[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 123 (Friday, August 12, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1517-E1518]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       IN HONOR OF FATHER GHEZZI

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                           HON. LOU BARLETTA

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, August 12, 2011

  Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to recognize the service 
that Father Richard G. Ghezzi has provided to the Catholic Church 
throughout his 25 years in the Roman Catholic priesthood. Father Ghezzi 
has dedicated his life to the mission of the Catholic Church and, 
through the execution of those ideals, has benefitted Northeastern 
Pennsylvania in numerous ways.
  After graduating from Pennsylvania State University and working for 
his family business, Richard Ghezzi received his calling to join the 
priesthood. In 1978, he began preparations and earned his Masters in 
Divinity from Mary Immaculate Seminary. He was ordained on August 30, 
1986 and began his work in the Catholic Church in Northeastern 
Pennsylvania. Throughout his service, Father Ghezzi has supported the 
parishioners of Our Lady of Grace parish in Hazleton, Sacred Heart of 
Jesus parish in Peckville, St. Thomas Aquinas parish in Archbald, St. 
Ann parish in Bentley Creek, St. Joseph parish in St. Joseph, and

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St. Ann parish in Tobyhanna. Currently, Father Ghezzi is serving as 
chaplain of the Little Flower Manor Nursing Home and St. Therese 
Residence in Wilkes-Barre.
  Mr. Speaker, I commend the vital role this true leader has taken on 
shaping the religious landscape of so many communities. Father Ghezzi 
has humbly served for twenty-five years, throughout which he has 
certainly touched many lives and left a lasting impact on the parish's 
he has helped to build.

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