City of Philadelphia - File #: 040884

• File #: 040884
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 10/7/2004
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 10/7/2004
• Title: Commending Reverend Cannon Thomas Wilson Stearly Logan, Sr. on his 65th Anniversary in the Priesthood.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Tasco, Council President Verna, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Cohen, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Clarke

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/7/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
10/7/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
10/7/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title

Commending Reverend Cannon Thomas Wilson Stearly Logan, Sr. on his 65^th Anniversary in the Priesthood.

Body

WHEREAS, Reverend Canon Thomas Wilson Stearly Logan, Sr. was born on March 19, 1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, After graduating from Central High School in Philadelphia, he received his Bachelor's of Sacred Theology from the General Theology Seminary in New York and later earned a Master of Sacred Theology from the Philadelphia Divinity School in Philadelphia, PA; and

WHEREAS, Father Logan was made a Deacon at Holy Apostle Episcopal Church in 1938 and advanced to the priesthood in 1939 at historic St. Peters Church in Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS, His calling has led him to serve many parishes and churches in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; and, he has also preached in over one hundred Episcopal Baptist and Methodist churches as an Ecumenical Pastor; and

WHEREAS, Father Logan has faithfully performed his duties of administering God's loving work to all in his community; and

WHEREAS, Father Logan is a deeply devoted and loving husband to his wife, Hermione, and is a very proud parent to his son, Thomas Wilson Stearly Logan, Jr., and five grandchildren; now therefore

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That we hereby honor and commend Reverend Thomas Wilson Stearly Logan, Sr. on the occasion of his 65^th year in the Priesthood; and

FURTHER RESOLVED, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to Reverend Thomas Wilson Stearly Logan, Sr. as a symbol of this legislative body's gratitude for his pastoral leadership at the African Episcopal Church of Saint Thomas and within the Christian community in the City of Philadelphia.

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