[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 8552]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  WELCOMING REVEREND JOSEPH V. BRENNAN

  (Mrs. NAPOLITANO asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay homage and recognize our 
guest chaplain today, a gentleman who has been our pastor in our church 
for the last 12 years.
  He was born in the San Fernando Valley in California on March 20, 
1954, the ninth out of 10 children to Roger and Helen Brennan of Van 
Nuys. He was born again through Sacrament of Baptism on April 18, 1954, 
celebrating this year 50 years as a Catholic.
  This June 21 he will be celebrating his 24 years as a priest. He 
graduated from St. John's Seminary College in 1976. He was ordained as 
a priest from St. John's Seminary Theologate in 1980 and is a priest in 
good standing with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He served with 
Cardinal Roger Mahony at the old Cathedral Church of St. Vibiana for 5 
years.
  His current assignment, we are sorry to see him go because he has 
brought our parish together and is adored by all of the children of the 
school and those that go to our church, will be assigned as pastor of 
Holy Trinity Church in San Pedro on July 1. We are very happy he was 
able to spend some time with us today and offer the blessings to the 
House.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank you very much for allowing Father Brennan to 
give the morning prayer, and I thank Father Brennan for the ability to 
be here and our resident chaplain for allowing him to be here.

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