Mision de Corpus Christi de San Antonio de la Ysleta Mission

Mision de Corpus Christi de San Antonio de la Ysleta del Sur

The Pueblo Indians were having to deal with many people who were rather destructive. This made the Tiguex War. The Spaniards won at the end and the Tiguas went from Isleta pueblo to present-day El Paso.

The mission took over a year to make and was made out of mud chinked logs and willow reeds. The mission was a built near the Rio Grande to supply for water and to make farms nearby the river.

The patron saint of the church at Ysleta was originally St.Anthony or as they say it in Spanish, San Antonio, which is also in the name of the mission.

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel was taken in by the Jesuits who took over the mission for over 100 years. This Saint is now located in a province right next to the Mission building.

In the year 1907, there was a massive fire which burned down the walls of the church.

In the year of 1918, the first mission schools were established. The school was called Our Lady of the Valley School and eventually split up in two. Unfortunately in 2005, the schools closed once one stopped operating.

Tigua land was acknowledged by Spanish Royal Order. The land grant documented Tigua land rights as one league (4 miles) in each cardinal direction from the door of the mission church.

From 1845 to 1848, the Treaty made the borders between Texas and Mexico which made the border the Rio Grande and this kept the mission in the state's borders.

1680 – Spanish settlers and Tigua (Tiwa) Indians are driven from northern New Mexico and Isleta Pueblo by the Pueblo Revolt. They travel southward to El Paso del Norte where El Paso, Texas and Cd. Juarez,Chihuahua, Mexico exist today. Mexico Governor Antonio de Otermin, representing the crown of Spain, established the Ysleta Mission (Ysleta del Sur Mission) for the refugees.

1682 – A permanent structure for the Ysleta Mission was established. In October the building is formally dedicated and named La Misión de Corpus Christi de San Antonio de la Ysleta del Sur in honor of the Tigua's patron saint, Saint Anthony (San Antonio) by the Bishop of Tucson, Arizona.

1691 – Governor Diego de Vargas gives the first official land grant for the church to Father Joaquin de Hinojosa.

1693 – The church was renamed Corpus Christi de los Tiguas de Ysleta by Governor Diego de Vargas under the authority of King Charles II of Spain.

1740s, 1829 – Flooding of the Rio Grande damaged/destroyed the mission.

1874 – The first formal property deed for the church was granted to Bishop Salpointe of Tucson. This deed outlined the boundaries of the church's property and remain the same today. French Clergy petitioned the Bishop of Tucson to change the church's name to Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

1881-1891,1894-1990 – The church was administered by Jesuits from Mexico Province, Mexico City, Mexico.

1907 – Fire caused massive damage to the church structure. It was rebuilt the following year.

1919–1921 – Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ( established and staffed Our Lady of Mount Carmel School (Tiwa).

1922–1980s – Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word from the New Orleans, Louisiana, province staffed the school.

1980s–2005 – Lay teachers and Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word staffed the school.

1990–1992 – The church became a parish and was administered by diocesan priests.

1992–present – Conventual Franciscans from Our Lady of Consolation Province, Mount St. Francis, Indiana, administer Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

The whole story to this?

What is the purpose of the mission?

The Tiguas came ere by the command of the Spaniards, this mission along with the other two were built to change the culture of these Indians. The Indians were to change to be Roman Catholics.

How it was built?

Dr. Ten Kate

Dr. Herman F.C. ten Kate is an ethnologist from the Netherlands. He stayed three days in the mission of Ysleta to see the lifestyle.

What things they used in their rituals?

-emoh

-pohojeth

-lah

-brother drum

-tribal drum

Population?

Total: 731 people

Tiguas: 275 people

Spaniards: 456 people

What they farmed?

-Cotton

-Chili

-Cacti

-Corn

Who was the patron Saint?

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

The Royal Order

The fire in the mission

Mission Schools

Timeline

Who is our Lady of Mt. Carmel