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Explore the Texas-Lyon Heritage Society

The connection between Texas and Lyon continues through initiatives rooted in faith, service, hospitality, education, and healthcare.

Learn more about the projects and partnerships supported by the Texas–Lyon Heritage Society and discover how this shared legacy continues today.

The projects

Restore Hôtel Dieu
One of the city’s most important historic institutions, Hôtel-Dieu was a place of faith, medicine, charity, and public service.
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Build the Saint-Irénée Center
A living center for encounter, service, education, and social action in Lyon.
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Texas-Lyon Heritage fellowship
Forming the next generation of leaders, scholars, students, and cultural partners who will carry the Texas–Lyon relationship forward.
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Help Carry Forward the Texas–Lyon Legacy

The shared history between Texas and Lyon is more than a story of the past. It lives on through institutions of faith, healthcare, education, hospitality, and care for the vulnerable.

Your support will help advance two priority projects in Lyon, The Social Hub and Hôtel-Dieu, while also building the Texas–Lyon Heritage Fellowship to strengthen educational, academic, cultural, and institutional ties between Texas and Lyon.

Donate today to help preserve this heritage and build new bridges for the future.

Donations may be tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by U.S. law.