Full Text of SR0504 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of the Reverend Patrick J. O'Malley, who | 4 | | passed away on July 5, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Father O'Malley was born in Chicago on April 27, | 6 | | 1932, to Patrick and Mary O'Malley; he attended several | 7 | | Catholic elementary schools before graduating from Our Lady | 8 | | Help of Christians School; he was a graduate of Quigley | 9 | | Preparatory Seminary and the University of Saint Mary of the | 10 | | Lake-Mundelein Seminary, where he earned his Licentiate of | 11 | | Sacred Theology in Religion; he was ordained by Cardinal | 12 | | Stritch on May 3, 1957; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Father O'Malley began serving as Assistant | 14 | | Superintendent at Maryville Academy in Des Plaines in 1957; | 15 | | from 1962 to 1968, he was the Assistant Pastor at Saint | 16 | | Sebastian and the Assistant Pastor and Administrator at Saint | 17 | | Jarlath; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Father O'Malley always showed interest in | 19 | | supporting priests and seminarians; he was one of the founders | 20 | | of the Association of Chicago Priests, and, in June 1968, he | 21 | | was elected the first President of the National Federation of | 22 | | Priests' Councils; he received the John XXIII Award from the |
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| 1 | | Association of Chicago Priests in recognition of his leadership | 2 | | and was instrumental in developing "team ministry" within the | 3 | | Archdiocese; in 1970, he began to serve as a part-time member | 4 | | of the Priests Personnel Board; he also served on the Pastor's | 5 | | Review Board and as an Archdiocesan Consultor; he wrote | 6 | | "Perspectives on the Scriptures", a regular feature in the | 7 | | Archdiocese's newspaper, "Catholic New World"; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, In 1981, Father O'Malley was named pastor of Saint | 9 | | Celestine Parish in Elmwood Park and served in that capacity | 10 | | until 1991; he then began a 6-year stint as the Vicar for | 11 | | Priests; he joined the faculty of the University of Saint Mary | 12 | | of the Lake-Mundelein Seminary in 1997 as a Spiritual Director | 13 | | for seminarians; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Father O'Malley is the beloved son of the late | 15 | | Patrick and Mary O'Malley; the loving brother of John (Pat), | 16 | | Gerald (Peg), the late Marion (Tom) O'Donnell, and the late Tom | 17 | | (the late Ann) O'Malley; the fond nephew of the late Sister | 18 | | Catherine Heraty (Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary); the | 19 | | cherished uncle to 20 nieces and nephews; and the great-uncle | 20 | | of 56; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 23 | | the Reverend Patrick J. O'Malley, and extend our sincere |
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| 1 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 2 | | him; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Father O'Malley as an expression of | 5 | | our deepest sympathy.
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