Bill Text: NJ AR93 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Honors Mother Teresa and proclaims August 26, 2010 as Mother Teresa Day in the State of New Jersey.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-14 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State Government Committee [AR93 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-AR93-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JAY WEBBER
District 26 (Morris and Passaic)
Assemblyman PETER J. BARNES, III
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblywoman CAROLINE CASAGRANDE
District 12 (Mercer and Monmouth)
Assemblyman PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.
District 18 (Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Peterson
SYNOPSIS
Honors Mother Teresa and proclaims August 26, 2010 as Mother Teresa Day in the State of New Jersey.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Assembly Resolution honoring Mother Teresa and proclaiming August 26, 2010 as Mother Teresa Day in the State of New Jersey.
Whereas, Blessed Mother Teresa, founder of the Missionaries of Charity, was an ethnic Albanian, born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia, on August 26, 1910, one hundred years ago this year; and
Whereas, This significant anniversary provides the opportunity to reflect on one of the most important humanitarian figures of our time, Mother Teresa, who felt the call to give wholehearted and free service to the poorest of the poor and founded the world-wide Missionaries of Charity, whose mission is to care for "the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone"; and
Whereas, Between 1931 and 1948 Mother Teresa joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in India, serving as a teacher at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta until the suffering and poverty she saw outside the convent walls called her to leave the convent school and devote herself to living among the poor in the slums of Calcutta, while relying solely on Divine Providence for sustenance; and
Whereas, In 1950, Mother Teresa left her teaching post and established the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious order, that today consists of over 4,500 sisters active in 133 countries and is dedicated to protecting the inherent dignity of every human person regardless of condition; and
Whereas, Mother Teresa, one of the most influential women of the 20th century, received 124 awards in her lifetime, including the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Congressional Medal of Freedom, and will be recognized by the United States Postal Service with a stamp issued in her honor; and
Whereas, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity have three houses and more than two dozen sisters in New Jersey; and
Whereas, The Active Sisters in Newark and Asbury Park run soup kitchens, a night shelter for women, and after-school and summer camp programs for children; and
Whereas, The Contemplative Sisters in Plainfield devote their lives to constant prayer while training women for the order from around the world as the only Contemplative house of novitiate formation outside of India; and
Whereas, Many single and married New Jerseyans, inspired by Mother Teresa to "do little things with great love," are Lay Missionaries of Charity and devote time to helping the sisters with transportation and other needs in ministry; and
Whereas, New Jersey Catholics already have begun to dedicate important works to the memory of Calcutta's living saint, with Mother Teresa Regional School opening in Atlantic Highlands in 2006; and
Whereas, New Jerseyans of all beliefs and backgrounds agree that Mother Teresa will be a model of selflessness for centuries to come;
and
Whereas, It is fitting and proper to honor Mother Teresa on the 100th anniversary of her birth for her humanitarian work and her founding of the Missionaries of Charity by proclaiming August 26, 2010 as Mother Teresa Day; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The General Assembly of the State of New Jersey proclaims August 26, 2010 to be Mother Teresa Day in the State of New Jersey.
2. Duly authenticated copies of this resolution, signed by the Speaker of the General Assembly and attested by the Clerk thereof, shall be transmitted to the Governor, and to the Bishops of each of the Roman Catholic Dioceses in New Jersey for Camden, Metuchen, Newark, Paterson, and Trenton.
STATEMENT
This Assembly Resolution honors Mother Teresa for her selfless humanitarian service and love for the poorest of the poor, and for founding the Missionaries of Charity, which cares for the poor in more than 100 countries around the world.
This resolution proclaims August 26, 2010, which is the 100th anniversary of Mother Teresa's birth, as Mother Teresa Day.
