PRINTER'S NO. 1786
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
345
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY RYAN, BARRAR, BIZZARRO, CAUSER, D. COSTA, DAVIS,
DeLUCA, DIAMOND, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DRISCOLL, DUSH,
FRITZ, GREINER, HEFFLEY, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, JAMES,
KAVULICH, KNOWLES, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, MILLARD, NEILSON,
PASHINSKI, QUIGLEY, READSHAW, REESE, SAINATO, SANKEY, SAYLOR,
SCHEMEL, SNYDER, SONNEY, STAATS, TOOHIL, WHEELAND AND WARD,
MAY 22, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 22, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Celebrating the life of Cardinal William H. Keeler in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, William H. Keeler was born in San Antonio, Texas, on
March 4, 1931, to Thomas L. Keeler and Margaret T. (Conway)
Keeler; and
WHEREAS, William H. Keeler was raised in Lebanon, where he
attended Lebanon Catholic High School; and
WHEREAS, William H. Keeler attended St. Mary School in
Schwenksville, St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia and the
Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome; and
WHEREAS, On July 17, 1955, Father William H. Keeler was
ordained to the Catholic priesthood in the Church of the Holy
Apostles, Rome; and
WHEREAS, As a young priest, Father Keeler accompanied Bishop
George Leech of Harrisburg to Rome for the Second Vatican
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