[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 117 (Tuesday, September 19, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H6662-H6663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 WELCOMING THE MOST REVEREND ANTHONY SABLAN APURON, O.F.M. CAP., D.D. 
                    METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOP OF AGANA

  (Ms. BORDALLO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, today, it is my privilege and honor to 
welcome His Excellency, the Most Reverend Anthony Sablan Apuron, the 
Archbishop of Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agana, Guam, to this House.
  Archbishop Apuron is a man of great faith, wisdom and inspiration. He 
has shepherded the faithful on Guam, the Northern Marianas, Micronesia, 
Palau, and the Marshall Islands for the past 20 years as our 
archbishop.
  The Catholic Church in the Pacific has blossomed under his 
leadership,

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and our communities have greatly benefited from his ministry. This past 
weekend, Archbishop Apuron led a pilgrimage from Guam to Washington, 
DC, for the enshrinement of Our Lady of Camarin, the Patroness of the 
Marianas, in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate 
Conception. Many of these pilgrims, Madam Speaker, from Guam are with 
us today in the gallery.
  I thank Archbishop Apuron for his prayer this afternoon and for his 
guidance and counsel throughout the years. The people of Guam join me 
in thanking you, Madam Speaker, and our House chaplain, Father Daniel 
Coughlin, for the invitation to Archbishop Apuron to serve as guest 
chaplain.
  I thank you. Si Yuos Maase. God bless America and God bless Guam.

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