[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15040]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   WELCOMING MONSIGNOR ROBERT SHEERAN

  (Mr. FERGUSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FERGUSON. Madam Speaker, I would like to welcome Monsignor Robert 
Sheeran to the House floor and thank him for taking time to be our 
guest chaplain today. Monsignor Sheeran is joining us in part because 
Seton Hall University is celebrating its sesquicentennial this year. 
The celebration started last year on October 1, and for the past year 
Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ, where Seton Hall is located, 
has been celebrating its 150th anniversary.
  New Jersey's largest Catholic university was founded in 1856 by 
Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after the first American-born 
saint, Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton. Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan 
university in the United States.
  Monsignor Sheeran has a long history with Seton Hall University, 
receiving his bachelor's degree in classical languages, and, finding 
his way back to his alma mater in 1980, he served as rector of Saint 
Andrew's College Seminary. He was then appointed assistant provost of 
the university in 1987 and promoted to associate provost in 1991.
  After another short leave, he returned to Seton Hall to hold the 
position of executive vice chancellor in 1993, and 2 years later he was 
appointed to be president of Seton Hall University, and is still 
serving as president today.
  I am honored to welcome Monsignor Robert Sheeran to the United States 
House of Representatives. On behalf of the whole House, I congratulate 
him on Seton Hall's milestone.

                          ____________________