[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 165 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2007]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               75TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR MOTHER OF SORROWS

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                          HON. JOHN P. MURTHA

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 24, 1995

  Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, often in the course of our hectic, day-to-
day lives we fail to remember the significance and importance of the 
activities and institutions that mean the most to us and our 
communities. One way in which we make up for this is in our celebration 
of anniversaries--the anniversary of our Nation's independence, the 
anniversary of important personal events, or the anniversary of the 
things that bind a community together. One important community 
institution in the Johnstown, PA area is Our Mothers of Sorrows Parish, 
which will be celebrating its 75th anniversary with a special Mass and 
dinner on October 29, 1995.
  The community will be celebrating the founding of the Parish on 
November 3, 1920, by the Most Reverend John J. McCort. In its 75-year 
history of serving the people of Johnstown the parish has had only 
three Pastors--Rev. Msgr. Stephen A. Ward, Rev. Msgr. Linford F. 
Greinader, and the current Pastor, Rev. Msgr. Thomas K. Mabon, who is a 
native of Johnstown and was assigned to Our Mother of Sorrows Parish in 
1993.
  I'd like to join all the people of Johnstown in extending 
congratulations and best wishes to all the parishioners of Our Mother 
of Sorrows Parish as they celebrate their 75th anniversary. We've 
certainly experienced many ups and downs in the past 75 years in 
Johnstown, but it has been our faith and the guidance offered us by the 
stabilizing influences in our community that enable us to continue to 
look forward. I'm certain that Our Mother of Sorrows Parish will 
continue to be an important part of the lives of many of the people of 
Johnstown, and I wish you another wonderful 75 years and more as a 
Johnstown institution.

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