[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 61 (Wednesday, May 17, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E752]
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 RECOGNIZING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORDINATION OF THE REVEREND JOHN T. 
                                 KIELB

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                           HON. RUSH D. HOLT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 17, 2000

  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Reverend John T. 
Kielb, pastor of the Church of the Precious Blood in Monmouth Beach, on 
the 25th Anniversary of his ordination.
  Father Kielb is a native of Bayonne, New Jersey, where the seeds of 
his vocation were sown as an Altar server at Mt. Carmel Roman Catholic 
Church.
  Father Kielb began his journey at Seton Hall University's Divinity 
Program, where he remained for two years until he was assigned by the 
Diocese of Trenton to serve his remaining two years at St. Vincent's 
Seminary.
  He graduated in 1974 with a Masters of Divinity Degree and was 
ordained a Deacon later that year. He spent the following year working 
in a Pennsylvania parish. On May 17, 1975, Father Kielb was ordained a 
Priest at St. Mary's Cathedral in Trenton.
  Father Kielb's first assignment was to the Sacred Heart Church of 
South Amboy. Subsequently, he was assigned to St. Robert Ballarmine, in 
Freehold; St. Gabriels, in Marlboro; and Our Lady of Sorrows, in 
Mercerville. On September 1, 1989, he was named the pastor at the 
Church of the Precious Blood in Monmouth Beach, where he has served 
ever since.
  Father Kielb is a great asset to Central New Jersey. I urge all my 
colleagues to join me today in recognizing Father Kielb and his 
accomplishments.

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