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