Bill Text: IL HR1562 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Father Donald Joseph Ahearn.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-01-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR1562 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR1562-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
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| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Father | ||||||
| 4 | Donald Joseph Ahearn of the Archdiocese of Chicago, who passed | ||||||
| 5 | away on January
1, 2017; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Father Ahearn was
born the youngest of five | ||||||
| 7 | children to Daniel and Helen Ahearn on March 1, 1925; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Father Ahearn was ordained a priest of the
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| 9 | Archdiocese of Chicago on May 3, 1951; his first assignment was
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| 10 | Saint Gertrude Parish in Franklin Park, where he served as the
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| 11 | assistant pastor for eight years; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, After being chaplain of Saint Patrick High School, | ||||||
| 13 | he
served at St. Barbara Parish in Brookfield for seven
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| 14 | and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Father Ahearn finally found home at Saint Juliana
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| 16 | Parish on Touhy Avenue in Chicago on August 21, 1975; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, The duties of Father Ahearn while pastor of Saint | ||||||
| 18 | Juliana Parish
included being a member of the Pastor Review | ||||||
| 19 | Board, the School
Board Advisory Committee, and then serving as | ||||||
| 20 | an Assistant Vicar for Senior
Priests; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, After serving the parish for nearly 20 years, he
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| 2 | retired on June 30, 1995; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, During his life, Father Ahearn was known for his
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| 4 | goodness, generosity, and especially his affection towards
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| 5 | people; he was quick to love and quick to befriend; therefore, | ||||||
| 6 | be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 8 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 9 | mourn the passing of Father Donald Joseph Ahearn, and extend | ||||||
| 10 | our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who | ||||||
| 11 | knew and loved him; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to the family of Father Ahearn as an expression of | ||||||
| 14 | our deepest sympathy.
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