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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 2013 C.R.

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18-27 A RESOLUTION Expressing the sincere gratitude and appreciation of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia to Father Francis X. Hezel, SJ for the spiritual guidance, intellectual challenges and knowledge he has shared with others in the Federated States of Micronesia for the past 50 years.
1 WHEREAS, Father Francis X. Hezel, SJ first came to what was 2 then Truk district in the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific 3 Islands in 1963 to teach at Xavier High School as part of his 4 regency; and 5 WHEREAS, Father Hezel served at Xavier High School from 1969 6 to 1982 in various capacities, including teacher, department 7 chairman, principal and director; and 8 WHEREAS, while leading Xavier High School, Father Hezel was 9 responsible for the introduction of alumni organizations, a Board 10 of Directors, a major revision of the school’s curriculum and 11 instituted popular retreats for junior and senior students; and 12 WHEREAS, in 1972 Father Hezel was instrumental in the 13 formation of the Micronesian Seminar, first at Xavier High School 14 and then later in Pohnpei and served as its director until 2012 15 and while director curated for and expanded the Micronesian 16 Seminar library, a specialized collection of 24,000 title on the 17 region with particular strengths in history and anthropology, and 18 organized as part of the library a photo collection of 80,000 19 historical images and a collection of over 700 films and videos on 20 Micronesia, and composed case studies on an almost yearly basis CRL 18-27 C.R.
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18-27 1 for adult education programs in the villages on themes of 2 political status, economic development and family issues; and 3 WHEREAS, while serving on Chuuk, Father Hezel also ministered 4 to his congregation as Assistant Pastor for Weno, Chuuk From 1983 5 to 1992; and 6 WHEREAS, from 1987 until 1992 Father Hezel served as director 7 of St. Cecelia’s School on Weno; and 8 WHEREAS, from 1992 until 1998 Father Hezel served as Regional 9 Superior for the Jesuits in the Caroline and Marshall Islands; and 10 WHEREAS, from 1999 until 2010 Father Hezel served as the Local 11 Superior of Jesuits on Pohnpei; and 12 WHEREAS, Father Hezel has written 12 books on the Micronesia 13 region, his latest being published by the University of Hawaii 14 Press in 2013, and has written scores of major monographs and 15 articles in popular and scholarly journals, which has helped 16 Micronesians to better understand their history and the challenges 17 faced by contemporary societies; and 18 WHEREAS, Father Hezel has been recognized for his scholarly 19 achievements by being awarded honorary doctorate degrees from the 20 University of Guam and Fordham University, where he earned his 21 bachelor’s and master’s degrees, along with bachelor’s and 22 master’s degrees from Woodstock College; and 23 WHEREAS, as a teacher, principal, director and priest, Father 24 Hezel has provided intellectual and spiritual guidance to many 25 generations of leaders from the Federated States of Micronesia, 26 Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands and other 2 of 3 C.R.
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18-27 1 Pacific nations and territories; now, therefore, 2 BE IT RESOLVED by the Eighteenth Congress of the Federated 3 States of Micronesia First Regular Session, 2013, that Congress 4 expresses its sincere gratitude and appreciation to Father Francis 5 X. Hezel, SJ for the spiritual guidance, intellectual challenges 6 and knowledge that he has shared with others in the Federated 7 States of Micronesia for the past 50 years; and 8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this 9 resolution be transmitted to Francis X. Hezel.
10 11 Date: 5/24/13 Introduced by: _________________________ Joseph J. Urusemal of 3