[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 84 (Monday, June 18, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1137]
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              IN HONOR OF FATHER MARINO FRASCATI, O. DE M.

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 18, 2001

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Father Marino 
Frascati, O. De M. as he celebrates his 50th year of priesthood. 
Cleveland should be proud to have this exemplary man in its midst.
  Father Frascati was born in Castelviscardo (Terni), Italy on May 16, 
1925. He attended the Propedeuticum at Gregorian University in Rome 
earning a Baccalaureus in Philosophia. He attended seminary at St. 
Joseph Franciscan Seminary in Teutopolis, Illinois, and was ordained on 
June 24, 1951--50 years ago this month.
  His Cleveland service began in 1957 as Assistant at Our Lady of Mount 
Carmel (West). He became Pastor in November 1970 and served in this 
capacity until April 1995. He was the Chairman of the Detroit Shoreway 
Community Development Corporation. He was instrumental in the planning 
and fund-raising process that resulted in the completion in 1979 of 
Villa Mercede, a federally funded HUD project consisting of 150 
apartments for seniors and the disabled.
  He became Vicar for the Order of Our Lady in the United States in 
July 1994. In 1976 Father Frascati received the Cavalier dell Ordine al 
Merito della Republica Italians from the Italian government in 
recognition of his services to the Italian community both here and 
abroad.
  My fellow colleagues please join me in applauding this truly great 
man and all of his contributions to society.

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