December 9, 1956
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Ground-Breaking for new church building
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April 21, 1957
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Cornerstone Ceremony for church building
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September 22, 1957
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Mary Queen of Heaven Church used for first time
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Fall, 1957
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Mary Queen of Heaven School opens its doors
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May 25, 1958
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Bishop McNamara dedicates new church building
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June, 1964
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Reverend Stanley Orlickiewicz appointed as second pastor
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June, 1965
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Remodeling of Sanctuary after Vatican II
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June, 1970
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Reverend Paul Benson becomes the third pastor
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June 24, 1977
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Reverend Paul Benson dies
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September, 1977
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Reverend Thomas Fleming becomes the fourth pastor
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January 1, 1985
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Reverend Thomas O'Keefe now Rector of the cathedral dies
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June, 1989
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Reverend Victor Rudden becomes the fifth pastor
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April 22, 1992
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Stained glass windows project begins
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April, 1995
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Remodeling of the Sanctuary of church
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March 6, 1996
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Reverend Victor Rudden dies
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June, 1996
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Reverend John Barrett becomes the sixth pastor
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March 16, 2003
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Bishop Joseph Imesch dedicates the new Parish Center
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March 28, 2004
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Mary M. Foley appointed as Pastoral Life Coordinator, the
first in the Diocese of Joliet
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April 2, 2006
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50th Anniversary of Mary Queen of Heaven Parish
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June, 2008
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Father Anthony Taschetta becomes the seventh pastor
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June, 2014
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Father Jason Stone becomes the eighth pastor
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