[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 18, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1554]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO FATHER FRANCIS HUND

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                           HON. DENNIS MOORE

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 18, 2007

  Mr. MOORE of Kansas. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Father Francis Hund, who celebrates his 25th anniversary in the 
priesthood this Sunday, July 22nd.
  Born July 31, 1956 in Paxico, KS, he was the oldest of Wilfred and 
Margaret Hund's eight children. He graduated from Paxico High School in 
1974 and received a bachelor's degree from Benedictine College in 
Atchison, KS, in 1978, where he majored in music with a focus on organ. 
Although he had considered a vocation to the priesthood, he hadn't 
shared his thoughts with his parents; they thought he would be a music 
teacher until they read his career choice printed in his senior organ 
recital program!
  He was selected to do his seminary studies in Rome at the North 
American College and was ordained to the priesthood at his home parish 
in Paxico in 1982. He served as associate pastor at four Shawnee 
Mission, KS, parishes: Queen of the Holy Rosary, Cure of Ars, St. 
Joseph; and Holy Trinity, before entering a graduate program in 
liturgical studies at St. John's University in Collegeville, MN. 
Returning in 1990 he served three rural parishes at Burlington, Waverly 
and Westphalia, KS, and was campus minister at Washburn in Topeka.
  In 1992, Fr. Francis was appointed pastor of St. Theresa's in Perry, 
KS, and also St. Aloysius in Meriden, KS in 1993. In addition to 
pastoring those two parishes, he was appointed Director of the 
Archdiocesan Office of Liturgy and Worship, a position he held for 9 
years prior to his appointment as pastor to Good Shepherd Catholic 
Church in Shawnee, KS, in 2001. He currently serves this parish of 
1,700 families as well as being chairman of the Johnson County Regional 
Priests and a member of the archdiocesan Priests Personnel Board.
  His family currently includes his mother, 2 brothers, 5 sisters, in-
laws and 24 nieces and nephews. Madam Speaker, I know that all Members 
of the House of Representatives join with me in paying tribute to this 
dedicated servant of God upon the 25th anniversary of his entering the 
priesthood.

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