[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 64 (Thursday, May 1, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E834]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IN HONOR OF SISTER ROSE THERING

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                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 1, 2003

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Sister Rose Thering 
for her dedication to promoting religious understanding and providing 
educational opportunities for her community. Sister Thering was the 
keynote speaker at the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Observance on 
April 29, 2003 at the Bayonne City Council Chambers.
  Professor Emerita at Seton Hall University, Sister Thering has been 
an active writer, speaker, and lecturer on Judeo-Christian and 
Holocaust studies for over 30 years. Sister Thering has organized and 
directed the annual Seton Hall University Study Tour to Israel since 
1972, and has traveled to Israel on over 50 occasions during her tenure 
at Seton Hall. As an active member of a number of academic, religious, 
and community organizations, she continues to be a strong advocate for 
building relations between Jews and Christians.
  Sister Thering currently serves on the Newark Archdiocesan Commission 
for Interreligious Affairs and is executive director of the National 
Christian Leadership. She was appointed to the Board of Trustees of 
Kean University in 1994 and has been a member of the New Jersey 
Commission for Holocaust Education since 1980. She also served on the 
U.S. Bishops' Advisory Committee to the Secretariat for Catholic-Jewish 
Relations for 20 years. At Seton Hall University, she continues to 
improve the Endowment Fund established in her honor, which provides 
scholarship assistance to school teachers furthering their education in 
Holocaust studies.
  Sister Thering is a life member of Hadassah, the National Council of 
Jewish Women, and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. As a leader and 
educator on an issue as important as the Holocaust, I want to praise 
her for decades of tireless determination and dedicated work. She has 
touched so many lives by reminding us of the unspeakable horrors of the 
Holocaust during human kind's darkest hour.
  Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Sister Rose Thering 
for her commitment to pursuing religious understanding and for her 
desire to educate and serve members of our community.

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