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.

In anticipation of the Holy Week and Easter liturgies, the Diocese of Corpus Christi wishes to ensure safety guidelines so that the faithful can gather reverently and safely to celebrate the Paschal Mystery of Christ.

March 19, 2021, the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, marks the fifth anniversary of the release of the Holy Father’s post-synodal apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love). On that same day, Pope Francis will inaugurate the Year “Amoris Laetitia Family,” which will conclude at the World Meeting of Families in Rome on June 26, 2022. 

Four finalists were selected from St. Pius X Elementary School to participate in the 2nd Annual Christ is Alive National Essay Contest sponsored by Communication Center (com.center.com), distributor of Catholic religious education curriculum. The theme of the contest originated from Pope Francis’s post-synodal apostolic exhortation Christus Vivit, “Christ is alive, and he wants you to be alive! He is in you; He is with you and he never abandons you.”

Students from St. Patrick Elementary and Incarnate Word Academy High School won awards at the 2021 Visionarios Youth Art Contest sponsored by the Port of Corpus Christi and Art Museum of South Texas. 

Catholic Life Insurance is excited to commemorate the 244th anniversary of the American flag with our annual “Flag Day Children’s Poster Contest.” All children currently enrolled in grades Kindergarten through 5th are invited to show us what the flag and its principles mean to them. Participants do not have to be Catholic Life members or of the Catholic faith to qualify. This contest is an opportunity for all children to express their creativity and originality while honoring a sacred American symbol.

(San Antonio, TX) – Catholic Life Insurance is excited to commemorate the 244th anniversary of the American flag with our 1ST annual “Flag Day Children’s Video Contest.” All children currently enrolled in grades 6th through 12th are invited to show us what the flag and its principles mean to them. Participants do not have to be Catholic Life members or of the Catholic faith to qualify. This contest is an opportunity for all children to express their creativity and originality while honoring a sacred American symbol.

The effective and successful implementation of the STREAM (Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) initiative in all of our Catholic schools are preparing our students with 21st century skills. Students hone many skills including the development of numerical, logical, scientific research, creativity and innovation and communication skills preparing them for a variety of career paths and post-secondary education options and opportunities. 

Might God be calling you to something more? If so, come and see life as a Sister of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, during the Congregation’s upcoming virtual “Come and Zoom retreat: Living the Mission of God.”

On March 6, thirty-three high school teens attended a day-retreat hosted by Corpus Christi’s Holy Family Parish Youth Group, CONNECT. CONNECT is an integral part of the program of preparation before the teens receive the sacrament of confirmation. It is an experience, a life style, that aims at building up the “Three Connections:” the connection with God, which is strengthened and completed by the connection with our neighbors, and that eventually leads to a greater connection with ourselves – with our most authentic identity.  

Incarnate Word Academy Alumni Emmarie Rossiter ’20 will have her collection of artwork, titled “heART,” exhibited in the M.P. Baker Library of Panola College in Carthage, Texas from now until April 20. 

Marriage Encounter, a worldwide Catholic organization, provides tools that couples can use to strengthen their love for each other and their family, thereby supporting communities and deepening the parish’s spiritual life.