[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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     HONORING DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF ST. MATTHIAS APOSTLE CHURCH

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                          HON. STENY H. HOYER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 17, 1994

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize three very 
distinguished members of the St. Matthias Apostle Church in Lanham, MD. 
May 15, 1994, was a very special day for the church. First, Mrs. 
Romaine Pinchback is retiring after 35 years of teaching the Catholic 
faith as a volunteer catechist. She now becomes catechist emeritus. She 
has been a dedicated and thorough teacher, as untold numbers of 
children have learned their prayers from her. She has worked very 
closely with individual students, designing programs that best suit 
their needs. Her services will be enormously missed by the church, as 
well as the entire community of Laurel.
  Second, Mr. Speaker, I seek to recognize Bill Pinchback, who is also 
retiring after 14 years as principal of the St. Matthias Parish 
Religious Education Program. His support of the catechists was 
instrumental in developing an atmosphere in which all of the members of 
the church community truly benefited. He dedicated himself to the 
safety and well-being of each individual child during the Sunday 
morning classes. For these, and many more reasons, he too will be 
greatly missed and difficult to replace.
  Mr. Speaker, it is only fitting that as members of our community 
retire after many years of service, new religious leaders are 
developing and maturing into the leaders of tomorrow. It is with this 
in mind, that I proudly rise today to recognize Kevin Butler, an 18-
year-old parishioner at St. Matthias Apostle Church.
  Mr. Speaker, Kevin is unique in that he has a perfect 12 year 
religious education class attendance record in his parish's 
confraternity of Christian doctrine class. He is an altar server, as 
well as an usher at St. Matthias.
  Kevin is also an honor student at DuVal High School and a member of 
the varsity baseball and soccer teams. Kevin plans to attend college in 
the fall and major in accounting. Kevin exemplifies all of the 
qualities necessary to truly lead our country into the 21st century and 
I am confident that he will do just that.
  Mr. Speaker, these special people embody some of the most important 
elements of our society: Community service, religion, and dedication. I 
am very proud to represent these people and others who are working hard 
to make our communities safe, productive, and pleasant places to live, 
and I am sure that the entire House joins with me today to recognize 
their service and commitment.

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