It all started when…

Sacred Heart was one of the two original city parishes which led to the initiation of the Diocese of El Paso. Since its founding, it has served the low-income immigrant community of the Segundo Barrio as well as the faithful from Ciudad Juarez and all of El Paso. For several decades, the Jesuit priests from Sacred Heart served as missionaries in West Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Chihuahua, Mexico. Presently, it is a vibrant parish in the heart of the Barrio and has continuously been staffed by Jesuit Priests.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

• Co-Chair, Fr. Rafael Garcia, S. J., Pastor, Sacred Heart Church

• Co-Chair, Max Grossman, Ph.D., Board of Directors, Preservation Texas, Vice -Chair, The Trost Society

• Bishop Mark J. Seitz, D.D., Diocese of El Paso

• Frank S. Ainsa, Jr., Attorney at Law, general counsel for the Diocese of El Paso

• Fr. Ron Boudreaux, S. J., Jesuits of the U.S. Central and Southern Province

• Linda Caro, COO, Foundation for the Diocese of El Paso

• Martina Lorey, Architect, Martina Lorey Architects

• Sergio Ornelas, Executive Director, Catholic Properties, In c. Natassia Paloma, Primetime News Anchor, KTSM 9 News

• Claudia Lizette Rodriguez, Representative of District 6, City of El Paso George Salam, Jr., President, 88 Investments, Inc.

• David Stout, El Paso County Commissioner, Precinct 2

ADVISORY COUNCIL

• Mark Calamia, Ph.D., Anthropologist

• Anne M. Giangiulio, Associate Professor of Art, Graphic Design, UTEP, Website Development. and Design Student Liaison

• Ricardo Gonzalez, Chair of the Board of Directors, El Paso Preservation Alliance

• Miguel Juarez, Ph.D., Educator and Historian, Coordinator, UTEP Undergraduate Research Assistants

• Pablo Lopez, President, Southside Neighborhood Association Felipe Peralta, Ph.D., Bowie High School Class of 1964

• Mason Sales, Website Development

• Bernie Sargent, Chair, The Trost Society; Scholar Director, Texas Historical Foundation Landmark Commission, City of El Paso; Co-director, West Texas Region of APT Texas

• Evan Thompson, Executive Director, Preservation Texas

• Providencia Velazquez, Historic Preservation Officer, City of El Paso Barbara Welch, Chair, El Paso County Historical Commission

• Gary Willi am s, Senior Program Officer, El Paso Community Foundation Janine Young, Corporate & Foundation Relations Director, Texas Tech University Health Sciences