Incarnate Word Academy hosted its annual College Fair for high school level students on Sept. 17. This past year, 100% of IWA’s Class of 2018 was accepted to a college or university with 99% of students attending a four-year major university and 1% attending a two-year college or university. The 67 students of the High School Level graduating Class of 2018 were offered over $10.9 million in college scholarships.

St. Gertrude School in Kingsville honored local first responders by hosting a Blue Mass and breakfast on Sept. 11. Father Joseph Lopez celebrated Mass in St. Gertrude Church and first responders were treated to pastries, coffee and juice afterward.

On Sept. 11 St. Pius X School hosted their 2nd annual Celebrity Science Night by inviting experts from the Texas Sealife Center, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, South Texas Botanical Gardens, and many more.

Incarnate Word Academy commemorated the anniversary of the death of Venerable Jeanne Chézard de Matel, the foundress of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament (IWBS), and the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, during a campus-wide Mass on Sept. 11. The Mass was held in the school’s Mother Patricia Gunning Gymnasium with Father Richard Libby serving as the Celebrant.

Incarnate Word Academy Elementary Level families were invited to attend the annual Family Fun Fiesta at the school’s playground on Sept. 7. Families enjoyed extra playground time as well as great food provided by local food truck vendors Flamin’ Grill Steaks & Burgers and Sno-Ball On-Da-Go.

Local non-commercial FM radio station KLUX 89.SHD will hold it's annual on-the-air, fall "PledgeFest" fundraiser beginning this coming Monday morning, Sept. 10. The two-day event will feature KLUX air personalities and guests making on-air appeals and taking phone pledges for the listener-supported station. The goal of the two-day event is $20,000. More information is available on the station's website at http://klux.org 

It is a special calling, CHRISTUS Spohn leaders say, as the health system celebrated the graduation of three new chaplains from the Clinical Pastoral Education Program - Clara Dina Hinojosa, Father Tomy Raphel and Kenneth Boggs.

Seventeen Catholic schools proudly displayed their flags as they processed into Corpus Christi Cathedral at the beginning of the annual Mass celebrating the 2018-2019 school year. Exiting students, staff, parents and faculty filled the cathedral on Sept. 5 as other students, not in attendance, watched the live stream in their classrooms courtesy of the Catholic Communications Network.

For those of you who recognize the name Vinton Cerf, would you believe he and I have something in common? We are both partially deaf. In case you don’t, he is one of the “fathers of the Internet.”

Bishop Michael Mulvey thanked the Border Patrol, local ranchers and members of the community at a meeting he attended in Falfurrias on Aug. 30. The meeting, he said, "offered great insights into their difficult work in dealing with human and drug trafficking." "I was moved by the traumatic accounts of people being mistreated by the traffickers and their personal accounts of treating the people they pick-up with humane treatment and dignity," Bishop Mulvey said.

Despite the nearly 100-degree temperatures, Jaime Reyna found purpose in his four-hour drive from Corpus Christi to Houston. With five teens from the Diocese of Corpus Christi, where Reyna serves as the youth ministry director for the Corpus Christi Diocese, he made a pilgrimage to the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston, which was hosting the World Youth Day Cross and Marian icon on Aug. 23.

Bishop Michael Mulvey addresses the current situation of sexual abuse, the abuse of silence and the unacceptable coverup by bishops and chancery personnel.

Despite the nearly 100-degree temperatures, Jaime Reyna found purpose in his four-hour drive from Corpus Christi to Houston. With five teens from the Diocese of Corpus Christi, where Reyna serves as the youth ministry director for the Corpus Christi Diocese, he made a pilgrimage to the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston, which was hosting the World Youth Day Cross and Marian icon on Aug. 23.

Corpus Christi Cathedral is pleased to announce Scott Powell as the new Director of Sacred Music. He comes to us from Washington state where he has served in various musical positions.

Catholic Charities of Corpus Christi, Inc. (CCCC) was awarded a long-term disaster recovery grant of $1,020,000 by Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) from funds received through the second collection offered by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). CCCC is a member of CCUSA, the official domestic disaster relief and response organization of the Catholic Church. The funds will be used to meet the local community’s ongoing recovery needs following Hurricane Harvey.

Some 200 supporters of Refuge of Hope were treated to a night out with dinner, auction, and a guest speaker/singer at the 11th Annual Benefit Dinner on Aug. 11 at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds. Refuge of Hope is a pro-life pregnancy resource center for women and men. 

Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level announced the school’s student House System Leaders: Isibindi (Zulu for “courage”), Reveur (French for “dreamer”), Amistad (Spanish for “friendship”) and Altruismo (Portuguese for “altruism”). They were driven via limousine to the Corpus Christi Yacht Club where they celebrated their distinctive appointment on Aug. 23.

To support your family’s journey toward healthy living, Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Corpus Christi has teamed up with Texas A&M Coastal Bend Health Education Center to provide a FREE program, so you can prevent diabetes and other chronic diseases.

Incarnate Word Academy’s Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) and Campus-Wide Athletic Booster Club welcomed family members to its first parent event of the 2018-2019 school year during the Back To School Parent Social on Aug. 15 in the school’s Angel Avenue Student Center.

Second-grade students learn about sound vibrations and the role of horns in world history on Aug. 13 at St. Pius X School. S.T.R.E.A.M. coordinator Mike Sepulveda, enlisted Karl Kemm, a music professor at Del Mar College, who specializes in the French horn.