[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 151 (Monday, October 28, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1583]
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                            MONICA BARLETTA

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                           HON. LOU BARLETTA

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 28, 2013

  Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Monica Barletta, longtime 
parishioner of the Holy Rosary Church in Hazleton, Pennsylvania.
   Monica Barletta has been a member of the Holy Rosary Church for over 
70 years, joining in 1943 to receive her First Communion. She and her 
late husband Fred Barletta Sr. have been instrumental in every major 
project undertaken by Holy Rosary Parish. Mrs. Barletta has been a 
member and officer of the Christian Woman's Society for over 50 years, 
and has served as a lector for nearly 25 years. Additionally, she was 
an active member of the committee which initiated the annual Holy 
Rosary Bazaar in 1978 and she held the position of Bazaar chairperson. 
She was one of the founders of the church's annual Mother's Day 
Carnation Sales that support the Pennsylvanians for Human Life 
organization, an effort which has raised tens of thousands of dollars 
for the local pro-life movement over the past 30 years. She is also 
currently a member of the Holy Rosary Parish Council.
   Mr. Speaker, for her dedicated work at the Holy Rosary Church in 
Hazleton, Pennsylvania, I commend Monica Barletta.

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