Bill Text: IL HR0952 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates Rev. Fr. John A. Jamnicky on the occasion of his 40th anniversary in the priesthood.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-19 - Resolution Adopted [HR0952 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HR0952-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives are pleased to congratulate Rev. Fr. John A.
Jamnicky on the occasion of his 40th anniversary in the
priesthood; and
WHEREAS, Fr. John Jamnicky was born on the southeast side
of Chicago in 1945; he was educated in the Chicago Catholic
school system and attended St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in
Mundelein; and
WHEREAS, Fr. John Jamnicky was ordained a priest of the
Archdiocese of Chicago in 1972; he served as pastor of St.
Martin Church and School, an inner-city parish on Chicago's
south side, for 10 years; from 1982 to 2000, he served as the
senior Catholic airport chaplain in the United States and
administrator and Catholic chaplain of the O'Hare Airport at
Chicago O'Hare International Airport; and
WHEREAS, In 2006, Fr. Jamnicky became the founding pastor
of the newest Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Chicago,
St. Raphael the Archangel in Old Mill Creek; he celebrated his
first Mass at St. Raphael the Archangel on September 1, 2007;
and

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WHEREAS, During his career, Fr. John Jamnicky has been
involved in chaplaincy programs at San Quentin Prison in
California and Cook County Jail in Chicago; he has spent time
as a chaplain at the Department of Psychiatry of Rush
Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago and the North
Chicago Veterans Administration Hospital; he served as
president of the International Association of Civil Aviation
Chaplains; he was the president of the National Catholic
Conference of Airport Chaplains from 1986 to 1996; he also
served as a chaplain in the Illinois Air National Guard and the
United States Air Force from 1984 to 1989; in January of 1995,
he earned his Certified Airport Chaplain certificate from the
United States Catholic Conference; he also serves as a chaplain
and board member for several agencies and organizations,
including the Antioch Fire Department, Waukegan Regional
Airport, the Port of Waukegan, Maritime Ministries of Lake
County, the Slovak American Charitable Association, and
WSFI-88.5 FM Catholic Radio; and
WHEREAS, Fr. John Jamnicky served as a Certified Field
Education Supervisor for St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, the
Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and the Garret
Evangelical United Methodist Seminary in Evanston; from 2001 to
2006, he served as Coordinator for Human Mobility Apostolates
and the National Director of the Apostleship of the Sea at the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in the Office for

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the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees; and
WHEREAS, Fr. John Jamnicky has appeared in several
newspaper articles and radio and television programs,
including "20/20" and the "Phil Donahue Show"; he has appeared
in an article in The Smithsonian Institute's Air and Space
magazine; he has published articles in American Airlines'
magazine American Way; in 1997, his book, "Ministry of the
Moment: A Manual for Developing an Airport Chaplaincy Program"
was published through the United States Conference Publishing
Services in Washington, D.C.; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we congratulate Rev. Fr. John A. Jamnicky on the occasion of
his 40th anniversary in the priesthood and wish him continued
success and happiness in the future; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to Fr. John Jamnicky as a symbol of our esteem and
respect.