South Texas Catholic

Fifth grade students at Incarnate Word Academy held a virtual Wax Museum event during the 2020-2021 school year. The project took several days in the making and students began recording on May 15.

Bishop Michael Mulvey blessed the newly constructed religious education annex building at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Flour Bluff on Saturday, June 12. 

Catholic Charities Ministry and Life Enrichment for Persons with Disabilities Department held its annual Fr. Walsh Summer Camp for persons with disabilities from June 7-9. This year’s theme was “Treasures,” which focuses on a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and God’s purpose for us on Earth.

One Sister of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, with ties to the Diocese of Corpus Christi is celebrating a Jubilee this year.

During Mass for the conferral of Holy Orders on June 5, Bishop Michael Mulvey ordained seminarians, Carlos De La Rosa and Charles Silvas to the sacred order of deacons at Corpus Christi Cathedral.

Father Jorge Torres, a priest of the Diocese of Orlando, has been appointed to serve as a Specialist for the Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), based in Washington, D.C. He begins work on July 12.