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SPECIAL SESSION I INTRODUCED 22208227D I SENATEOffered May 31, 2022 N Commending the Reverend Brian M.
SPECIAL SESSION I ENROLLED SENATE RESOLUTION NO.
628 E Commending the Reverend Brian M.
–––––––––– T Patron––Cosgrove R –––––––––– O WHEREAS, for 35 years, the Reverend Brian M.
N Agreed to by the Senate, June 1, 2022 R O Commonwealth as a trusted and inspirational faith leader;
Rafferty has served numerous communities in the Commonwealth as a trusted and inspirational faith leader;
andserved numerous communities in the L WHEREAS, a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Brian Rafferty graduated from Bishop Canevin L High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Allegheny College;
and D High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Allegheny College;
he continued his education at andrge Mason University, the Notre Dame Pontifical Institute, and St.
he continued his education at George Mason University, the Notre Dame Pontifical Institute, and St.
and C WHEREAS, throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Brian Rafferty served the nation as an employee of Ehe United States Food and Drug Administration;
E WHEREAS, throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Brian Rafferty served the nation as an employee of the D United States Food and Drug Administration;
and D permanent diaconate of the Diocese of Arlington;
and permanent diaconate of the Diocese of Arlington;
Agnes Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Cleveland, Ohio, during which time he also served as chaplain of Mount Sinai Hospital;
Agnes Our Lady of Hospital;
and WHEREAS, Brian Rafferty became a member of the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity andWHEREAS, Brian Rafferty was incardinated in the Diocese of Richmond in 1991 and served at St.
and in Cleveland, Ohio, during which time he also served as chaplain of Mount Sinai R WHEREAS, Brian Rafferty became a member of the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity 2 and completed his novitiate period at the Trinitarian House in Silver Spring, Maryland;
Augustine Parish while working as chaplain for the Chesterfield County Police Department and 2 Chippenham Hospital;
and E WHEREAS, Brian Rafferty was incardinated in the Diocese of Richmond in 1991 and served at St.
and 8 WHEREAS, Brian Rafferty was ordained as a priest in 1994 and pastored St.
R Chippenham Hospital;
andorking as chaplain for the Chesterfield County Police Department and WHEREAS, Brian Rafferty was ordained as a priest in 1994 and pastored St.
and WHEREAS, Brian Rafferty served as pastor of Christ the King Catholic Church in Norfolk from served as priest of St.
and to 2010, and he became the chaplain of the Norfolk Police Department in 2002;
most recently, he served as priest of St.
and WHEREAS, Brian Rafferty mentored and inspired countless young people through his long affiliation with the Boy Scouts of America, earning numerous awards and accolades for his leadership of Scouts in the Diocese of Richmond and in the Tidewater Council of the Boy Scouts of America;
and WHEREAS, Brian Rafferty mentored and inspired countless young people through his long affiliation with the Boy Scouts of America, earning numerous awards and accolades for his leadership of Scouts in be itiocese of Richmond and in the Tidewater Council of the Boy Scouts of America;
now, therefore, be it :
now, therefore, RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That the Reverend Brian M.
35 RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That the Reverend Brian M.
Rafferty hereby be commended for his legacy of service to communities throughout the Commonwealth as a spiritual leader;
Rafferty hereby be commended 37 forRESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution forder;
and, be it presentation to the Reverend Brian M.
and, be it 38 presentation to the Reverend Brian M.
Rafferty as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's admiration for his achievements.
Rafferty as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's admiration 39 for his achievements.
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