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92_HR0996

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  are honored to recognize milestone events in
 4    the lives of the citizens of the State of Illinois; and

 5        WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Father  George
 6    Mauck,  pastor  of  St.  Mary's  Parish  in Carlyle, recently
 7    celebrated the 25th anniversary of his ordination as a priest
 8    surrounded by his family, friends, and  fellow  parishioners;
 9    and

10        WHEREAS,  Father Mauck was born on July 6, 1950 to Walter
11    and Aurelia Mauck, Sr., in McLeansboro, Illinois; he  is  the
12    brother of Carl Mauck and Walter Mauck, Jr.; and

13        WHEREAS,  Father Mauck was ordained a transitional deacon
14    on May 4, 1976  in  Collegeville,  Minnesota;  following  his
15    diaconate ordination, he served at St. Martin of Tours Parish
16    in Washington Park, Illinois; and

17        WHEREAS,  On  May  28,  1977,  Father  George  Mauck  was
18    ordained a priest, along with Father Tom Stout and Father Tom
19    Miller,   for  the  Diocese  of  Belleville  at  St.  Peter's
20    Cathedral by Bishop William Cosgrove; and

21        WHEREAS, Following  his  ordination  to  the  priesthood,
22    Father  Mauck served as a religion teacher, an administrator,
23    and a basketball coach at Assumption High School in East  St.
24    Louis;  in  addition, he served Holy Family Parish in Cahokia
25    from 1977 to 1978, St. Regis Parish in East  St.  Louis  from
26    1978  to  1983,  and Sacred Heart Parish in Dupo from 1983 to
27    1986; in 1986 he was named pastor of St. Joseph  parishes  in
28    Olney  and  Stringtown,  where  he served until 1994; he then
29    attended the  fall  session  of  The  Center  for  Continuing
30    Formation in Ministry at Notre Dame University in South Bend,
31    Indiana; and
 
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 1        WHEREAS,  Father  Mauck  has served as pastor of St. Mary
 2    Parish in Carlyle since December 16, 1994; and

 3        WHEREAS, Father Mauck is  widely  admired  and  respected
 4    despite his association with Harold Monken and Kurt Granberg,
 5    the sponsor of this resolution; and

 6        WHEREAS,  Father  Mauck  is  the  "svelte" version of his
 7    brother Carl; therefore, be it

 8        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 9    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10    we congratulate Father George Mauck on the celebration of his
11    25th anniversary of ordination as a priest; and be it further

12        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
13    presented to Father George Mauck  as  an  expression  of  our
14    esteem.

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