Senate Resolution No. 2578

BY: Senator COMRIE

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the American
Clergy Leadership Conference upon the occasion of
hosting Celebration 2020

WHEREAS, Spiritual guidance and nurturing are of great import to the
vitality and well-being of all people and every community of this great
State and Nation; and

WHEREAS, Instrumental in that deliverance are those men and women of
religious commitment who accept the responsibility of moral leadership
and render the wisdom of human understanding; and

WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to
congratulate the American Clergy Leadership Conference upon the occasion
of hosting Celebration 2020 to be observed on Saturday, January 25,
2020, at the Manhattan Center in New York, New York; and

WHEREAS, This auspicious occasion is meant to bring awareness of the
True Mother, and recognize Heavenly Parents Day and True Parents
Birthday with individuals across the United States; and

WHEREAS, In addition, the event will celebrate the 100th Birthday of
the late Sun Myung Moon, the 77th Birthday of Hak Ja Han (Mother Moon),
and their 60th Wedding Anniversary; and

WHEREAS, The American Clergy Leadership Conference (ACLC) was
founded in Korea during May of 2000 by 120 clergy members who gathered
to affirm the vision given by God to Reverend Dr. Sun Myung Moon and Dr.
Hak Ja Han Moon to unify the Body of Christ; and

WHEREAS, ACLC is a coalition of clergy working to strengthen
marriages, rebuild families, restore communities, and renew the nation
and the world; headquartered at 4 West 43rd Street in New York City, the
coalition intends to uphold the validity of the United States of America
as a shining nation of freedom, faith, harmony and prosperity; and

WHEREAS, Clergy relating to clergy throughout the United States of
America and around the globe is the mission of the American Clergy
Leadership Conference, which is building on the vision announced by the
Mother of Peace, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon for the chosen of God to unify
Christian clergy with her in the work of God for World Peace; and

WHEREAS, Born on January 6, 1920, the late Reverend Dr. Sun Myung
Moon was a Korean religious leader who founded the Unification movement,
and of its widely noted "Blessing" or mass wedding ceremony, and the
author of its unique theology the Divine Principle; and

WHEREAS, His wife, Dr. Hak Ja Han was born on February 10, 1943; in
1992, she established the Women's Federation for World Peace, and
traveled the world speaking on its behalf; she is the leader of the
Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, in which she is
called "True Mother"; and


WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that those who
enhance the well-being and vitality of their community and have shown a
long and sustained commitment to excellence certainly have earned the
recognition and applause of all the citizens of this great Empire State;
now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate the American Clergy Leadership Conference upon the occasion
of hosting Celebration 2020 on January 25, 2020; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to Dr. Hak Ja Han and the American Clergy Leadership
Conference.