[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 93 (Thursday, July 8, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H5333]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         INTRODUCTION OF GUEST CHAPLAIN, FATHER JOHN M. O'NEILL

  (Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Father John 
O'Neill for joining us as guest chaplain and offering this morning's 
prayer.
  Father O'Neill is the outgoing pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel 
Catholic church in Vienna, Virginia, where he has served for the past 
12 years. Father O'Neill received his undergraduate degree and master's 
degree in psychology from Catholic University of America in Washington, 
D.C. He completed his theological studies at de Sales School of 
Theology in Washington, D.C., and was ordained in June of 1973. Father 
O'Neill served as a guidance director/teacher at Bishop Ireton High 
School for 10 years and then served as the academic dean and teacher at 
Paul VI High School in Fairfax, Virginia, for 2 years.
  Under his guidance as associate pastor and pastor, Our Lady of Good 
Counsel Catholic Church enriched the spiritual lives of its 
parishioners and the community around it.
  Father O'Neill's contributions both in northern Virginia and 
throughout the Commonwealth have made him an invaluable spiritual 
leader for my constituents. As he moves on to his sabbatical in Rome, 
he will be dearly missed by all of us.
  We thank him for offering today's prayer.

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