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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Father Michael | ||||||
| 4 | Goergen on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his | ||||||
| 5 | ordination as a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Fr. Michael Goergen was born on June 16, 1936; his | ||||||
| 7 | parents are Virginia (Rogers) and Michael A. Goergen; he has 7 | ||||||
| 8 | siblings, Rosanne, Robert, Chuck (deceased), Tim, Georgine, | ||||||
| 9 | Troy, and Joel (deceased); and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, At an early age, Fr. Michael Goergen heard "God's | ||||||
| 11 | Call"; for 18 years, he attended the St. John Bosco parish; Fr. | ||||||
| 12 | Don Cunningham, his parish priest at St. John Bosco, made a | ||||||
| 13 | deal with him to enter Quigley High School for his freshman | ||||||
| 14 | year and to transfer out if it "didn't fit"; Fr. Goergen chose | ||||||
| 15 | to stay at Quigley; during his 5th year at Quigley, he and his | ||||||
| 16 | family moved to LaGrange Highland, where he remained until he | ||||||
| 17 | was ordained; the family subsequently settled in Darien; after | ||||||
| 18 | graduation, he entered St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein; while | ||||||
| 19 | in seminary, he was employed at R.R. Donnelly in the bindery; | ||||||
| 20 | and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Fr. Michael Goergen was ordained as a priest on | ||||||
| 22 | April 28, 1962; his first appointment after ordination was at | ||||||
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| 1 | St. Eulalia in Maywood, where he became an avid handball | ||||||
| 2 | player; during this time, he was a member of the firefighter | ||||||
| 3 | engine no. 42 and 60 handball teams; during the 1960s, his team | ||||||
| 4 | took 1st place at the Mercy Boys Home handball tournament 3 | ||||||
| 5 | times; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, After his tenure at St. Eulalia, Fr. Michael | ||||||
| 7 | Goergen was transferred to Queen of Saints, where he served for | ||||||
| 8 | 7 years; he subsequently served at Queen of the Universe for 6 | ||||||
| 9 | years and at St. Cristina's for 2 years; in 1982, he became | ||||||
| 10 | Pastor of the congregation at St. Nicholas of Tolentine; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, After taking a 6 month sabbatical to Notre Dame in | ||||||
| 12 | 1994, Fr. Michael Goergen began serving at St. Robert | ||||||
| 13 | Bellarmine, which became his new home for the next 12 years; in | ||||||
| 14 | 2006, he retired to St. Bartholomew, where he continued his | ||||||
| 15 | work of visiting children, comforting the sick, praying with | ||||||
| 16 | the families who have lost a loved one, celebrating a wedding, | ||||||
| 17 | anniversary, or baptism, using his woodworking skills on wood | ||||||
| 18 | found around the rectory, or pulling weeds on the parish | ||||||
| 19 | campus; and | ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, Fr. Michael Goergen enjoys golfing, vacationing | ||||||
| 21 | in Door County in Wisconsin, and spending time with his nieces | ||||||
| 22 | and nephew; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Fr. Michael Goergen serves as a model of hard | ||||||
| 2 | work, integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | ||||||
| 3 | Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 5 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 6 | we congratulate Father Michael Goergen on the occasion of the | ||||||
| 7 | 50th anniversary of his ordination as a priest of the | ||||||
| 8 | Archdiocese of Chicago; and be it further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 10 | presented to Fr. Michael Goergen as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 11 | respect.
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