[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24955]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    WELCOMING REVEREND KARL P. DONFRIED TO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

  (Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, it is an honor for me today 
to speak this afternoon about a constituent of mine, Reverend Karl 
Donfried, who offered the opening prayer here in the House of 
Representatives on this day. I would like to use 60 seconds to both 
welcome and introduce him to the House of Representatives.
  Reverend Donfried is a professor and chairman of the Department of 
Religion and Biblical Literature at Smith College in Northampton, 
Massachusetts. He has been a member of Smith's faculty for more than 30 
years.
  Reverend Donfried is deeply involved in the religious community at 
Smith College and in the ecumenical movement in western Massachusetts. 
He developed the Ecumenical School of Theology in Springfield's Christ 
Church Cathedral, where he has served as the Ecumenical Canon of the 
Cathedral since 1977.
  He chaired the Lutheran Roman Catholic Committee of New England and 
was appointed to co-chair the New Testament Panel of the National 
Lutheran Roman Catholic Dialogue.
  A theologian and a scholar, Reverend Donfried has taught at Brown 
University, Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, and Assumption 
College.
  I use this opportunity today on behalf of the House of 
Representatives to extend a heartfelt welcome to Reverend Karl 
Donfried.

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