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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 153
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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recognize the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso on the occasion |
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of its 100th anniversary; and |
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WHEREAS, The diocese was founded on March 3, 1914, by Pope |
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Pius X; it has come to include 55 parishes, 20 missions, 11 |
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Catholic schools, and 22 ministries, all serving the spiritual |
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and temporal needs of more than 680,000 devoted followers in 10 |
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counties in West Texas; the diocese begins a yearlong celebration |
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of its centennial on March 3, 2013; and |
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WHEREAS, The Catholic Church has played a distinguished |
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and enduring role in Texas history; it established the first |
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hospital in El Paso, Hotel Dieu, in 1892, and it is responsible |
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for opening the first three-year nursing school in Texas and for |
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performing the first surgery in the American Southwest; the El |
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Paso Diocese was the first in the United States to be led by a |
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Hispanic bishop, Bishop Flores, who was installed in 1978; and |
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WHEREAS, The diocese is also the home of the Tigua Indians |
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of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, who have worshipped according to |
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Catholic tradition for more than three centuries and have |
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lovingly preserved the historic town and mission of Ysleta; and |
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WHEREAS, The diocese has long served as a place of refuge, and |
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it provided for the spiritual care of Catholics fleeing Mexico during |
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the Mexican Revolution and the Cristero movement; and |
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WHEREAS, A modern force for social justice and a safe haven |
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for refugees, immigrants, and the underserved, the Diocese of El |
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Paso has one of the largest legal aid clinics in the Southwest, |
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and its century of good works reflects an abiding respect for the |
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Hispanic Catholic traditions of West Texas; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, |
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83rd Legislature, hereby commend the Roman Catholic Diocese of |
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El Paso as it celebrates its centennial; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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the diocese and its parishioners as an expression of esteem from |
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the Texas Senate. |
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Rodriguez, Seliger, Uresti |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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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 |