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  H.R. No. 400
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Margaret Mary Healy-Murphy, born on May 4, 1833, in
  Cahirciveen, County Kerry, Ireland, to Jane and Richard Healy,
  affected many lives, specifically those of African Americans in
  Texas; and
         WHEREAS, In 1887, she purchased land at the corner of Live Oak
  and Nolan Streets in San Antonio, and the following year, amid
  controversy, she constructed her "free school for colored
  children," which consisted of a brick church, a clergy house, and a
  school building and became the first Catholic church and school for
  African Americans in the state; and
         WHEREAS, Mother Margaret went on to found the Sisters of the
  Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate in 1893, and on her death in 1907,
  she left behind a thriving community of 15 sisters and two
  postulants in San Antonio and Laredo, as well as in Oaxaca, Mexico;
  and
         WHEREAS, Under the direction of Sister Superior Mary
  Evangelist Jennings in 1909, some 27 new members joined, and
  schools for African American students opened in Dallas, West San
  Antonio, Mobile, Alabama, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and Pascagoula,
  Mississippi; in addition, schools for Mexican and rural white
  students opened in Longview, Charlotte, Gonzales, and San Antonio,
  as well as in Tabasco, Mexico; and
         WHEREAS, With these expansions, the Sisters became
  associated with the Josephite Fathers and Brothers in Baltimore,
  Maryland, a congregation whose main focus was to minister to the
  African American people, and they began to administer St. Peter
  Claver Mission in San Antonio and serve locations throughout the
  South and in Africa; moreover, they purchased land on the east side
  of San Antonio, where a new motherhouse was constructed at 301 Yucca
  Street; and
         WHEREAS, Today, the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary
  Immaculate, guided by their belief in the power of the Holy Spirit
  and their love for Mary, continue their work of simple,
  compassionate caring in a variety of ministries; they are nurses,
  aides, and hospital chaplains, caring for and bringing communion to
  the sick and elderly; they visit families, engage in parish
  ministry, and advise the needy and poor on neighborhood
  improvements; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby pay tribute to the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and
  Mary Immaculate for their commitment to the poor and oppressed in
  the United States, Mexico, and Zambia, Africa; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate as
  an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
 
  McClendon
 
 
Straus Gattis Menendez
 
Allen Geren Merritt
 
Alonzo Giddings Miklos
 
Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
 
Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
 
Anderson Guillen Moody
 
Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
 
Berman Hamilton Naishtat
 
Bohac Hancock Oliveira
 
Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
 
Bonnen Harless Orr
 
Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
 
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
 
Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
 
Burnam Hernandez Patrick
 
Button Herrero Paxton
 
Callegari Hilderbran Peña
 
Castro Hochberg Phillips
 
Chavez Hodge Pickett
 
Chisum Homer Pierson
 
Christian Hopson Pitts
 
Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
 
Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
 
Cook Hughes Riddle
 
Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
 
Crabb Isett Ritter
 
Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
 
Creighton Jones Rose
 
Crownover Keffer Sheffield
 
Darby Kent Shelton
 
Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
 
Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
 
Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
 
Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
 
Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
 
Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
 
Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
 
Edwards Legler Thibaut
 
Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
 
Eissler Lewis Truitt
 
Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
 
England Madden Turner of Harris
 
Farabee Maldonado Vaught
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Marquez Villarreal
 
Fletcher Martinez Vo
 
Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
 
Flynn McCall Weber
 
Frost McClendon Woolley
 
Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 400 was adopted by the House on
  February 26, 2009, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House