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Senate Resolution 455
By: Senator Golden of the 8th

A RESOLUTION

Honoring Sister Therese Galarneau on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Sister Therese Galarneau is a nun at St. John School in Valdosta, Georgia, and she will be celebrating her Golden Jubilee on April 16, 2005; and

WHEREAS, Sister Therese left her home as a teenager and has devoted 50 years to teaching children; and

WHEREAS, she has worked all these years with little or no salary and will retire someday with a very small pension; and

WHEREAS, she has taught school in inner cites and rural communities; at times she has taught with no books and at one time she taught four grades in one room; and

WHEREAS, Sister Therese has missed the births, weddings, and funerals of her own family without complaint; she has always made the district she was assigned to her own and has embraced the children of Valdosta as her family; and

WHEREAS, the Golden Jubilee is a high point in every nun´s humble life: it is every birthday party she never had rolled into one; it is every thank you that the over 1,300 children she educated might want to say to her.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body
honor the exceptional life and achievements of Sister Therese Galarneau on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee and send their best wishes for her continued success.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Sister Therese Galarneau.