| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1035 |
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| 2 | 2 | | In Memory |
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| 3 | 3 | | of |
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| 4 | 4 | | Adrian Clare Wolfe |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the |
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| 6 | 6 | | citizens of Brownsville in mourning the loss of Sister Adrian |
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| 7 | 7 | | Clare Wolfe, who died April 23, 2009, at the age of 78; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, A Sister of the Incarnate Word and Blessed |
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| 9 | 9 | | Sacrament, Adrian Clare Wolfe was born June 3, 1930, in New |
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| 10 | 10 | | Orleans; she graduated from Incarnate Word Academy in Corpus |
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| 11 | 11 | | Christi and entered Incarnate Word Convent in 1948; she made her |
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| 12 | 12 | | first profession of vows on April 15, 1950, and professed |
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| 13 | 13 | | perpetual vows April 18, 1953; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Sister Adrian Clare earned a bachelor's degree |
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| 15 | 15 | | from Incarnate Word College in San Antonio and a master's degree |
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| 16 | 16 | | from Saint Louis University in Missouri; she also received a |
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| 17 | 17 | | Catholic Choirmasters Certificate from the Gregorian Institute |
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| 18 | 18 | | of America; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Sister Adrian Clare devoted her career to |
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| 20 | 20 | | education; in Corpus Christi she taught and served as principal |
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| 21 | 21 | | at Saint Patrick School; she also taught at Incarnate Word |
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| 22 | 22 | | Academy and Christopher College and she served as representative |
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| 23 | 23 | | to the Pastoral Commission for the Diocese of Corpus Christi; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, In the Diocese of Brownsville, Sister Adrian |
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| 25 | 25 | | Clare taught and served as the principal at Villa Maria High |
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| 26 | 26 | | School; following her retirement, she continued to take an active |
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| 27 | 27 | | part in education, helping seminarians and priests with language |
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| 28 | 28 | | tutoring in preparation for liturgies and homilies; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Sister Adrian Clare played an important role in |
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| 30 | 30 | | the activities of the Brownsville Diocese, serving as Advocate |
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| 31 | 31 | | and Director of the Marriage Tribunal, Vicar for Religious, and |
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| 32 | 32 | | president of the Council of Religious; she also chaired Region 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | of the National Sisters Vocation Conference and was commissioned |
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| 34 | 34 | | as Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | WHEREAS, A woman of courage, compassion, and enduring |
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| 36 | 36 | | faith, Sister Adrian Clare gave unselfishly to others, and her |
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| 37 | 37 | | dedication, grace, and generous spirit will not be forgotten by |
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| 38 | 38 | | those who were privileged to share in her life; now, therefore, |
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| 39 | 39 | | be it |
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| 40 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
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| 41 | 41 | | Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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| 42 | 42 | | family of Adrian Clare Wolfe; and, be it further |
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| 43 | 43 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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| 44 | 44 | | her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas |
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| 45 | 45 | | Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in |
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| 46 | 46 | | memory of Sister Adrian Clare Wolfe. |
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| 47 | 47 | | Lucio |
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| 48 | 48 | | ________________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | President of the Senate |
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| 50 | 50 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 51 | 51 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 52 | 52 | | the Senate on May 28, 2009, by a |
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| 53 | 53 | | rising vote. |
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| 54 | 54 | | ________________________________ |
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| 55 | 55 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 56 | 56 | | ________________________________ |
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| 57 | 57 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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