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| 2 | 2 | | <BillNo> <Sponsor> |
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| 4 | 4 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 318 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By Campbell |
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| 8 | 8 | | SJR0318 |
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| 9 | 9 | | 004393 |
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| 12 | 12 | | A RESOLUTION to designate March 13 as "Father Charles |
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| 13 | 13 | | Strobel Day". |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, Father Charles Frederick Strobel was a Nashville native, grew up in the |
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| 16 | 16 | | Germantown neighborhood, and fostered deep connections within the community and churches |
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| 17 | 17 | | in the area; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, Father Strobel believed in living his faith on a daily basis, pulling inspiration |
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| 19 | 19 | | from the Sermon on the Mount, among other holy texts and divine inspirations; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, upon becoming a priest, Father Strobel quickly and effectively set his sights |
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| 21 | 21 | | on bettering the lives of the homeless and impoverished by opening up a facility for homeless |
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| 22 | 22 | | people so they could have a warm place to stay at a time when endemic poverty and other |
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| 23 | 23 | | social concerns were impacting Tennessee and the nation as a whole; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Father Strobel founded the Room in the Inn, a sanctuary opened in a |
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| 25 | 25 | | church parking lot in the winter of 1985; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, the Room in the Inn has since blossomed into a national model for assisting |
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| 27 | 27 | | the homeless, with over 200 congregations and 7,000 volunteers sheltering nearly 1,500 |
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| 28 | 28 | | individuals from November 1 to March 31 of each season; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, this State seeks to honor Father Strobel and how he combated |
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| 30 | 30 | | homelessness to enact positive change and created programs for the homeless that have |
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| 31 | 31 | | become a successful model for the entire nation; now, therefore, |
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| 32 | 32 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH |
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| 33 | 33 | | GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF |
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| 34 | 34 | | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRI NG, that March 13 is designated as "Father Charles Strobel |
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| 35 | 35 | | Day" to honor his mission and the valiant and noble strides Father Charles Frederick Strobel |
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| 38 | 38 | | - 2 - 004393 |
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| 40 | 40 | | took to combat homelessness in Tennessee and the positive impact his efforts have had |
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| 41 | 41 | | nationwide. |
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