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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, With a unique history spanning more than 330 years, |
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the Ysleta Mission is one of El Paso County's cultural treasures; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, La Misión de Corpus Christi de San Antonio de la |
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Ysleta del Sur was established along the Rio Grande by Franciscan |
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missionaries in 1680 to serve Tigua Indians who had fled New Mexico |
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as a result of the Pueblo Indian Revolt; the original church, built |
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of mud-chinked logs and willow reeds, was soon replaced with one of |
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adobe, which was consecrated by the Bishop of Tucson in 1682; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the next two centuries, the Ysleta Mission was |
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damaged several times by floodwaters, but it was always restored or |
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rebuilt; another consequence of flooding, however, has proved |
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enduring: between 1829 and 1831, the course of the Rio Grande |
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shifted from north of the mission to south of it, and when the river |
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was established as the international border in 1848, the mission |
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officially became part of the United States; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1881, the Ysleta Mission was transferred to the |
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Jesuit order; the mission's first school was opened in 1918, and it |
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was eventually split into two schools that operated until 2005, |
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when one of them was closed; since 1991, the mission has been the |
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responsibility of the Conventual Franciscan order; the Tiguas |
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continue to be associated with the mission and observe several |
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ritual days there every year, the most important of which is the |
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Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua; and |
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WHEREAS, The residents of the State of Texas are heirs to an |
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extraordinarily rich heritage, and the Ysleta Mission serves as an |
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important reminder of this legacy; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the Ysleta Mission and extend to all those |
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associated with the mission sincere best wishes for the future; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the mission as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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González |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2448 was adopted by the House on May |
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21, 2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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