[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 24 (Friday, February 6, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S1866]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 5--COMMEMORATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF 
       THE ARRIVAL OF THE SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEARTS IN HAWAI`I

  Mr. INOUYE submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:

                             S. Con. Res. 5

       Whereas the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts, also known as the 
     Sisters of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and 
     Mary, in 2009 are celebrating the 150th anniversary of their 
     arrival in Hawai`i on May 4, 1859, to provide Catholic 
     education to the children of Hawai`i;
       Whereas, during the past 150 years, through the devotion 
     and dedication of the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts, thousands 
     of youth in Hawai`i, California, Massachusetts, and New 
     Jersey have received the benefit of a well-rounded education 
     based on Christian principles and moral living at the 
     following educational institutions: Sacred Hearts Convent at 
     Fort Street, Honolulu; Sacred Hearts Academy, Kaimuki, 
     Honolulu; St. Anthony Home, Kalihi, Honolulu; Sacred Hearts 
     Convent, Nuuanu, Honolulu; St. Theresa School, Honolulu; Our 
     Lady of Peace School, Honolulu; Immaculate Conception School, 
     Lihue, Kauai; St. Patrick School, Kaimuki, Honolulu; Maria 
     Regina School, Gardena, California; Bishop Amat High School, 
     West Covina, California; Sacred Hearts Academy, Fairhaven, 
     Massachusetts; St. Joseph School, Fairhaven, Massachusetts; 
     Sacred Hearts School, Fairhaven, Massachusetts; and St. 
     Andrew School, Avenel, New Jersey;
       Whereas, during the past 101 years, the Sisters of the 
     Sacred Hearts have served communities in Fairhaven, Fall 
     River, and Mt. Rainier, Massachusetts and in Avenel, New 
     Jersey, and continue to serve communities in Fairhaven, 
     Massachusetts;
       Whereas, during the past 50 years, the Sisters of the 
     Sacred Hearts have served communities in Gardena, West 
     Covina, and San Bernardino, California and in Artesia, New 
     Mexico, and continue to serve communities in Artesia, New 
     Mexico; and
       Whereas the people of the United States wish to convey 
     their sincerest appreciation to the Sisters of the Sacred 
     Hearts for their service and devotion: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That Congress--
       (1) recognizes the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the 
     Sisters of the Sacred Hearts in Hawai`i; and
       (2) honors and praises the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts 
     Pacific Province for its good works in the education of the 
     youth of the United States and in service to the people of 
     Hawai`i, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New 
     Mexico, and for the Sisters' pursuit of educational, social, 
     and economic equality of all persons.

  Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, today, I rise to introduce a Concurrent 
Resolution commemorating the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the 
Sisters of the Sacred Hearts in Hawaii.
  The first Catholic missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands were members 
of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and of 
Perpetual Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar.
  The Congregation was founded by Pierre Coudrin and Henriette Aymer de 
la Chevalerie in Poitiers, France on Christmas Eve 1800.
  In 1825, the Congregation responded to a request of Pope Leo XII for 
missionaries to the Pacific Rim, then known as Oceania.
  The Sacred Hearts Priests and Brothers arrived in Hawaii in 1827; the 
Sisters, in 1859.
  Today, through the missionary zeal of its members, of which a 
noteworthy exemplar in Hawaii is Blessed Damien de Veuster, the 
Brothers and Sisters of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus 
and Mary are present in forty countries and on all continents.
  The Sisters of the Sacred Hearts Pacific Province is the 
administrative center of communities of Sisters currently serving in 
Hawaii, New Mexico, and Massachusetts. In observance of the 150th 
anniversary of the Sisters arrival to Hawaii, I urge my colleagues to 
support this Resolution recognizing the Sisters' dedication through 
these years to the education of the children of Hawaii, Massachusetts, 
California, and New Mexico.

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