Full Text of SR0818 94th General Assembly
SR0818 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Reverend Allan F. Kirk was a jovial Jesuit | 3 |
| priest more likely to inspire laughs than fear as a dean of | 4 |
| discipline and teacher of Latin at St. Ignatius College | 5 |
| Preparatory; and
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| WHEREAS, Father Kirk passed away on August 9, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, The beloved son of the late Aloysius A. and Ann M. | 8 |
| (nee Hoare) Kirk, Father Kirk grew up in Chicago and attended | 9 |
| Catholic grade schools before graduating from St. Ignatius in | 10 |
| 1952; and
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| WHEREAS, Father Kirk entered the Milford Novitiate in Ohio | 12 |
| when he was 18, earning a degree in Latin and philosophy; he | 13 |
| later earned a master's degree in history from Loyola | 14 |
| University and did advanced studies in counseling and guidance | 15 |
| as well as philosophy; and
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| WHEREAS, Father Kirk was ordained as a priest on June 10, | 17 |
| 1965; and
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| WHEREAS, Father Kirk was dean of students at St. Ignatius | 19 |
| on Chicago's Near West Side from 1971 until 1977, then taught | 20 |
| at the school until 1990; he later served for 10 years as a | 21 |
| chaplain at Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood; since | 22 |
| 2001, he had served as spiritual director, periodical | 23 |
| librarian, and switchboard operator at the Jesuit Residence at | 24 |
| Loyola University and performed mass on weekends at Ascension | 25 |
| Church in Oak Park; and | 26 |
| WHEREAS, Before coming to St. Ignatius, Father Kirk worked | 27 |
| at Catholic high schools in Indianapolis and Cincinnati; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of the Reverend Allan F. Kirk is |
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| deeply felt by all who knew and loved him, especially his | 2 |
| cousin, Rose Mary Bohn; and his many colleagues, patients, and | 3 |
| countless numbers of former students who will dearly miss his | 4 |
| inspiration and compassion; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 |
| the Reverend Allan F. Kirk, and we extend our sincere | 8 |
| condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 9 |
| him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to his family and to St. Ignatius College Prep as an | 12 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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