[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2538]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING SISTER CLARE CARTY

  (Mr. FITZPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a great leader 
and visionary in my community, Sister Clare Carty, who passed away on 
Saturday, February 14, at the age of 78. Sister Clare was born in 
Philadelphia and entered the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia in 
1955, beginning her career as an elementary school teacher. In 1980, 
she joined the St. Mary Medical Center system as an assistant 
administrator, where I happened to be working as a hospital pharmacy 
clerk. I will never forget her kind interaction with her staff. Nobody 
was more proud of the colleagues, physicians, and volunteers at St. 
Mary's than Sister Clare.
  In 1982, Sister Clare rose to the rank of president and CEO at St. 
Mary. Her persistence and leadership led to the development of one of 
the first community hospital open heart surgery programs in the area, 
as well as the establishment of the only trauma center in my home 
community of the County of Bucks.
  After two decades of work, Sister Clare left St. Mary to serve in the 
development of Home Health Services for Catholic Health East, and once 
she retired from health care administration, she devoted her time to 
the Sisters of St. Francis. Sister Clare was instrumental in 
establishing the Mother Bachmann Maternity Center, Children's Health 
Center, Family Resource Center, and Bucks County Health Improvement 
Project.
  Mr. Speaker, you won't meet many people with the compassion, 
character, and very capable leadership of Sister Clare. She touched and 
improved not just the medical center but our entire community. I 
celebrate her life and her legacy, her faithful example, and her 
leadership. We are certainly grateful to know Sister Clare, and I am 
thankful for everything she did for the people of Pennsylvania and all 
those that she served.

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