[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 2, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E902]
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  IN HONOR OF REVEREND MONSIGNOR JOSEPH A. MARJANCZYK CELEBRATING HIS 
                     50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ORDINATION

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                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 2, 1995
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the 
Reverend Monsignor Joseph A. Marjanczyk on the 50th anniversary of his 
ordination. The parishioners of Our Lady of Mount Carmel will hold a 
dinner-dance in Father Marjanczyk's honor on May 6, 1995.
  Father Joseph Marjanczyk was ordained by Archbishop Thomas A. Walsh 
of Newark on May 5, 1945. Prior to his ordination, Father Marjanczjk 
was a seminarian at the Immaculate Conception Seminary. While at the 
seminary, he compiled and edited four volumes of Sacred Scripture 
handbooks and authored a comprehensive history of ``Christianity in 
Poland.''
  Father Joseph Marjanczyk was first assigned to the Polish parish of 
St. Valentine in Bloomfield, NJ. He served as chaplain to the 
Bloomfield Police Department and was Faithful Friar of Fr. Isaac Jogues 
Fourth Degree Assembly of Knights of Columbus Council 1178. Father 
Marjanczyk was on the archdiocesan Continuing Education of Priests 
Committee and also served for 12 years as an adjunct professor of 
Polish language at Seton Hall University.
  He was later named to the Board of Trustees Seton Hall and at the 
Immaculate Conception Seminary.
  Pope John Paul II named Father Marjanczyk a Prelate of Honor to His 
Holiness and bestowed upon him the title of Monsignor on May 29, 1979. 
Despite all his responsibilities Father Marjanczyk found time to serve 
outside of his jurisdiction as trustee of the City of Elizabeth Board 
of Education. On May 19, 1988, Pope John Paul II proclaimed Monsignor 
Marjanczyk a Protonotary Apostolic, and on January, 1991 Archbishop 
McCarrick of Newark appointed him as Vicar Episcopal of South Hudson 
County.
  Father Joseph Marjanczyk was vested with the Knight of the Order of 
Polonia Restituta by the Polish Government-in-Exile, London England. He 
was decorated with the Gold Insignia of the Order of Merit by the 
Republic of Poland. The Paderewski Memorial Committee Bayonne Chapter 
honored him with the Paderewski Memorial Silver medal on his name day, 
March 19, 1994.
  Father Marjanczk is a man dedicated to helping and serving the 
people. He has devoted his life to serving God and to help all those 
that are in need. Again, I congratulate Father Marjanczyk on the 50th 
anniversary of his ordination. May all his kindness and generosity be 
rewarded in the years to come.


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