Congratulating Father Dennis Aréchiga on his receipt of the St. John Vianney Award.

89(R) HR 1002 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.R. No. 1002

R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS, Father Dennis Aréchiga was presented with the

St. John Vianney Award at the 23rd annual Catholic Theological

Society of America Leadership Luncheon in San Antonio on April 30,

2025; and

WHEREAS, The pastor of St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic

Church in San Antonio, Father Aréchiga will celebrate the 25th

anniversary of his priestly ordination on May 28, 2025; he was

installed at St. Mark the Evangelist on August 20, 2022; and

WHEREAS, In 1985, Father Aréchiga earned his bachelor's

degree in music from the University of Notre Dame, where he was a

member of the Congregation of Holy Cross; he then entered the

order's novitiate in Colorado Springs and pursued graduate studies

at the Santa Clara University Jesuit School of Theology in

Berkeley, California; he went on to teach for eight years at Holy

Cross High School and St. Cecilia Elementary School, as well as at

Burnet Elementary in the San Antonio Independent School District;

and

WHEREAS, Continuing his spiritual journey, Father Aréchiga

earned his master of divinity degree at the Oblate School of

Theology, and he spent a brief time in the Holy Cross Southern

Province; he subsequently joined the diocesan priesthood, working

at St. John the Evangelist Parish before entering Assumption

Seminary in 1998; following a stint at San Fernando Cathedral, he

became pastor of St. Monica Parish in Converse; in 2010, he was

appointed pastor of St. Matthew's Parish in San Antonio; and

WHEREAS, Over the course of a quarter century, Dennis

Aréchiga has demonstrated a wholehearted commitment to his

parishioners and to the wider community, and his faith and his many

good works have been a source of profound inspiration to all; now,

therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas

Legislature hereby congratulate Father Dennis Aréchiga on his

receipt of the St. John Vianney Award and extend to him sincere best

wishes for the future; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be

prepared for Father Aréchiga as an expression of high regard by the

Texas House of Representatives.

Lujan

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Speaker of the House

I certify that H.R. No. 1002 was adopted by the House on May

23, 2025, by a non-record vote.

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Chief Clerk of the House