[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 124 (Thursday, September 29, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H8515]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             INTRODUCING THE REVEREND FATHER KEVIN GORMLEY

  (Mr. SKELTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege today to introduce to my 
House colleagues our guest chaplain, Father Kevin Gormley, pastor of 
the St. Peter Catholic Church in Marshall, Missouri. Father Gormley was 
born in Ireland and studied for the priesthood at All Hallows College 
and Seminary in Dublin. Following his ordination in 1964, Father 
Gormley came to the United States. Since that time, he has spent 41 
years serving in the parishes of Central Missouri where he is widely 
known, highly respected, and very much loved. Father Gormley became an 
American citizen in 1975. In July, 2000, he became the pastor of St. 
Peter Catholic Church in Marshall, Missouri where he currently serves 
and resides.
  Father Gormley also serves as pastor of Holy Family Church, Sweet 
Springs, Missouri, and as the administrator of St. Peter School. Father 
Gormley also serves the community as a member of the Ministry of 
Alliance and as the Catholic Chaplain for the Marshall Habitation 
Center.
  I thank Chaplain Coughlin for his kind invitation to Father Gormley 
to offer the opening prayer, and would like to thank Father Gormley for 
traveling to our Nation's capital to be with us today.

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