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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2009

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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING REVEREND MONSIGNOR RICHARD D. SHEAHAN ON BEING

NAMED "CHAPLAIN TO HIS HOLINESS"

     Introduced By: Representative Michael J. Marcello

     Date Introduced: March 26, 2009

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, At the request of Bishop Tobin of the Roman Catholic Diocese of

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Providence, Reverend Monsignor Richard D. Sheahan was named “Chaplain to His Holiness” by

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Pope Benedict XVI; and

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     WHEREAS, Reverend Monsignor Sheahan was born on February 22nd of 1944, and was

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ordained to the priesthood on June 28th of 1969; and

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     WHEREAS, Upon his assignment as an Associate Pastor at St. James Parish in West

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Warwick, Father Sheahan also served as Director of Religious Education for the Pawtuxet Valley

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area; and

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     WHEREAS, In 1972, Father Sheahan was chosen to serve as the Director of Admissions

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for Our Lady of Providence Seminary College, and in 1974, he served the Diocese as the Director

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of Vocations; and

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     WHEREAS, Father Sheahan was named Pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish in 1980, and

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in 1986, he was appointed Pastor of Our Lady of Mercy Parish in East Greenwich; and

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     WHEREAS, In 1992, Father Sheahan became Pastor of Holy Apostles Parish in

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Cranston. In that capacity he not only sees to the spiritual needs of his parishioners, but has also

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greatly enhanced the parish’s facilities over the years; and

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     WHEREAS, In addition to providing for the spiritual needs of his parishioners, Father

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Sheahan has also proven to be a dynamic individual within the diocesan family. He has served on

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budget advisory committees and on the Diocesan Finance Council; and

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     WHEREAS, Father Sheahan has spent most of his life in devout service to God. Through

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that unification, he has served and blessed the faithful, enriched the spiritual lives of many Rhode

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Islanders, and earned our utmost respect and admiration for his achievements; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

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Providence Plantations is hereby pleased to honor and congratulate Reverend Monsignor Sheahan

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on being named "Chaplain to His Holiness." May he have good health and many more years of

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benevolent service to his fellow man; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Reverend Monsignor Richard D. Sheahan.

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