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90_HR0194

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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION
 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  are  saddened  to  learn  of  the  death  of
 4    Reverend   Daniel   F.  Montalbano,  pastor  of  Resurrection
 5    Catholic Church in Chicago, Illinois; and
 6        WHEREAS, Reverend  Daniel  F.  Montalbano  was  associate
 7    director  of  the  ecumenical  office  of  the Roman Catholic
 8    Archdiocese of Chicago; and
 9        WHEREAS, Father Montalbano was born  in  Bridgeport;  his
10    father,  Ben  was Italian, and his mother, Marion was Polish;
11    and
12        WHEREAS, One  week  before  his  untimely  death,  Father
13    Montalbano  celebrated  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary of his
14    ordination as a priest; and
15        WHEREAS, Father Montalbano served at St. Francis de Sales
16    on the East Side of Chicago, where he founded  the  De  Sales
17    Senior  Center;  he  served  at  the  Newman  Center  at  the
18    University  of  Illinois at Chicago; he served at St. Mary in
19    Evanston; and at St. Sebastian, which burned  to  the  ground
20    three  weeks  after Father Montalbano arrived there to serve;
21    and
22        WHEREAS, Father Montalbano was assigned to serve  as  the
23    common  administrator  for  the  St.  Francis  Xavier and St.
24    Veronica parishes, where he oversaw the consolidation of  the
25    two  parishes  into  one;  as  a result of changes within the
26    neighborhood,  Father  Montalbano  and   the   newly   formed
27    Resurrection Catholic Church began music and liturgy programs
28    in  two languages, youth ministry and Bible study, a food and
29    clothing pantry, and studies for a  future  life  of  service
30    within the church; and
31        WHEREAS,   Father  Montalbano  was  instrumental  in  the
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 1    founding of the Archdiocesan Gay and Lesbian Outreach; Father
 2    Montalbano was  a  founding  member  of  the  Catholic-Jewish
 3    Couples  Support  Group; Father Montalbano taught theology at
 4    Loyola University in Chicago; and
 5        WHEREAS, In 1995, Father Montalbano  traveled  to  Israel
 6    with  the  late  Joseph  Cardinal  Bernardin  as  director of
 7    Catholic-Jewish dialogue for the archdiocese; and
 8        WHEREAS, Father Montalbano  will  be  remembered  as  the
 9    "hallelujah   priest";   it   was  the  intention  of  Father
10    Montalbano to involve everyone in singing and  prayers,  even
11    it  was  a simple interjection of a "hallelujah" or "Amen" in
12    appropriate places; and
13        WHEREAS, Father Daniel F. Montalbano is survived  by  his
14    brother-in-law Scott Dixey, and two nieces; therefore, be it
15        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
16    NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that  we
17    mourn,  along  with his family and parishioners, the death of
18    Reverend  Daniel  F.  Montalbano  of  Resurrection   Catholic
19    Church; and be it further
20        RESOLVED,  That  suitable  copies  of  this resolution be
21    presented to the family of Reverend Daniel F. Montalbano  and
22    Resurrection Catholic Church in Chicago, Illinois.

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