Since he became a single parent thirteen years ago, Paul Jimenez has always put his children’s needs before his own. He makes sure his children are happy, safe, well fed, protected and well educated. His daughter, Lydia, now a junior and his son, Paul, currently a freshman have been attending Incarnate Word Academy since they were able to go to school.

Nieves Frazier, a teacher at St. John Paul II was selected to attend the STEM Teacher Summer Externship from July 16-27. She was one of fifteen teachers selected to attend the Texas Teacher Externship for STEM Education. Frazier teaches Government, Economics and World Geography. She is Student Council Sponsor and Destination Imagination Team Manager.

Over one-hundred women throughout the Diocese of Corpus Christi attended the fourth annual conference, entitled, “Women: Heart of the Church.” The event, hosted by the Catholic Daughters of America (CDA) Court #2433, commenced with Mass at St. Theresa Church on April 28.

When people would ask Nick Cardenas why he and his wife Oralia dedicated 24 years of their lives serving the prisoners at four different detention centers (Garza East, Garza West, McConnell and the trusty camp) in Beeville, his answer was always the same: “Who are we to judge these people? We need to do the work of the Holy Spirit.”

Bishop Michael Mulvey by the imposition of hands and the invocation of the Holy Spirit will ordain three young men to the sacred order of the diaconate on June 2 at 10 a.m. at Corpus Christi Cathedral. Seminarians Richard Gutierrez and Ramiro “RJ” Regalado, Jr. will become transitional deacons and campus minister Santos Ruben Jones III will be ordained to the permanent diaconate. The young men have faithfully been serving the church for many years.

With plans that include being a Disney Imagineer, a nurse practitioner, an attorney and a research scientist, the top-ranked graduating seniors from St. John Paul II and Incarnate Word High Schools say they can’t wait to begin their post-high school lives.

In a “People Helping People” project, members of the Catholic Family Fraternal of Texas-KJZT Holy Family Society #188 Taft sponsored a diaper drive in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Parishioners from Our Lady of Perpetual Help participated in Harvey Clean Up Saturday on May 12 and May 19. Two groups of 12 people (some children) spent several hours working on clean up tasks at the direction of Rockport and Port Aransas Volunteer Centers.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities, made the following statement in response to the news that the Trump Administration intends to separate abortion from the Title X family planning program:

In response to the destruction caused by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and earthquakes in Mexico, Catholics across the United States have contributed nearly $59 million to relief and recovery efforts. Initiated by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), special collections and funds were launched last year to support humanitarian relief efforts as well as to provide pastoral services and financial support to rebuild facilities in dioceses impacted by these disasters.

Orfie Hernandez, Director of Religious Education for Corpus Christi Cathedral Parish led children as they made their first Communion on May 6 with Father Jose Gutierrez presiding.

Church leaders voiced their closeness to victims of a school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas on Friday, calling Catholics to pray for all those affected.

High school students from St. John Paul II Economics class made three lemonade stands as part of a STREAM project on May 12. STREAM stands for Science, Technology, Religion, Art and Math.

The captivated child stood who before the great rose window of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris would grow up to be the noted nineteenth-century restorer and artist Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc.

incarnate Word Academy’s varsity track and field teams competed at the TAPPS 5A State Meet from May 4-5 at Midway High School in Waco. Overall, the IWA boys’ team placed 15th while the girls’ team placed 16th. A school record was earned by senior Evangelino Pangilinan in the boys’ shot put event with a total of 43-feet.

Eight grade students from Anna Busse's Social Studies class presented historical characters from American history, researched their roles, then reenacted their impact on society at Bishop Garriga Middle Preparatory School's American History Wax Museum on May 11.

Father Charles Doherty, who served as pastor at Our Lady of Assumption parish in Ingleside and in the Diocese of Corpus Christi for many years, died May 9. He had recently celebrated his 90th birthday at Our Lady of Assumption Parish on Oct. 15, 2017.

Students and families from Sacred Heart School in Rockport participated in a STREAM Fair and PTA Meeting on May 7. The students and families, assembled with the Cafeteria and Gym and enjoyed the variety of displays and projects. Robotics and coding were popular aspects of the STREAM fair.

Incarnate Word Academy excitingly welcomed author Diana Lopez to its campus on Thursday, May 3 in the school’s James R. Dougherty, Jr. Center. A Corpus Christi native, Lopez shared stories with Elementary and Middle-Level students about growing up in the city and offered Angel's insight into how she became an author. Lopez recently penned the novelization of the hit Disney-Pixar animated film “Coco” as well as her upcoming book set in Corpus Christi titled “Lucky Luna.”

Principals, teachers, and diocesan personnel attended a safety workshop on the new Emergency Operations Plan being implemented in all Catholic schools in the Diocese of Corpus Christi on May 1. John Michael Keyes, founder of the I Love You Guys Foundation, gave a presentation on Standard Response Protocol, Standard Reunification Method and an Introduction to Incident Command Systems.