Bill Text: TX HCR21 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Monsignor Larry J. Droll of St. Ann's Catholic Parish in Midland on the 50th anniversary of his ordination as a priest.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-27 - Signed by the Governor [HCR21 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HCR21-Enrolled.html
H.C.R. No. 21 |
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WHEREAS, Monsignor Larry J. Droll of St. Ann's Catholic | ||
Parish in Midland is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his | ||
ordination as a priest on June 15, 2023, and this occasion truly | ||
merits special recognition; and | ||
WHEREAS, After graduating from St. John's High School | ||
Seminary in San Antonio, Larry Droll studied at Assumption Seminary | ||
and St. John's Seminary in Collegeville, Minnesota; along the way, | ||
he earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from St. Mary's | ||
University and a master's degree in theology from St. John's | ||
University; he was ordained as a deacon in 1972 and as a priest in | ||
1973; he went on to receive his licentiate in canon law from the | ||
Catholic University of America in 1989; and | ||
WHEREAS, Among his many honors, he was designated Chaplain to | ||
His Holiness and awarded the title of monsignor by Pope John Paul II | ||
on November 23, 1989; six years later, he was appointed as a Prelate | ||
of Honor, and in 2008, he was elevated to the prestigious title of | ||
Protonotary Apostolic; and | ||
WHEREAS, Monsignor Droll served as a pastor at a number of | ||
churches in San Angelo, Ozona, and Wall before taking on his current | ||
role as a pastor at St. Ann's Catholic Parish in Midland; his many | ||
responsibilities have included his diocesan assignments as a member | ||
of the Presbyteral Council, the College of Consultors, and the | ||
Priest Pension Plan Administrative Board, as well as his tribunal | ||
assignment as a collegiate judge; in addition, he distinguished | ||
himself through his service as a chancellor and vicar general, and | ||
he played an instrumental role in establishing a partnership | ||
between the Diocese of San Angelo and the Diocese of San Pedro Sula | ||
in Honduras; and | ||
WHEREAS, Deeply dedicated to his community, Monsignor Droll | ||
has served as a chaplain for several Knights of Columbus Councils as | ||
well as the Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court of | ||
St. Catherine of Siena; he has also been involved with the | ||
Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Leadership San | ||
Angelo, the San Angelo Symphony Chorale, the School Health Advisory | ||
Council of the Wall Independent School District, and the board of | ||
directors of the Samaritan Counseling Center of West Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the course of the past five decades, Monsignor | ||
Larry Droll has wholeheartedly committed his talents and energies | ||
to the spiritual enrichment of others, and his strong faith and | ||
compassion have benefited countless people; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby congratulate Monsignor Larry J. Droll on the 50th | ||
anniversary of his ordination as a priest and extend to him sincere | ||
best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Monsignor Droll as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives and Senate. | ||
Craddick | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.C.R. No. 21 was adopted by the House on March | ||
8, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.C.R. No. 21 was adopted by the Senate on | ||
March 13, 2023, by a viva-voce vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |