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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of the Reverend Patrick J. O'Malley, who
4passed away on July 5, 2013; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Father O'Malley was born in Chicago on April 27,
61932, to Patrick and Mary O'Malley; he attended several
7Catholic elementary schools before graduating from Our Lady
8Help of Christians School; he was a graduate of Quigley
9Preparatory Seminary and the University of Saint Mary of the
10Lake-Mundelein Seminary, where he earned his Licentiate of
11Sacred Theology in Religion; he was ordained by Cardinal
12Stritch on May 3, 1957; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Father O'Malley began serving as Assistant
14Superintendent at Maryville Academy in Des Plaines in 1957;
15from 1962 to 1968, he was the Assistant Pastor at Saint
16Sebastian and the Assistant Pastor and Administrator at Saint
17Jarlath; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Father O'Malley always showed interest in
19supporting priests and seminarians; he was one of the founders
20of the Association of Chicago Priests, and, in June 1968, he
21was elected the first President of the National Federation of
22Priests' Councils; he received the John XXIII Award from the

 

 

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1Association of Chicago Priests in recognition of his leadership
2and was instrumental in developing "team ministry" within the
3Archdiocese; in 1970, he began to serve as a part-time member
4of the Priests Personnel Board; he also served on the Pastor's
5Review Board and as an Archdiocesan Consultor; he wrote
6"Perspectives on the Scriptures", a regular feature in the
7Archdiocese's newspaper, "Catholic New World"; and
 
8    WHEREAS, In 1981, Father O'Malley was named pastor of Saint
9Celestine Parish in Elmwood Park and served in that capacity
10until 1991; he then began a 6-year stint as the Vicar for
11Priests; he joined the faculty of the University of Saint Mary
12of the Lake-Mundelein Seminary in 1997 as a Spiritual Director
13for seminarians; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Father O'Malley is the beloved son of the late
15Patrick and Mary O'Malley; the loving brother of John (Pat),
16Gerald (Peg), the late Marion (Tom) O'Donnell, and the late Tom
17(the late Ann) O'Malley; the fond nephew of the late Sister
18Catherine Heraty (Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary); the
19cherished uncle to 20 nieces and nephews; and the great-uncle
20of 56; therefore, be it
 
21    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
22ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
23the Reverend Patrick J. O'Malley, and extend our sincere

 

 

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1condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
2him; and be it further
 
3    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4presented to the family of Father O'Malley as an expression of
5our deepest sympathy.