[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1185 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1185

Congratulating Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin on his tenth year of service 
              as Chaplain of the House of Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2010

Mr. Lipinski (for himself and Mr. Fortenberry) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Congratulating Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin on his tenth year of service 
              as Chaplain of the House of Representatives.

Whereas Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin has served honorably and faithfully as 
        Chaplain of the House of Representatives since being sworn in as the 
        fifty-ninth Chaplain on March 23, 2000;
Whereas Reverend Coughlin was born on November 8, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois;
Whereas Reverend Coughlin graduated from St. Mary of the Lake University in 
        Mundelein, Illinois, becoming a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1960, 
        and from Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois, with a degree in 
        Pastoral Studies in 1968;
Whereas Reverend Coughlin was ordained for the Archdiocese of Chicago on May 3, 
        1960;
Whereas Reverend Coughlin was appointed the first Director of the Office for 
        Divine Worship for the Archdiocese of Chicago;
Whereas Reverend Coughlin spent a year-long sabbatical in residence with the 
        Trappist monks of the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, and served the 
        poor through the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, in 1984;
Whereas Reverend Coughlin served as scholar-in-residence at North American 
        College in the Vatican City in Rome, Italy;
Whereas Reverend Coughlin was pastor at St. Francis Xavier Parish in La Grange, 
        Illinois, from 1985 through 1990;
Whereas Reverend Coughlin worked as Vicar for Priests of the Archdiocese of 
        Chicago under both Joseph Cardinal Bernardin and Francis Cardinal George 
        from 1995 through 2000;
Whereas the Office of the Chaplain of the House of Representatives has continued 
        unbroken since May 1, 1789;
Whereas Reverend Coughlin is the first person of Roman Catholic faith to hold 
        the Office of Chaplain of the House of Representatives; and
Whereas Reverend Coughlin opens proceedings in the House of Representatives with 
        prayer, and additionally provides pastoral counseling and arranges 
        memorial services for the House and its staff: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives congratulates Reverend 
Daniel P. Coughlin on his tenth year of faithful service as Chaplain of 
the House of Representatives.
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