[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 28 (Monday, March 16, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E377-E378]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 SWINGLE AWARD GIVEN TO BRIAN F. KELLY

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 16, 1998

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Brian F. 
Kelly, a community leader from my district in Pennsylvania. The Greater 
Pittston Friendly Sons of St. Patrick will bestow the W. Francis 
Swingle ``Irishman of the Year'' award on Brian F. Kelly at their 84th 
annual St. Patrick's Day Banquet. I am honored and pleased to have been 
asked to join this tribute.
  Commander Brian F. Kelly, Chaplain, United States Navy is a priest of 
the Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Father Kelly attended St. 
Joseph's Oblate Seminary and St. Pius X Seminary. He is a 1973 graduate 
of the University of Scranton. In 1977, he earned his Masters in 
Pastoral Theology from St. John's in Boston. In 1990, the U.S. Navy 
assigned him to post-graduate study at the University of San Diego, 
where he earned a masters in Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling. In

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1996, he earned his Ph.D in Pastoral Psychology.
  Father Kelly was ordained to the priesthood in St. Peter's Cathedral 
on May 7, 1977. Father Kelly has served in the diocese as a Chaplain at 
Mercy Hospital, an Assistant Pastor at Williamsport's Annunciation 
Church, and a Chaplain in Williamsport's Divine Providence Hospital.
  Father Kelly was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Chaplain Corps of 
the United States Navy on August 3, 1984.
  Among other assignments, Father Kelly has been stationed at Parris 
Island, South Carolina; the U.S.S. Midway in Yokusuk, Japan; the Marine 
First Force Service Support Group at Camp Pendleton; the Marine Air 
Ground Task Force in Honduras; and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit 
in the Mediterranean Theater. He is presently assigned to Headquarters 
and Support Battalion of the Marine Corps Base at Camp Pendleton in 
California.
  Mr. Speaker, despite his travels, Father Kelly has always been rooted 
in Northeastern Pennsylvania. I join the Greater Pittston Friendly Sons 
of St. Patrick in honoring this distinguished and accomplished man and 
I send my best wishes for another successful St. Patrick's day event.

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