[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 195 (Thursday, November 30, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1626]
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   REVEREND LARRY DUNHAM, O.F.M. CELEBRATES HIS FIFTIETH JUBILEE OF 
                           PROFESSION OF VOWS

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                         HON. JEFF FORTENBERRY

                              of nebraska

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 30, 2017

  Mr. FORTENBERRY. Mr. Speaker, on August 16, 2017, Reverend Larry 
Dunham, O.F.M., observed his 50th anniversary of the profession as a 
member of the Order of Friars Minor commonly known as the Roman 
Catholic Order of the Franciscans. Since 2013, Father Dunham has served 
the people of Washington, D.C. as Guardian and Commissary of the 
Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America with devotion and 
dignity.
  In this capacity, he has provided for the spiritual, pastoral and 
temporal assistance of residents of the city, including the development 
of a volunteer-run city farm that provided over 13,000 pounds of fresh 
produce for the city's low-income residents. Prior to his current role, 
Father Dunham served his nation selflessly as a chaplain in the United 
States Navy during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, as Provincial 
Minister of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Province from 2000 to 2009 and as 
President of the English Speaking Conference of the Order from 2003 to 
2005.
  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate and applaud Reverend Larry Dunham, O.F.M. 
for his 50 years of dedicated, spiritual service.

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