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90_SR0073
LRB9005690CBcbA
1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Mother Teresa was born in Albania in 1910; at
3 the age of 17, she joined the Irish Sisters of Loretto and
4 taught school in Calcutta; and
5 WHEREAS, In 1948, she founded the Missionaries of
6 Charity; the Order operates over 540 schools, hospitals,
7 hospices, orphanages, and food centers in more than
8 twenty-five countries, including the United States; and
9 WHEREAS, In 1979, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel
10 Peace Prize; and
11 WHEREAS, The Missionaries of Charity, with unselfish
12 dedication to the well-being of the poor and destitute,
13 operate twenty homes in the United States to provide care and
14 comfort to patients with AIDS; twenty to forty sisters need
15 work permits every year; and
16 WHEREAS, Mother Teresa and her missionaries come to this
17 country to care for the sick and dying and should be exempt
18 from work permit fees so the missionaries can use their
19 scarce funds to continue their charitable work; therefore, be
20 it
21 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
22 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the United States
23 Congress to enact legislation exempting Mother Teresa and the
24 Missionaries of Charity from work permit fees while caring
25 for the sick and the dying in our country, enabling them to
26 use their funds for charitable works; and be it further
27 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
28 delivered to the President pro tempore of the United States
29 Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of
30 Representatives, and each member of the Illinois
31 congressional delegation.