File #: 19-4244    Version: 1 Name: HONORING FR. WOJCIECH ARTUR MARAT
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 6/21/2019 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 6/26/2019 Final action: 6/26/2019
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING FR. WOJCIECH ARTUR MARAT WHEREAS, on Sunday, June 30, 2019, a special Mass will be celebrated at St. Barbara Church, and WHEREAS, among the many blessings for which the parishioners of St. Barbara will offer thanks on that day is that God has blessed them and sent to them His grace through the good works and benevolence of Father Wojciech Artur Marat, Pastor of St. Barbara Church, and WHEREAS, Father Marat was born and raised in Bialystock, Poland, and WHEREAS, Father Marat was ordained on June 16, 1988, and WHEREAS, Father Marat served as a chaplain to the Bialystock associations of Catholic doctors from 1998-2000 and lawyers as adjutant judicial vicar and judge of the metropolitan tribunal from 2000 - 2002, and WHEREAS, Father Marat served as defender of the bond for the metropolitan tribunal from 2003-2006, 2012- present and as a judge on the metropolitan tribunal from 2006-2011 in the Archdiocese of Chicago, and WHEREAS, Father Marat hold...
Sponsors: JOHN P. DALEY, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), ALMA E. ANAYA, LUIS ARROYO JR, SCOTT R. BRITTON, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, BRANDON JOHNSON, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

HONORING FR. WOJCIECH ARTUR MARAT

WHEREAS, on Sunday, June 30, 2019, a special Mass will be celebrated at St. Barbara Church, and

WHEREAS, among the many blessings for which the parishioners of St. Barbara will offer thanks on that day is that God has blessed them and sent to them His grace through the good works and benevolence of Father Wojciech Artur Marat, Pastor of St. Barbara Church, and

WHEREAS, Father Marat was born and raised in Bialystock, Poland, and

WHEREAS, Father Marat was ordained on June 16, 1988, and

WHEREAS, Father Marat served as a chaplain to the Bialystock associations of Catholic doctors from 1998-2000 and lawyers as adjutant judicial vicar and judge of the metropolitan tribunal from 2000 - 2002, and

WHEREAS, Father Marat served as defender of the bond for the metropolitan tribunal from 2003-2006, 2012- present and as a judge on the metropolitan tribunal from 2006-2011 in the Archdiocese of Chicago, and

WHEREAS, Father Marat holds degrees in canon law from the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin and is a member of the canon law societies of both the United States and Poland, and

WHEREAS, Father Marat has served as associate pastor of St. Richard, St. John Fisher and St. Thecla before receiving his his assignment at St. Barbara Parish in September of 2013, and

WHEREAS, in recognition of his outstanding service to the parishioners of St. Barbara Parish, the parishioners of St. Barbara Catholic Church will gather in a celebratory farewell Mass on June 30, 2019, now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Commissioners of Cook County that the Board does hereby extend its congratulations to Father Wojciech Artur Marat for this special recognition, and extends its gratitude on behalf of the community for his outstanding service over the years, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this text be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body, and an official copy of same be presented to ...

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