[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                       TRIBUTE TO FATHER PHIL LAND

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                       HON. CONSTANCE A. MORELLA

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 7, 1994

  Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, I want to say a few words in praise of 
Father Phil Land, a Jesuit priest, well-known for his work in 
economics, international development, and Catholic social teaching. 
Father Land died on January 20, 1994, having been associated with the 
Center of Concern in Washington, DC for the last 18 years.
  His training and his assignments as a Jesuit Priest involved him in 
the developing social teaching of the Roman Catholic Church in the last 
half of this century. Phil taught economics for 11 years at the 
Gregorian University in Rome. For eight years, he served in the 
Pontifical Commission on Justice and Peace. In addition, Phil was one 
of the founders of Sodepax, a joint venture of the World Council of 
Churches and the Vatican. It was during this time that Phil assisted in 
the writing of Pope John XXIII's encyclical ``Mater and Magistra'', 
known in English as ``On the Progress of Peoples.''
  Mr. Speaker, Phil Land enjoyed life. He took risks, he questioned, 
and he stayed open to change. He was loved by his fellow Jesuits and 
men and women from every walk of life. His face shone with happiness 
and humor. The title of his last book, just published, gives a hint of 
his wisdom and wit: ``Catholic Social Teaching as I have lived it, 
loathed it, and loved it.'' Phil Land was a man for others. He is 
missed.

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