Bill Text: TX SR423 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary for receiving the 2014 Lumen Christi Award.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-24 - Reported enrolled [SR423 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR423-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| recognize Sister Carolyn Kosub, Sister Emily Jocson, and Sister | ||
| Fatima Santiago, Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of | ||
| Mary, who have been named the recipients of Catholic Extension's | ||
| 2014 Lumen Christi Award; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This prestigious honor is bestowed by Catholic | ||
| Extension to priests, women religious, or laypersons working in | ||
| America's mission dioceses who have devoted their lives to | ||
| serving the poor in the nation's most underprivileged areas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For more than a decade, Sister Kosub, Sister | ||
| Jocson, and Sister Santiago have served the people of the Pueblo | ||
| de Palmas colonia near Peñitas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Their work has included the 2004 creation of | ||
| Proyecto Desarrollo Humano, an outreach center dedicated to | ||
| health, social services, education, and evangelization; the | ||
| center provides the colonia's residents with such facilities as | ||
| classroom space, a computer lab, and a medical and dental | ||
| clinic; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2009, these dedicated women secured donations | ||
| and supervised the construction of Saint Ann Church, which became | ||
| home to the newest parish in the Diocese of Brownsville; their | ||
| compassion, their strength, and their enthusiasm for helping | ||
| others is truly an inspiration to all; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th | ||
| Legislature, hereby commend Sister Carolyn Kosub, Sister Emily | ||
| Jocson, and Sister Fatima Santiago of the Missionary Sisters of | ||
| the Immaculate Heart of Mary on their dedication to serving the | ||
| poor and transforming lives in one of the most marginalized areas | ||
| of Texas and extend congratulations to them on being selected by | ||
| Catholic Extension for a Lumen Christi Award; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| them as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Hinojosa | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 24, 2015. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
