[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 135 (Thursday, October 1, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S11211]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RECOGNIZING THE SENATE'S GUEST CHAPLAIN

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I am pleased to introduce to my colleagues 
Reverend Allen Novotny. He is our guest Chaplain today and I hope some 
of you will take the time to introduce yourself. Fr. Novotny is the 
President of Gonzaga College High School, a Jesuit high school for boys 
located only a few blocks away from the Capitol.
  In 1821, the Jesuits founded Gonzaga which operates in the tradition 
of teaching and learning established by the founder of the Jesuits, 
Ignatius of Loyola. Throughout our nation's history--through the Civil 
War, the Great Depression, the World Wars, and the civil rights 
movement, Gonzaga has maintained its commitment to teaching and 
learning in the heart of Washington's inner-city, on a street it shares 
with leaders of business and government, on a block where it ministers 
to and comforts the least fortunate of society.
  It is both ironic and appropriate that Gonzaga be situated just a few 
blocks from our nation's Capitol Building. Gonzaga, like so much of the 
United States, is a melting pot. Gonzaga combines the largest minority 
population of any Jesuit High School in the United States with one of 
the lowest tuitions in the Washington area. Gonzaga is a realized 
mission of social and economic diversity that offers all who attend the 
school a glimpse of the full life spectrum. Gonzaga combines service to 
the community--taking the form of service projects both in the U.S. and 
abroad, student-assisted tutoring for underprivileged children, and an 
on-campus, student-assisted McKenna Center & Food Wagon homeless 
shelter--with top academics and athletics. Gonzaga is, in other words, 
a complete educational experience.
  I hope my colleagues will take the time to learn more about Gonzaga's 
special character. Gonzaga has served the Washington community well 
and, under the steady leadership of Fr. Novotny, I believe it will 
continue to do so.

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