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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 89 
Honoring the life of Sister Dorothy Stang. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2005 
Mr. RYAN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. TURNER, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. FORD, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. KIL-
PATRICK of Michigan, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. 
KUCINICH, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. TIBERI, 
Mr. LANTOS, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. WELDON 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
BROWN of Ohio, Ms. KAPTUR, and Mr. STRICKLAND) submitted the fol-
lowing concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
International Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Honoring the life of Sister Dorothy Stang. 
Whereas Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Dorothy Stang, 
moved to the Amazon 22 years ago to help poor farmers 
build independent futures for their families, and was 
murdered on Saturday, February 12, 2005, at the age of 
73, in Anapu, Para, a section of Brazil’s Amazon rain 
forest; 
Whereas, a citizen of Brazil and the United States, Sister 
Dorothy worked with the Pastoral Land Commission, an 
organization of the Catholic Church that fights for the
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rights of rural workers and peasants, and defends land 
reforms in Brazil; 
Whereas her death came less than a week after meeting with 
the human rights officials of Brazil about threats to local 
farmers from some loggers and landowners; 
Whereas, after receiving several death threats, Sister Dorothy 
recently commented, ‘‘I don’t want to flee, nor do I want 
to abandon the battle of these farmers who live without 
any protection in the forest. They have the sacrosanct 
right to aspire to a better life on land where they can live 
and work with dignity while respecting the environ-
ment.’’; 
Whereas Sister Dorothy was born in Dayton, Ohio, entered 
the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur community in 
1948, and professed final vows in 1956; 
Whereas, from 1951 to 1966, Sister Dorothy taught elemen-
tary classes at St. Victor School in Calumet City, Illinois, 
St. Alexander School in Villa Park, Illinois, and Most 
Holy Trinity School in Phoenix, Arizona, and began her 
ministry in Brazil in 1966, in Coroata in the state of 
Maranhao; 
Whereas, last June, Sister Dorothy was named ‘‘Woman of 
the Year’’ by the state of Para for her work in the Ama-
zon region, in December 2004, she received the Humani-
tarian of the Year award from the Brazilian Bar Associa-
tion for her work helping the local rural workers, and 
earlier this year, she received an ‘‘Honorary Citizenship 
of the State’’ award from the state of Para; and 
Whereas Sister Dorothy lived her life according to the mis-
sion of the Sisters of Notre Dame: making known God’s 
goodness and love of the poor through a Gospel way of
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life, community, and prayer, while continuing a strong 
educational tradition and taking a stand with the poor 
people especially women and children, in the most aban-
doned places, and committing her one and only life to 
work with others to create justice and peace for all: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress hereby honors the life and 
work of Sister Dorothy Stang. 
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