[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 42 (Friday, March 8, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H1037]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     WELCOMING REVEREND SEAN RAFTIS

  The SPEAKER. Without objection, the gentleman from Montana (Mr. 
Zinke) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. ZINKE. Mr. Speaker, Father Sean Raftis is originally from 
Spokane, Washington, the son of James and Catherine Raftis. He has a 
brother, of course, Pat. He was a kid who grew up in a fine town in 
Spokane.
  He attended Gonzaga Prep and Gonzaga University in his hometown, and 
he studied and taught at the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication 
at Washington State University, also known as the Cougars. He earned 
his master's degree while teaching at the Murrow School.
  Father Raftis started studying for the Catholic priesthood in 1995, 
studying philosophy at Loyola University Chicago and theology at Boston 
School of Theology and Ministry.
  He was ordained in 2005 and is a priest of the Diocese of Helena, 
Montana, in western Montana and serving at the Cathedral of St. Helena, 
Holy Cross in Townsend, and I am proud to say that he is the pastor at 
my church in Whitefish, Montana.
  I am honored to introduce Father Raftis.

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