LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION mourning the death of Reverend Monsignor Lawrence
E. Giblin, distinguished citizen and devoted member of his community

WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to pay tribute to
citizens of the State of New York whose lifework and civic endeavor
served to enhance the quality of life in their communities and the great
State of New York; and
WHEREAS, Reverend Monsignor Lawrence E. Giblin died on Saturday,
September 26, 2009 at the age of 91; and
WHEREAS, Monsignor Giblin, a retired Priest of the Diocese of Syra-
cuse, graduated from St. Patrick's Academy; he was a 1935 graduate of
Niagara University and St. Bernard's Seminary, and studied at Catholic
University in Washington, D.C.; and
WHEREAS, Monsignor Giblin was ordained a Priest of the Diocese of
Syracuse on June 3, 1944, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception;
he served as assistant at St. John's Church in Utica from 1944-1951, and
served as assistant pastor at St. Patrick's Church in Binghamton until
1962; and
WHEREAS, Monsignor Giblin became the founding principal of Catholic
Central High School in Binghamton in 1962, where he served until 1966;
in 1965, he became the founding pastor at St. Vincent de Paul Church in
Vestal, where he remained until his retirement in 1991; and
WHEREAS, On July 7, 1973, Lawrence Giblin was elevated to the position
of Monsignor by Pope Paul VI; during the 1950s, Monsignor Giblin, his
family and friends built a summer cottage at Quaker Lake where he spent
many happy days; and
WHEREAS, Monsignor Giblin's commitment to excellence, and his spirit
of humanity, carried over into all fields of enterprise, including char-
itable and civic endeavors; and
WHEREAS, Monsignor Lawrence Giblin is survived by his nieces and neph-
ews, Thomas, Ellen, Ann, Gary, John, Sue, Joanne, Ronald, Daniel, Sue,
Martin, and Laura, a sister-in-law, Mary Ellen, several great-nieces and
nephews and many cousins in the Giblin and Keenan Families, along with
his brother Priests at the Retirement Residence; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
mourn the death of Reverend Monsignor Lawrence E. Giblin, distinguished
citizen and devoted member of his community; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the family of Reverend Monsignor Lawrence E. Giblin.