[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 9, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1743]
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                        TRIBUTE TO MOTHER TERESA

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                           HON. MARTIN FROST

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 9, 2003

  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the late Mother Teresa 
of Calcutta for her many years of dedication to the world's poorest 
citizens.
  Ordained as a sister in 1928, Mother Teresa originally served as a 
teacher at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta from 1929 to 1948. In 
1948, the poverty outside her convent inspired her to leave her school 
and begin working to help the country's most vulnerable citizens.
  In 1950, she founded the Sisters of Charity with a mission to serve 
the poor, the suffering, and the dying in whatever place they called 
home. Today Mother Teresa's order has over 5,000 sisters and brothers 
and over 50 different relief efforts to help the ``poorest of the 
poor'' in India. In her later years, she worked to establish hospice 
programs for AIDS patients.
  Mother Teresa has been recognized worldwide for her devotion to the 
poor. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and the 
Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Lifetime Achievement Award from 
the Foundation for Hospice and Homecare in 1985.
  Mr. Speaker, few people have served humanity with more compassion and 
love than Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa was a perfect example of love 
and compassion to people of all nations and all religious backgrounds. 
Once quoted as saying, ``Let no one come to you without leaving better 
and happier,'' Mother Teresa lived her faith. While her work lives on 
today in the work of her order, she deserves special recognition for 
her tremendous achievement. I know that my colleagues will join me 
today in honoring Mother Teresa's life and wishing her religious order 
the greatest success in their future endeavors.

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