• Eight local art students receive high ratings at regional vase competition
    Eight local art students receive high ratings at regional vase competition
    March 16, 2015
    Eight Incarnate Word Academy High School Level art students received high ratings at the regional Visual Art Scholastic Event (VASE) competition held on Feb. 21 at Del Mar College. Juniors Emily Adams, Francesca Bendas, Hannah Hall, Karina Melchor and Megan Santillan, and seniors Alexa Mora, Lois Pierce and Phobe Strain received a IV rating.
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  • Swimmers break school records at first meet of the season
    Swimmers break school records at first meet of the season
    March 13, 2015
    by Dominique Damian, IWA Media Relations Specialist
    According to IWA Swim Coach Myra Nelson, Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level swim team broke old school records at their first meet on March 7 at the IWA Middle Level Swim and Dive Invitational at the Corpus Christi Natatorium.
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  • Stations of the Cross led by fifth grade students
    Stations of the Cross led by fifth grade students
    March 13, 2015
    Incarnate Word Academy Elementary Level meets every Friday during Lent in the Convent Chapel of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament to follow the footsteps of Jesus in the Stations of the Cross.
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  • Sisters attend Morning of Reflection at the Pax Christi Liturgical Center
    Sisters attend Morning of Reflection at the Pax Christi Liturgical Center
    March 12, 2015
    by Mary Cottingham, South Texas Catholic
    More than 40 sisters from different congregations throughout the diocese attended the March 7 Lenten Morning of Reflection held at the Pax Christi Liturgical Center.
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  • Angels earn awards in Visionarios Youth Art Contest
    Angels earn awards in Visionarios Youth Art Contest
    March 12, 2015
    by Dominique Damian, IWA Media Relations Specialist
    Four Incarnate Word Academy students placed in the 2015 Visionarios Youth Art Contest, which is sponsored by the Art Museum of South Texas and Flint Hills Resources.
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  • Amarillo diocese breaks ground on new headquarters
    Amarillo diocese breaks ground on new headquarters
    March 11, 2015
    Big changes are coming for the Catholic Dioceses of Amarillo. On Saturday a groundbreaking ceremony was held for a new Chancery building. The current building they are in is more than 60 years old and is starting to become structurally insecure according to Chris Albracht, the director of communications for the diocese. He also mentioned Diocese is starting to out-grow their current space.
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  • Federal judge rules atheists have no legal standing to challenge monument
    Federal judge rules atheists have no legal standing to challenge monument
    March 11, 2015
    Today, March 10, a United States District Court judge for the Western District Of Oklahoma dismissed a federal lawsuit against the Oklahoma Ten Commandments monument. The monument is one of many on the grounds of the Oklahoma State Capitol. The federal judge ruled that the plaintiffs, American Atheists, Inc. and their activists, lacked standing, giving them no grounds to bring a legal challenge against the monument.
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  • Students to compete at state history fair
    Students to compete at state history fair
    March 11, 2015
    Six Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level students advanced to compete in the State History Fair in Austin from May 1-2. Daniel Rock, Devon Molina, Alison Duncan, Drake Leeson, Anthony Matl and Patrick Shea were announced as state qualifiers by the judges at the Coastal Bend Regional History Fair on March 7.
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  • Middle level students advance to state academic meet
    Middle level students advance to state academic meet
    March 11, 2015
    Eight Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level students will advance to compete in the State Private Schools Interscholastic Association (PSIA) Academic Meet on April 25. The State PSIA Academic Meet will be held at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.
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  • Diocese makes generous contribution to religious retirement fund
    Diocese makes generous contribution to religious retirement fund
    March 11, 2015
    Parishioners in the Diocese of Corpus Christi contributed $69,036.57 in support of the 2014 appeal for the Retirement Fund for Religious. That is $5,000 more than was raised the previous year, said Greg Seagrave, Financial Officer for the diocese. Over the last 26 years, parishioners in the diocese have donated more than $1.8 million to this collection.
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  • Conference encourages women to live their faith as Mary did
    Conference encourages women to live their faith as Mary did
    March 9, 2015
    More than 100 women attended a one-day women's conference at St. Theresa Parish Hall on March 7. Hosted and sponsored by the Catholic Daughters of America Court #2433 along with support from the diocesan Office of Family Life, the conference, "Woman Fully Alive: Mary as Our Model," featured speakers Stephanie Bonilla, Jenny Allen and Monica Gatlin.
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  • Supreme Court levels, a blow to contraception mandate
    March 9, 2015
    The Supreme Court today, March 9, ordered a lower court to reconsider its ruling that denied a Catholic university the freedom to follow its faith. The University of Notre Dame brought its request to the Supreme Court after a surprising lower court decision that made it the only nonprofit religious ministry in the nation without protection from the HHS mandate.
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  • Catholic Extension recognizes "Nuns Who Rock"
    March 9, 2015
    Catholic Extension, a national fundraising organization that works to make visible the power of faith in America's most marginalized communities, is participating in National Catholic Sisters Week by recognizing extraordinary women religious supported by Catholic Extension in some of the poorest places in America. The week is held in conjunction with National Women's History Month and also falls during the Year of Consecrated Life as designated by Pope Francis.
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  • Texas Catholic Historical Society meets in Corpus Christi
    Texas Catholic Historical Society meets in Corpus Christi
    March 6, 2015
    by Alfredo E. Cardenas, South Texas Catholic
    The Texas Catholic Historical Society held their annual meting at St. Joseph's Hall at the Corpus Christi Cathedral on Friday, March 6. The group attended Mass at the Cathedral before their meeting got underway.
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  • Students participate in local Rotary Club Speech Contest
    Students participate in local Rotary Club Speech Contest
    March 6, 2015
    St. John Paul II High School students participated in a 4-Way Test Speech Contest sponsored by the Southside Rotary International Club of Corpus Christi at the Del Mar Economic Building on Feb. 19.
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  • Diocese to celebrate bishop's fifth anniversairy
    Diocese to celebrate bishop's fifth anniversairy
    March 6, 2015
    The Diocese of Corpus Christi will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the episcopal ordination of Bishop Michael Mulvey as the eighth bishop of the diocese with a Mass of Thanksgiving on Wednesday, March 25, at Corpus Christi Cathedral. It coincides wit the feast day of the Annunciation of the Lord.
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  • St. John Paul II announces newly elected Legati Circle members
    St. John Paul II announces newly elected Legati Circle members
    March 6, 2015
    St. John Paul II announces their newly elected Legati Circle members. The newly elected Legati Circle members work together as a team of fellow student ambassadors to promote community awareness and engage people in meaningful involvement for St. John Paul II High School.
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  • Catholic Charities in the process of developing new program for autism support
    Catholic Charities in the process of developing new program for autism support
    March 6, 2015
    April is Autism Awareness month and parents of children with autism met with Celia Mendez, Director for the Office of Ministry and Life Enrichment for the Disabled and Yiyi Dean, Grant Writer and Program development for Catholic Charities of Corpus Christi on March 5.
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  • Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Kingsville hold
    Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Kingsville hold "awakening"
    March 6, 2015
    On Feb. 20-22, the Newman Centers at Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Kingsville joined together for their first Awakening Retreat. The retreat caters towards college students in hopes of “awakening” their faith in God and setting their hearts ablaze for him.
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  • School hosts college financial aid application Workshop
    School hosts college financial aid application Workshop
    March 5, 2015
    by Dominique Damian, IWA Media Relations Specialist
    Incarnate Word Academy High School Level invited parents and seniors to attend a College Financial Aid Workshop on March 4.
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