[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 17, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1299]
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                          MARY MASI IS HONORED

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 16, 1996

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, a house of worship not only brings sustenance 
to its parishioners, it draws sustenance from them. In Mount Vernon, 
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church has given aid and comfort to its 
parishioners for a century and for 40 of those years Mary Masi has been 
office manager and church secretary, giving of herself to help her 
church and her fellow parishioners. In that time the church has had 
eight pastors and it was Mary Masi who provided the continuity for them 
serving as a link from the past to the future. She is always the first 
to volunteer for church events and is usually the driving force behind 
them. She is a member of many church organizations and for Mount 
Carmel, Mary Masi has become a symbol of loyalty, unselfishness, and 
devotion on whom the church and its parishioners have come to rely. I 
offer her my congratulations for her years of giving to her church and 
her neighbors.

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