[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E832-E833]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST PARISH

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                      HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 3, 2015

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, on June 14, 2015, Archbishop Charles 
Chaput will celebrate a Mass commemorating the close of the year-long 
celebration of the 50th Anniversary of St. John the Evangelist Parish. 
The parish has faithfully attended to the spiritual needs of the 
community for 50 years, providing a place of prayer, meditation and 
reflection. Furthermore, the parishioners in the

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Lower Makefield, Bucks County church, built bonds of charity throughout 
the community with their devotion to those most in need. They dutifully 
collect and distribute food and clothing, school supplies, and visit 
the sick and homebound, year after year. St. John the Evangelist Parish 
has extended its mission, reaching out to the needy in nearby Trenton, 
New Jersey and Philadelphia, as well as supporting church missions 
worldwide. In so doing, the parishioners have demonstrated their faith 
through their good works. Congratulations on this anniversary year with 
all best wishes for the continuation of your community of the faithful 
far into the future.

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