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                                                                  H.R. No. 15 







R E S O L U T I O N

	WHEREAS, St. Mary of the Purification School was founded in 

1930 at 3002 Rosedale Street in Houston and served the community 

with a quality educational program under the administration of 

Sister Juliana and Father Daley; and

	WHEREAS, The school closed in 1957 and reopened in 1980 under 

the administration of Sister Edna Ann Hebert and Father George 

Artis, and the school's name was changed to St. Mary of the 

Purification Montessori School, the only African American 

Montessori school in Texas; and

	WHEREAS, St. Mary's Montessori School offers a faith-based 

educational program providing the Houston metropolitan area with an 

educational opportunity that nurtures the optimal spiritual, 

intellectual, cultural, and physical development of its students in 

a collaborative partnership with parents; and

	WHEREAS, Fully accredited by the Texas Catholic Conference 

Accreditation Commission and the Texas Education Agency, St. Mary 

of the Purification Montessori School is part of the archdiocese of 

Galveston/Houston and is affiliated with the American Montessori 

Society, the Texas Association of Non-Public Schools, and the 

National Catholic Education Association of Science Teachers; and

	WHEREAS, Included among outstanding early alumni of 

St. Mary's School are former congressman Bill Archer, the late Jim 

McConn, former mayor of Houston, and Archbishop William J. Levada, 

who was named Prefect of the Congregation of Faith by Pope Benedict 

XVI; more recent notable alumni include business entrepreneurs Rene 

Ferrel, Cynthia Ferrel, Alan Bergeron, and Leslie Mays and 

community activist Toni McElroy; and

	WHEREAS, The goal of the Founders Day Celebration is to bring 

together community leaders, bankers, business owners, politicians, 

religious leaders, parishioners, teachers, alumni, students, and 

all others to emphasize the school as a major community asset, and 

this special day will undoubtedly achieve this worthwhile 

objective; now, therefore, be it

	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 

Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby recognize the St. Mary of 

the Purification Montessori School Founders Day Celebration on 

September 10, 2005, and extend best wishes to the many individuals 

who have contributed to the success of this outstanding school; 

and, be it further

	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 

prepared for St. Mary of the Purification Montessori School as an 

expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.



                                                                          Dutton



                                                  ______________________________

                                                       Speaker of the House     



	I certify that H.R. No. 15 was adopted by the House on July 

25, 2005, by a non-record vote.



                                                  ______________________________

                                                     Chief Clerk of the House