Full Text of HR0407 098th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Reverend Kenneth | 4 | | J. York on the 25th anniversary of his ordination to the | 5 | | priesthood; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Rev. York was ordained on June 4, 1988, at the | 7 | | Cathedral of St. Peter in Belleville by the Most Reverend James | 8 | | P. Keleher; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Rev. York has served at numerous parishes in | 10 | | Illinois during his time in the ministry including Our Lady of | 11 | | Mount Carmel in Herrin, Holy Spirit in Carterville, Cathedral | 12 | | of St. Peter in Belleville, Blessed Sacrament in Belleville, | 13 | | St. Teresa in Belleville, St. John the Baptist in Smithton, St. | 14 | | Pancratius in Fayette, Immaculate Conception in East St. Louis, | 15 | | St. Barbara in Okawville, and St. Henry in Belleville; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Rev. York has accepted appointments as the | 17 | | chancellor for the Diocese of Belleville from June 1995 to the | 18 | | present, as chaplain of the Catholic War Vets, Butz/JOBZ 370 | 19 | | from September 2003 to the present, to the Presbyteral Council | 20 | | from February 2006 to the present, and as Defender of Appeals | 21 | | and Defender of the Bond-Tribunal from December 1998 to 2009; | 22 | | he has been past director of The Diocesan Catholic Relief |
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| 1 | | Programs, Daily Home Missions, Missionary Co-Op, and the | 2 | | Propagation of the Faith; he currently serves on the Priest | 3 | | Personnel Board and the Clergyman's Aid Board; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Rev. York has a Juris Canonici Licentia Degree | 5 | | (J.C.L.) and a masters in divinity; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Rev. York was born on July 31; his parents were | 7 | | the late Charles and Cecilia (Wuller) York; he has attended | 8 | | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Kenrick Seminary in | 9 | | Saint Louis, Missouri, and Catholic University of America in | 10 | | Washington, D.C.; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we congratulate Reverend Kenneth J. York on the 25th | 14 | | anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Rev. York as an expression of our esteem and | 18 | | respect.
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