CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Incarnate Word Academy will be celebrating the graduating Class of 2021 tomorrow, April 21, at the Drive-By Senior Parade. The parade will be held from 3:45-4:15 p.m. at the horseshoe drive on Alameda in between the Elementary and High School Levels.

The Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament are excited to announce that five of Sister Lou Ella Hickman’s poems from her book she: robed and wordless have been composed into music by famous composer James Lee III for The Marshal Weinberg Spring 2021 Classical Music Season concert that will be held on May 11 at 92nd Street Y in New York City.

In 2017, Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble, FSP put a skull on her desk and began meditating on her death every day. She did this in imitation of Blessed James Alberione, the founder of her congregation of Catholic religious sisters, the Daughters of St. Paul. When Sr. Theresa Aletheia shared about her journey on social media with the hashtag #memento mori, Latin for “remember your death.”

Each year, the Coalition of Catholic Organizations Against Human Trafficking (CCOAHT) launches a campaign to raise awareness of forced labor in the fishing industry. This year, due to the global pandemic, a new humanitarian crisis has emerged that is severely impacting all men and women who work at sea.  

Bishop Michael Mulvey administered the sacrament of confirmation to youth at Holy Family Parish in Corpus Christi on April 14. Since April 7, Bishop Mulvey has begun the two-month process of confirming teens in every parish who have fulfilled the requirements to receive the sacrament.

Following the mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development issued the following statement:

Retrouvaille is a peer ministry of volunteer couples that can help other couples learn the tools of healthy communication, build intimacy and heal, just as they have done in their own marriages. Retrouvaille is Christian-based, and Catholic in origin, but welcomes couples of all faiths as well as non-religious couples. Retrouvaille can help get your relationship back on track. 

Please contact your Senator and Representative to SUPPORT SB 1944/HB 3099 which reform the Texas Advance Directives Act and OPPOSE SB 917/HB 2609 which eliminate the dispute resolution process. It takes less than 3 minutes to email your representative here. 

Nothing speaks of spring more than blossoms in March and April.

DENVER, April 13, 2021 – There's a lot of talk about missionary discipleship. But how can the laity practically live it?

La semana Santa y la Pascua de Resurrección en tiempos de  pandemia, han dado a la comunidad parroquial de Nuestra Señora de san Juan de los Lagos Madre de la Iglesia, la oportunidad de unirse profundamente y manifestarse en su entendimiento Bίblico  de los  misterios del amor de Dios.

Recent Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday services offered parishioners hope and a sense of much needed renewal, especially during uncertain times.

St. Patrick School students Josie Orines, Story Mendez and Ibelisse Ferrell won first place in the Knights of Columbus local Council Level #1202 art contest, “Keep Christ in Christmas” poster contest.

Pre-K3 through sixth-grade students at St. Pius X School reenact the "Liturgy of Light" as part of their religious education in Catechesis of the Good Shepherd class on April 6. All the children were divided into groups at three separate times of the day to comply with social distancing rules.

St. Patrick School sixth-graders helped revive and beautify the school’s Prayer Garden as part of their service project for March. The prayer garden is an outdoor classroom for prayer, science, art and students to enjoy.

Marty Wind, general manager of KLUX 89.5, says he owes his wife of 25 years, Rose Garza-Wind, a trip to Europe for all the long hours and late-night calls he’d get when inclement weather knocked out power at the transmitter site. “She has taken very good care of me, and I can’t wait to be with her a little bit more.”

“Christ rose from the dead forever, vanquishing death and its power forever, saying light overcomes darkness. And that's what's represented by the Paschal candle, the Easter candle, the candle that represents Christ himself, the nails, the wounds of Christ, who is the Alpha and the Omega – the Beginning and the End. Nothing has power over Jesus. Not even death,” said Father Paul Hesse during his homily at the Easter Vigil Mass on Holy Saturday, April 3.

Not since the beginning of the 2019 pandemic has the Corpus Christi Cathedral been so full of life. Even though attendance was limited, every other pew was filled with faithful Catholics who joined their bishop and priests at the annual Chrism Mass on March 27.

“God is never finished with our lives. God never finishes speaking. Sometimes very powerful; sometimes very subtle and in the most unexpected ways,” Bishop Michael Mulvey said in his homily on March 25, the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord and the 11th Anniversary of his episcopal ordination and installation as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Corpus Christi. He drew parallels between Mary’s “yes,” and moments in our own lives when we have experienced an annunciation or sign from God.

Incarnate Word Academy Class of 2021 seniors Ryan Busker and Charles Flood created a unique work of art as a part of the Jeanne de Matel graduating project. Ryan and Charlie painted the basketball court at the Elementary Level playground with a blue sky, clouds, and an angel basketball.