[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 25, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H4547]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     A TRIBUTE TO FATHER JIM WILLIG

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, this morning I would like to pay a special 
tribute to a recently departed friend, Father Jim Willig, a dedicated 
and dynamic Catholic priest who was called by our Lord last month after 
a 2-year battle with cancer.
  Even while suffering from a debilitating illness, Father Willig 
continued to give to our community, sharing his memories and his 
message and inspirational book: Lessons From the School of Suffering: A 
Young Priest With Cancer Teaches Us How to Live.
  The Cincinnati Enquirer noted that even while he faced impending 
death, ``his faith remained strong and was an inspiration to others, 
like a lighthouse on a dark and storm-tossed sea.'' The Cincinnati Post 
accurately stated that ``few touched as many lives as Father Jim 
Willig.''
  Father Willig will be sorely missed in the Cincinnati community, not 
only by his parents and 10 brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews, 
but by the countless people he has touched in his ministry.
  Father Jim, your flock deeply misses you, but we know you are with 
our Lord.

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