RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Father Jose Maria Garcia-Maldonado was born in Mexico on March 24th, 1979, in the town of Los Altos de Jalisco Region, of San Julian to parents Jose Maria Garcia and Angelica; and
WHEREAS, Father Maldonado is the fifth child in a family of nine, five sisters and three brothers; and
WHEREAS, Father Jose Maria Garcia-Maldonado studied at the Seminary of San Juan de Los Lagos, Jalisco Mexico where he completed three years of Philosophy, then came to Chicago; and
WHEREAS, In 2001 Father Jose Maria Garcia-Maldonado and attended Mundelein Seminary to study four years of Theology; and
WHEREAS, Father Jose Maria Garcia-Maldonado was ordained a Priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago on May 17th of 2008 by Cardinal Francis George; and
WHEREAS, Father Jose Maria Garcia-Maldonado's first assignment was St. Silvester Parish where he served for two years and then was assigned to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe for one year; and
WHEREAS, Father Jose Maria Garcia-Maldonado was assigned to Good Shepherd Parish in Little Village on January 1, 2012, where he was the Pastor for 10 years; and
WHEREAS, Father Jose Maria Garcia-Maldonado was assigned on July 1, 2021, to serve as Pastor of San Jose Sanchez del Rio Parish consisting of the Churches of St. Francis in the Community of West Humboldt Park, Maternity BVM in the Community of Humboldt Park and St. Philomena in the Community of Hermosa; and
WHEREAS, Father Jose Maria Garcia-Maldonado has shown his personal and spiritual commitment to the Lord and his leadership and guidance to the Parishioners of St. Jose Sanchez Del Rio Parish as the first Hispanic to be installed by Bishop Robert Lombardo as Pastor; and
WHEREAS, In celebration of this event we declare Saturday August 6, 2022t to be St. Jose Sanchez Del Rio Day; and
WHEREAS, Father Marco Antonio Luna-Franco was born in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico on June 7, 1990, to parents Angel Franco and Felicitas Luna and is the third of four boys where they li...
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