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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Father Dennis Aréchiga was presented with the |
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St. John Vianney Award at the 23rd annual Catholic Theological |
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Society of America Leadership Luncheon in San Antonio on April 30, |
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2025; and |
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WHEREAS, The pastor of St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic |
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Church in San Antonio, Father Aréchiga will celebrate the 25th |
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anniversary of his priestly ordination on May 28, 2025; he was |
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installed at St. Mark the Evangelist on August 20, 2022; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1985, Father Aréchiga earned his bachelor's |
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degree in music from the University of Notre Dame, where he was a |
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member of the Congregation of Holy Cross; he then entered the |
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order's novitiate in Colorado Springs and pursued graduate studies |
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at the Santa Clara University Jesuit School of Theology in |
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Berkeley, California; he went on to teach for eight years at Holy |
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Cross High School and St. Cecilia Elementary School, as well as at |
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Burnet Elementary in the San Antonio Independent School District; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Continuing his spiritual journey, Father Aréchiga |
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earned his master of divinity degree at the Oblate School of |
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Theology, and he spent a brief time in the Holy Cross Southern |
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Province; he subsequently joined the diocesan priesthood, working |
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at St. John the Evangelist Parish before entering Assumption |
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Seminary in 1998; following a stint at San Fernando Cathedral, he |
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became pastor of St. Monica Parish in Converse; in 2010, he was |
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appointed pastor of St. Matthew's Parish in San Antonio; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of a quarter century, Dennis |
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Aréchiga has demonstrated a wholehearted commitment to his |
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parishioners and to the wider community, and his faith and his many |
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good works have been a source of profound inspiration to all; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Father Dennis Aréchiga on his |
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receipt of the St. John Vianney Award and extend to him sincere best |
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wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Father Aréchiga as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |