[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 29 (Monday, February 15, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E133]
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            TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF THE ADRIAN DOMINICAN SISTERS

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 15, 2021

  Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise today on my own behalf and on behalf 
of Representative Tim Walberg to honor the nine retired Adrian 
Dominican Sisters who lived together at the Motherhouse in Adrian, 
Michigan, and lost their lives to the COVID-19 pandemic in January 
2021.
  Those who dedicated their lives to serving others were Sister 
Dorothea Gamlich, O.P.; Sister Helen Laier, O.P.; Sister Jeannine 
Therese McGorray, O.P.; Sister Esther Ortega, O.P.; Sister Mary Lisa 
Rieman, O.P.; Sister Ann Rena Shinkey, O.P.; Sister Margaret Ann 
Swallow, O.P.; and Sister Mary Irene Wischmeyer, O.P. They strongly 
adhered to masking and social distancing, yet the devastating disease 
found them at their serene compound 75 miles from Detroit.
  Three Adrian Dominicans work at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, 
California, which provides vital health services to many residents of 
my Congressional District. They are Sister Rita Eileen Dean, O.P.; 
Sister Adrienne Piennette, O.P.; and Sister Judy Silva, O.P., all 
extraordinary contributors to the hospital and considered great 
blessings by hospital administrators.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to honor the memory of these holy 
women, Dominican Sisters, who lost their lives to the pandemic, and 
honor and thank those who continue to serve at Dominican Hospital. 
These good and great women of faith make our country stronger and 
better.

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