[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4942]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




WELCOMING REVEREND RONALD S. ESCALANTE, ASSOCIATE PASTOR, GOOD SHEPHERD 
                 CATHOLIC CHURCH, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

  (Mr. MORAN of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to just say a word about 
the priest who gave our invocation today. Father Escalante was born in 
the Philippines. He has his Masters in Divinity from Mount St. Mary's 
College and Seminary in Maryland. He has been the Associate Pastor of 
Good Shepherd Catholic Church for the last 4 years.
  Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Mount Vernon, Virginia, has been 
particularly affected by the events of 9/11. Three of their families 
lost loved ones, as well as most recently Corporal Matthew Commons was 
killed in a firefight in Afghanistan while on a mission to rescue a 
Navy Seal. So that parish has been particularly determined to bring an 
end to hostility around the world through God's word.
  Father Escalante has played an important role in uniting that parish 
and helping them to get over their grief. We thank him for delivering 
our invocation this morning.

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