Full Text of HR0736 95th General Assembly
HR0736 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to congratulate Liam Nioclas Kelly on | 4 |
| being ordained into the priesthood of the Evangelical Catholic | 5 |
| Diocese of the Northwest; and
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| WHEREAS, Liam Nioclas Kelly, the eldest son of William | 7 |
| Kelly and Marie O'Carroll Kelly, was born in Belfast, Ireland | 8 |
| on March 2, 1976; as a child he attended Saint Bride's Primary | 9 |
| School and Saint Malachi High School and College; he began his | 10 |
| journey with
the Dominican Order in Ireland; in 1998, Liam | 11 |
| Nioclas received his Diploma in Theology from the Dominican | 12 |
| House of Studies in Tallaght, and in 2001, he received a | 13 |
| Bachelor of Arts degree in Classics and Philosophy from the | 14 |
| National University of Ireland in Maynooth and a Bachelors in | 15 |
| Philosophy from the Pontifical University of Saint Patrick, | 16 |
| also in Maynooth; in 2002, Liam Nioclas received a Masters in | 17 |
| Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2002, Liam Nioclas chose to make the United | 19 |
| States his adopted home and arrived in the City of Chicago, | 20 |
| where he became a resident of the 14th Representative District | 21 |
| in the State or Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2002, Liam Nioclas became a Research Scholar |
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| Professor at The Martin D'Arcy Museum of Art at the Lake Shore | 2 |
| Campus of Loyola University, a position he held until 2004; | 3 |
| from 2002 until 2003, he was also a Research Scholar in the | 4 |
| Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts at the Newberry | 5 |
| Library of Chicago, examining, translating, and cataloguing | 6 |
| Medieval liturgical manuscripts; and
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| WHEREAS, From 2002 until 2005 Liam Nioclas served as an | 8 |
| Immigration Law Consultant for the Chicago Irish Immigrant | 9 |
| Support Office in Chicago; in 2005, he chose to continue his | 10 |
| spiritual journey within the Evangelical Catholic
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| became a member of Mission Church of the Holy Family in | 12 |
| Chicago; on May 13, 2006; he was ordained to the Order of | 13 |
| Deacon for the Evangelical Catholic Diocese of the Northwest; | 14 |
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| WHEREAS, Liam Nioclas has served as Chaplain at Kindred | 16 |
| Hospital North in Chicago; on September 29, 2007, the Feast of | 17 |
| Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Liam Nioclas Kelly will | 18 |
| be ordained Priest for the Evangelical Catholic Diocese of the | 19 |
| Northwest by Bishop James Alan Wilkowski; and
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| WHEREAS, Upon his ordination to the Priesthood, Father Liam | 21 |
| Nioclas Kelly shall be appointed by his Bishop as Rector of the | 22 |
| Mission Church of the Holy Family and as Vicar-General for the | 23 |
| Diocese of the Northwest, while continuing to serve as Chaplain |
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| at Kindred Hospital North; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 4 |
| congratulate Liam Nioclas Kelly on his ordination into the | 5 |
| priesthood; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to Liam Nioclas Kelly as a symbol of our respect and | 8 |
| esteem.
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