[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 5, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1772]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               IN RECOGNITION OF FATHER DANIEL G. CAHILL

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                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 5, 2011

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Reverend 
Daniel G. Cahill. On September 17, 2011, Father Dan will be recognized 
as Festival Chieftain at the Irish Festival at the Jersey Shore in Sea 
Girt, New Jersey. Father Dan continues to provide outstanding spiritual 
guidance for the members of the Monmouth County community. His 
exceptional service is highly deserving of this body's recognition.
  Father Dan, fondly referred to as ``Donnie'' by his family and peers, 
was the third of six children raised on a small farm in the village of 
Gortdarrig, County Kerry in Ireland. At the age of thirteen, Father Dan 
was enrolled at St. Brendan's Seminary in Killarney, Ireland. His 
attendance at this prestigious institution later influenced his future 
decision to become a priest. Upon graduation from St. Brendan's, Father 
Dan entered All Hallows Seminary College in Dublin, Ireland, an 
organization recognized for preparing men to serve as missionary 
priests in foreign countries. During his time in the Seminary, Father 
Dan also spent a summer abroad working in various New Jersey parishes 
alongside the late Father Thomas O'Connor, former Pastor of St. Robert 
Bellermine in Freehold, New Jersey. His positive experience serving in 
New Jersey later influenced his decision to accept a position as a 
recruit from the Diocese of Trenton. Father Dan was ordained on June 
17, 1973 at the age of twenty-four. He served for many years in the 
parishes of St. Anthony of Padua in Hightstown, New Jersey and St. 
Anthony in Trenton, New Jersey. In 1989 he became the Pastor of St. 
Ann's Church in Browns Mills, New Jersey. Father Dan currently presides 
as Pastor of the Church of St. Ann in Keansburg, New Jersey and has 
held this position since 1995.
  In addition to his work with the ministry, Father Dan provides 
spiritual guidance to various Christian organizations, specifically the 
Ancient Order of Hibemians (AOH). He served as the New Jersey State AOH 
Chaplain for nineteen years during which time his outstanding spiritual 
leadership assisted the organization in fulfill their motto of 
Friendship, Unity and Christian Charity. He continues to serve as the 
Chaplain for the Ancient Order of Hibemians Pat Torphy Division--
Monmouth 2, located in Middletown, New Jersey, and hosts an annual mass 
in recognition of those lost during the Great Hunger. Father Dan also 
serves as the Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus Vincent T. Lombardi 
Council.
  Mr. Speaker, once again, please join me in congratulating Father 
Daniel Cahill for receiving the esteemed title of Festival Chieftain at 
the Irish Festival at the Jersey Shore. His extraordinary spiritual 
leadership continues to guide Monmouth County Bayshore community, my 
district, and the State of New Jersey.

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