Full Text of HR1370 95th General Assembly
HR1370 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Father Edwin | 4 |
| Pacocha on the occasion of his retirement from St. Cornelius | 5 |
| Parish after 22 years of dedicated service; and
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| WHEREAS, Father Edwin Pacocha was born on February 16, 1936 | 7 |
| in Chicago to Walter and Berniece; he was baptized at St. | 8 |
| Helen's and received Holy Communion at St. John Berchman; and
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| WHEREAS, Father Edwin Pacocha attended grade school at St. | 10 |
| John Berchman and attended high school at Quigley; he attended | 11 |
| seminary for 7 years at St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein | 12 |
| before becoming ordained as a priest on April 28, 1962; and
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| WHEREAS, Father Edwin Pacocha has had a long and | 14 |
| distinguished tenure in the clergy; he served as an Associate | 15 |
| at St. Priscilla from July of 1962 until June of 1967, when he | 16 |
| became an Associate at St. Mary of Czestochowa in Cicero, | 17 |
| serving there until June of 1969; he went on to serve as an | 18 |
| Associate at St. Mary in Buffalo Grove from June of 1969 until | 19 |
| June of 1976, when he relocated to St. John Baptist Vianny in | 20 |
| Northlake, serving there until June of 1982; after his tenure | 21 |
| at St. John, he became an Associate at St. Paul of the Cross in | 22 |
| Park Ridge, serving there until January of 1986; and
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| WHEREAS, In January of 1986, Father Edwin Pacocha was | 2 |
| installed as the fifth Pastor of St. Cornelius Parish, where he | 3 |
| remained until his retirement; as Pastor, he has dedicated 22 | 4 |
| years to the support, spiritual care, and nurturing of the St. | 5 |
| Cornelius Parish and School communities; and
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| WHEREAS, Father Edwin Pacocha enjoys doing mechanical | 7 |
| work, particularly on cars, as well as fishing and gardening; | 8 |
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| WHEREAS, Father Edwin Pacocha serves as a model of hard | 10 |
| work, integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 11 |
| Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| congratulate Father Edwin Pacocha on the occasion of his | 15 |
| retirement and wish him continued success and happiness in the | 16 |
| future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to Father Edwin Pacocha as a symbol of our esteem and | 19 |
| respect.
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