[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 135 (Tuesday, October 15, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1873]
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  TRIBUTE TO SISTER JOAN McKENNA, RSCJ ON BEING AWARDED THE 2002 ST. 
                      MADELEINE SOPHIE BARAT AWARD

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 15, 2002

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Sister Joan McKenna, a 
member of the Religious of the Sacred Heart and a distinguished 
educator and citizen. Sister McKenna is being honored on October 16, 
2002, by the Sacred Heart Schools of Atherton, California, with the 
prestigious 2002 St. Madeleine Sophie Barat Award.
  Sister McKenna is a truly remarkable woman who has given much to 
education in ways almost too numerous to recount. She was born and 
raised in San Francisco and educated in a parish school. As a high 
school student she was given a full scholarship to Sacred Heart Schools 
Broadway where she continued to excel and where she developed her deep 
respect for the Religious of the Sacred Heart and their dedication to 
educating the ``whole child.''
  Sister McKenna received her B.A. and her M.A. in History from the San 
Francisco College for Women. She later received her M.A. in Theology 
and her J.D. from the University of San Francisco. From each of these 
institutions she received training that developed her inborn talents, 
and to each of them she returned what she received tenfold, or more.
  After joining the Religious of the Sacred Heart, Sister McKenna 
taught history and religious studies at Sacred Heart Schools in El 
Cajon, San Francisco and Atherton. In addition to her teaching, she was 
Dean of Students and Assistant to the President at the San Francisco 
College for Women. After receiving her law degree she spent three years 
working as a legal assistant for the San Francisco City Attorney's 
Office in the Juvenile Court. She served as Principal at Sacred Heart 
Broadway and Director of Schools at Sacred Heart Atherton. Over the 
years she has served tirelessly on the Boards at each of these 
institutions, as well as the Oakwood retirement home for the Religious 
and for Catholic Charities of San Francisco. She is currently a 
lecturer in theology and religious studies at the University of San 
Francisco. Hers has been a life of learning and helping others to 
learn, in a tradition of values-based education that she treasures.
  Mr. Speaker, it is a great privilege to honor Sister Joan McKenna as 
she receives the 2002 St. Madeleine Sophie Barat Award. I ask my 
colleagues to join me in saluting her and thanking her for her 
extraordinary service to our community which has made us a stronger and 
better nation.

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