PRINTER'S NO. 2338
No. 262 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY LaGROTTA, ITKIN, VEON, RIEGER, COY, M. COHEN,
BELARDI, BLAUM, DONATUCCI, TRAVAGLIO, GIGLIOTTI, STURLA,
TRUE, MUNDY, CORRIGAN, ZUG, HORSEY, DeLUCA, FLICK, SEYFERT,
LAUGHLIN, ROONEY, SATHER, BEBKO-JONES, MELIO, MILLER, TRELLO,
McNAUGHTON, RAMOS, CURRY, COWELL, ARGALL, FICHTER, MASLAND,
DENT, CAPPABIANCA, LYNCH, BROWN, HANNA, JAROLIN, READSHAW,
SERAFINI, KENNEY, ARMSTRONG, RUBLEY, WAUGH, YOUNGBLOOD,
HASAY, ROBINSON, B. SMITH, TANGRETTI, GRUITZA, DALLY,
C. WILLIAMS, FEESE, DERMODY, GRUPPO, MANDERINO, PETRONE,
CORPORA, HENNESSEY, ROBERTS, BARD, DiGIROLAMO, WOJNAROSKI,
PIPPY, E. Z. TAYLOR, BOSCOLA, HERSHEY, ALLEN, GEIST, WALKO,
TRICH, McCALL, DEMPSEY, TIGUE, SEMMEL, PESCI, LUCYK, SCHULER,
SANTONI, SHANER, NAILOR, BATTISTO, MAJOR, M. N. WRIGHT,
COLAIZZO, PHILLIPS, GODSHALL, SCHRODER, ROEBUCK, PISTELLA,
McGILL, FAIRCHILD, MARSICO, BELFANTI, LESCOVITZ, MICOZZIE,
ZIMMERMAN, THOMAS, WOGAN, HALUSKA, DRUCE, PETRARCA,
LEVDANSKY, STABACK, HARHART, CLARK, ADOLPH, HERMAN, SAYLOR
AND ORIE, OCTOBER 6, 1997
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 6, 1997
A RESOLUTION
1 Expressing sadness over the death of Mother Teresa.
2 WHEREAS, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born 87 years ago in
3 Albania and received a religious call as a girl to help the poor
4 and needy of India; and
5 WHEREAS, Sister Teresa began serving the poor of Calcutta in
6 1947, teaching children whose parents were too poor to send them
7 to school and ministering to the sick and dying street people of
8 the city; and
9 WHEREAS, She quickly became known within the Calcutta
1 community as Mother Teresa, or simply "Mother"; and
2 WHEREAS, In 1950 Mother Teresa formed the Congregation of the
3 Missionaries of Charity and inspired it to grow to over 4,500
4 members with 550 centers in 126 countries; and
5 WHEREAS, The Missionaries of Charity have continued to serve
6 the poorest of the poor, to whom she felt a particular calling,
7 as well as lepers, sufferers of AIDS, battered women, drug
8 addicts, radiation victims in Chernobyl, the hungry in Ethiopia
9 and earthquake victims in Armenia; and
10 WHEREAS, Her unselfish service has won her great honors: the
11 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in
12 1985, the (U.S.) Congressional Gold Medal in 1997 and the Jewel
13 of India; therefore be it
14 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives express sadness
15 over the death of the remarkable woman known worldwide as Mother
16 Teresa; and be it further
17 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to:
18 Sister Nirmala
19 Motherhouse
20 Missionaries of Charity
21 Calcutta, Bengal
22 INDIA
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