Catholics from St. Joseph, Our Lady of Good Council, St. Gertrude and St. Martin of Tours, participated in a multi church celebration on Dec. 11 to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Incarnate Word Academy featured middle and high school level art exhibits at the Christmas Fine Arts Festival on Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m. The event was held at the high school level's Mother Patricia Gunning Gymnasium and featured performances by the Elementary Level Rock Club, Middle Level Band and Choir, and High School Level Band and Choir.

Incarnate Word Academy student council representatives from the elementary, middle, and high school levels delivered nearly 5,000 canned goods and nonperishable food items on Dec. 4 to the KIII-TV News Studios for the Share Your Christmas Food Drive.

Bishop Michael Mulvey announced at the Bishop's Guild Annual Christmas Party that the guild will undertake a new mission as ambassadors for Catholic Education.

On Dec 12, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, St Joseph Church and St. Elizabeth Church of Alice celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe with Father Julian Cabrera, Father Pete Elizardo, Father Fernando Gamez and Msgr. Leonard Pivonka.

St. John Paul II robotics team "Screwged" competed and won in the Nothing But Net VEX Robotics Competition against other middle and high school students from Austin, Houston, San Antonio and Corpus Christi on Dec. 5.

Football players, Legati Circle members, cross country track team, other students and staff members from St. John Paul II joined staff members from the Kenedy Memorial Foundation, Catholic Charites of Corpus Christi and Bishop Michael Mulvey as they prepared gift baskets for the less fortunate in the Sarita area at Catholic Charities on Dec. 5.

When Bishop Michael Mulvey commissioned 19 stained glass windows for the St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel at Texas A&M University-Kingsville back in 2014, a great deal of thought was given to what specific Biblical images would be featured on the windows.

For a spiritual leader who denounces a world divided by walls, a Church shuttered by cliques and hearts hardened to compassion, opening wide the Holy Door for the Year of Mercy will be a significant and symbolic moment for Pope Francis.

Keeping the “Christ” in “Christmas” is part of not giving in to pressure to conform to the “norm” and become like nonbelievers, Pope Francis said in a morning homily.

This month, beginning on Dec. 8 we joyfully enter the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy called by Pope Francis. With a heart full of enthusiasm, I join my voice with that of the Holy Father and the bishops of the world in proclaiming that a tremendous moment of grace is upon us! During this Holy Year, the Church calls us to enter deeply into the mercy of God and to express this mercy to others in sincere and profound ways.

In the eyes of many, Sister Joni Luna had it all. She had taught physical education for more than 20 years. She was an athletic director. She had material possessions and was just about to purchase that recreational vehicle she had always wanted.

Rosemary Henry, who holds a doctorate in family studies with an emphasis in marriage and family therapy, is the new superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Corpus Christi. Henry brings a wealth of experience, both in her preparation and execution of education. Her drive as an educator is imparting Catholic values in an educational setting.

En la iglesia de St. Patrick en Corpus Christi se llevó a cabo, el 30 de octubre, un ciclo de conferencias Carismáticas impartidas por el obispo Michael Mulvey, el obispo Sam Jacobs, Martha Fernández-Sardina y el padre Alfredo Gaytán.

When Joann De Los Santos learned Bishop Michael Mulvey would make a pastoral visit to Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Corpus Christi, she knew immediately her family had to be there.