[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 21, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E638-E639]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       TWO WONDERFUL INSTITUTIONS

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                         HON. JOSEPH M. McDADE

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 21, 1995
  Mr. McDADE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate two important 
milestones: The 150th anniversary of the founding of the Congregation 
of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary; and the 80th 
anniversary of Marywood College, the institution established by the 
Sisters in Scranton, PA.
  The Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of 
Mary was founded in 1845 by a redemptorist priest and three women led 
by Theresa Maxis Duchemin, the first African-American woman to become a 
Catholic Sister. Their mission was directed to service and to 
education, with a devotion to helping the poor, the oppressed, and the 
neglected. The Sisters established schools in many industrial areas, 
seeking to foster the aspirations of working people's children.
  In keeping with that mission, the Sisters established Marywood 
College in 1915 to provide opportunities in higher education to women. 
Today a coeducational liberal arts college, Marywood College, continues 
to be guided by the principles demonstrated by the Congregation of the 
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The college has 
prepared students to live responsibly in an interdependent world, while 
fostering the knowledge that a loving, personal God exists and that 
each person has a right to enjoy the world that God has provided.
  Marywood College has diversified its programs to help equip students 
for satisfying and productive careers. Numerous professional programs 
have been created toward this goal, many of which are in the helping 
professions in keeping with the college's tradition of service. 
Additionally, Marywood's four schools address a variety of concerns 
like attention to the needs of military families, education in advanced 
communications technologies, and ministry to regional migrant workers.
  I have had the great pleasure of witnessing the growth of this 
regional college into a respected institution catering to a diversity 
of 
[[Page E639]] students and their needs. As the college has grown, it 
has remained motivated by the perspective of the Sisters, Servants of 
the Immaculate Heart of Mary, who have given much to our Nation through 
their devotion to people and to their faith.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the Sisters, 
Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and the entire Marywood 
College family as we observe these landmark anniversaries.


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