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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, With a unique history spanning more than 330 years, |
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| 6 | 7 | | the Ysleta Mission is one of El Paso County's cultural treasures; |
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| 7 | 8 | | and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, La Misión de Corpus Christi de San Antonio de la |
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| 9 | 10 | | Ysleta del Sur was established along the Rio Grande by Franciscan |
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| 10 | 11 | | missionaries in 1680 to serve Tigua Indians who had fled New Mexico |
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| 11 | 12 | | as a result of the Pueblo Indian Revolt; the original church, built |
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| 12 | 13 | | of mud-chinked logs and willow reeds, was soon replaced with one of |
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| 13 | 14 | | adobe, which was consecrated by the Bishop of Tucson in 1682; and |
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| 14 | 15 | | WHEREAS, Over the next two centuries, the Ysleta Mission was |
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| 15 | 16 | | damaged several times by floodwaters, but it was always restored or |
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| 16 | 17 | | rebuilt; another consequence of flooding, however, has proved |
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| 17 | 18 | | enduring: between 1829 and 1831, the course of the Rio Grande |
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| 18 | 19 | | shifted from north of the mission to south of it, and when the river |
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| 19 | 20 | | was established as the international border in 1848, the mission |
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| 20 | 21 | | officially became part of the United States; and |
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| 21 | 22 | | WHEREAS, In 1881, the Ysleta Mission was transferred to the |
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| 22 | 23 | | Jesuit order; the mission's first school was opened in 1918, and it |
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| 23 | 24 | | was eventually split into two schools that operated until 2005, |
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| 24 | 25 | | when one of them was closed; since 1991, the mission has been the |
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| 25 | 26 | | responsibility of the Conventual Franciscan order; the Tiguas |
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| 26 | 27 | | continue to be associated with the mission and observe several |
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| 27 | 28 | | ritual days there every year, the most important of which is the |
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| 28 | 29 | | Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua; and |
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| 29 | 30 | | WHEREAS, The residents of the State of Texas are heirs to an |
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| 30 | 31 | | extraordinarily rich heritage, and the Ysleta Mission serves as an |
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| 31 | 32 | | important reminder of this legacy; now, therefore, be it |
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| 32 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 33 | 34 | | Legislature hereby honor the Ysleta Mission and extend to all those |
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| 34 | 35 | | associated with the mission sincere best wishes for the future; |
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| 35 | 36 | | and, be it further |
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| 36 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 37 | 38 | | prepared for the mission as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 38 | 39 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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