6659-91 Honor memory of Rev R. Jenkins

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RESOLUTION NO. 6659-91 BY: Boscia, Gallagher, Gazzana, George, Graham, Roth, Smith A RESOLUTION honoring the memory of the Reverend Robert J. Jenkins, Pastor of Saint Luke Parish. WHEREAS, Father Jenkins was born in East Cleveland on September 19, 1924, the son of Elizabeth (nee Thomas) and the late Charles Jenkins and educated at St. Philomena grade school, Kirk Junior High School, Cathedral Latin High School, Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, and St. Mary Seminary in Cleveland, and ordained to the priesthood on April 29, 1950 by the Most Reverend Edward F. Hoban, Archbishop of Cleveland; and WHEREAS, in 1968 Father Jenkins arrived at St. Luke as Associate Pastor and served as Acting Pastor during the long illness of the late Monsignor Charles McBride, and was appointed Pastor in 1972; and WHEREAS, Father Jenkins was accomplished as a parish administrator who possessed a long range vision of his parish's~needs, and was noted for his strong support of the parish school; and WHEREAS, Father Jenkins gave quietly of his own money to help the neediest of the 1400 families of St. Luke parish and through his generosity no child was ever denied a St. Luke education for lack of tuition; and WHEREAS, Father Jenkins was respected as a leader by his peers who elected him to the Priest Senate of the Diocese of Cleveland; and WHEREAS, it was through Father Jenkins that a fulltime Chaplain was assigned to Lakewood Hospital to administer to the spiritual needs of patients and staff; and WHEREAS, under Father Jenkins' leadership St. Luke's ministry to the elderly developed a program to drive residents of senior citizen buildings to Sunday Mass and deliver the sacraments to shut-ins in their homes and nursing facilities; and WHEREAS, Father Jenkins was an unassuming and humble man who accomplished great things in a quiet manner for the benefit of his parish and the community without concern for personal reward; and WHEREAS, the Council, Mayor and citizens of Lakewood mourn the death of Father Jenkins and recognize that we have derived great honor by sharing citizenship with him in this community and that Lakewood will long continue to reap the rewards of his stewardship as Pastor of St. Luke Parish; now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That we honor the memory and accomplishments of Father Robert J. Jenkins and extend our deepest sympathy and condolences to his mother Elizabeth, brother C. Louis, sisters Kathleen, Ann, Rita ahd all the members of St. Luke Parish. Section 2. That the Clerk of Council authorized and directed to forward St. Luke.Parish, 1212 Bunts Road, of this Resolution be spread upon she is hereby Resolution to add that a copy etlng. Approved: MAYOR