Bill Text: TX SR153 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-05 - Reported enrolled [SR153 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR153-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
recognize the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso on the occasion | ||
of its 100th anniversary; and | ||
WHEREAS, The diocese was founded on March 3, 1914, by Pope | ||
Pius X; it has come to include 55 parishes, 20 missions, 11 | ||
Catholic schools, and 22 ministries, all serving the spiritual | ||
and temporal needs of more than 680,000 devoted followers in 10 | ||
counties in West Texas; the diocese begins a yearlong celebration | ||
of its centennial on March 3, 2013; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Catholic Church has played a distinguished | ||
and enduring role in Texas history; it established the first | ||
hospital in El Paso, Hotel Dieu, in 1892, and it is responsible | ||
for opening the first three-year nursing school in Texas and for | ||
performing the first surgery in the American Southwest; the El | ||
Paso Diocese was the first in the United States to be led by a | ||
Hispanic bishop, Bishop Flores, who was installed in 1978; and | ||
WHEREAS, The diocese is also the home of the Tigua Indians | ||
of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, who have worshipped according to | ||
Catholic tradition for more than three centuries and have | ||
lovingly preserved the historic town and mission of Ysleta; and | ||
WHEREAS, | ||
WHEREAS, A modern force for social justice and a safe haven | ||
for refugees, immigrants, and the underserved, the Diocese of El | ||
Paso has one of the largest legal aid clinics in the Southwest, | ||
and its century of good works reflects an abiding respect for the | ||
Hispanic Catholic traditions of West Texas; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, | ||
83rd Legislature, hereby commend the Roman Catholic Diocese of | ||
El Paso as it celebrates its centennial; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
the diocese and its parishioners as an expression of esteem from | ||
the Texas Senate. | ||
Rodriguez, Seliger, Uresti | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on March 5, 2013. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |