[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 8690]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO FATHER JOHN D. DEATRICK

 Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, today I would like to take the 
opportunity to honor an outstanding member of the Catholic church, 
Father John D. Deatrick, the pastor at St. Martha in Louisville, KY.
  Father Deatrick is retiring June 13, 2004 upon reaching the mandatory 
retirement age of the Catholic church. He has been an ordained priest 
for 38 years. Throughout his years as a pastor, Father Deatrick served 
as chaplain at St. Xavier High School as well as Bellermine University 
where he also served as the Bellermine Knights baseball coach. He has 
remained a steadfast baseball fan throughout the years and attends the 
National spring training camp in Florida when he gets the opportunity.
  Father Deatrick has been the pastor at St. Martha for 11 years. He 
will be greatly missed by the members of his congregation. I join all 
Kentuckians in commending Father Deatrick for his faithfulness and 
dedication to the Catholic church for the past 38 years. I wish him 
well in his retirement.

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