[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 18, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H70]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    REMEMBERING REV. BERNARD REISER

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Rev. 
Bernard Reiser, who passed away late last year at the age of 87.
  Ordained in the Catholic Church in 1949, Father Reiser spent most of 
his adult life in the community of Coon Rapids, Minnesota, where he 
established Epiphany Catholic Church back in 1964. He helped grow 
Epiphany from a small 125-family parish to one of the largest parishes 
in the State, with over 5,000 member families.
  And though he was well known within the community of Coon Rapids, 
Father Reiser's work extended far beyond its borders. Since 1996, he 
had traveled to Haiti, where he helped improve the lives of the less 
fortunate. And last year, he was honored for his international aid work 
by a local Twin Cities television station in our community.
  Though he will be missed, his memory does live on in the community 
and the lives that he touched at Epiphany and in Haiti.

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