Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level students from the school’s Junior Optimist Club created six homemade blankets this school year to donate to those in need.

Pastoral care in prisons is a difficult ministry. My initial response to the invitation to work with prisoners was negative. A year ago, I reluctantly started to celebrate Mass for prisoners in four prisons in Beeville. I thought it would be temporary. These maximum-security state prisons hold more than 7,000 inmates. When I started to interact with them, I realized the importance of this ministry.

The most significant event in the fourth decade of the publication of the South Texas Catholic was the changing of the guard between Bishop Rene H. Gracia and Bishop Roberto Gonzalez, which occurred in April 1997. Bishop Gracida retired three weeks after settlement of a major lawsuit brought against him and the board of the John G. and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation by the Attorney General of Texas.

Five research papers on moral topics were chosen to present to Bishop Michael Mulvey, superintendent Rosemary Henry and many other distinguished guests at St. John Paul II High School on May 10.

When Kathleen (not her real name) was just 19 years old, she was pregnant with one small child. She had just left an abusive relationship and decided to start a new life in Corpus Christi. But she underestimated how difficult it would be to work full-time and raise a small child alone. Soon, she found herself making difficult decisions: keep the lights on in her tiny apartment or spend the money on food for her toddler and keeping the unborn baby inside her healthy.

Sister Mary Ann Korczynski, IWBS will celebrate her golden jubilee in consecrated life this year. She made her first profession of vows on June 4, 1966. Sister Mary Ann professed perpetual vows in her home parish of St. George in George West on Aug. 2, 1970, with Bishop Thomas Drury presiding.

Recientemente tuve la bendición de poder acompañar a los “invitados de honor” o “VIPs del Papa Francisco” cuando asistieron a una Misa en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México.

When community members in the Diocese of Corpus Christi met with then newly appointed Bishop Edmond Carmody in 2000, they wanted something done about the large numbers of young people leaving high school before graduation.

Representatives from Catholic schools in the Diocese of Corpus Christi attended two days of professional development training on April 18-19 at St. Pius X Youth Center. Teams of five from each school—representing the principal, pastor, members of the School Advisory Council, faculty and staff, and volunteers—participated in the two-day event.

The Sisters of Divine Providence are celebrating the 150th Jubilee of their ministry in the United States, including many years in the Diocese of Corpus Christi where they ministered in various roles in Alice, Beeville, Benavides, Corpus Christi, Falfurrias, Freer, George West, Kingsville, O’Connor Ranch, Pettus, Refugio, San Diego and Skidmore.

The year 1976 was an important turning point; not only was it the Bicentennial Year celebrating 200 years since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, it was also the year the United States elected a new President, Jimmy Carter. In the Diocese of Corpus Christi, the diocesan newspaper, Texas Gulf Coast Catholic, featured stories about Operation Rice Bowl, the Church’s opposition to a proposed abortion clinic in Corpus Christi and prayers for rain.

Viola Garcia from Our Lady of Pilar in Corpus Christi and Julia Strubhart of Our Lady of Consolation in Riviera were among more than 30 directors of religious education in the Diocese of Corpus Christi recognized at the annual DRE Appreciation Dinner on Thursday, April 21, at St. Philip the Apostle Parish. The dinner recognizes the faithful service of parish catechetical leaders and parish catechists; Garcia has served for 56 years and Strubhart for 50 years.

Cincuenta años se dice fácil, pero es tarea difícil cuando se tiene el compromiso de hacer un buen trabajo. Así es como de una idea que surgió por una necesidad de la diócesis de Corpus Christi de informar y comunicarse con todos sus diocesanos, el día 6 de mayo 1966 se inicio por iniciativa del obispo Thomas Drury y se hizo realidad un gran proyecto llamado Texas Gulf Coast Register.

Some 90 high school age parishioners at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Portland attend a teen Bible study every Sunday afternoon. The program, Teens Growing in Faith, began in 2011 as an ACTS Missions for Teens attended by 12 teenagers who wished to have a better understanding of their Catholic Faith.

Mother Maria Elva Reyes, a sister with the congregation of the Pax Christi Institute, has felt “very blessed” for as long as she can remember. She will celebrate her golden jubilee with a host of friends and family on July 16 at the Pax Christi Liturgical Chapel and will continue her faith-filled journey, daily, by reciting the prayer of a Pax Christi sister, “Jesus lives in me, I live in Jesus, Jesus and I are one.”

Holy Week was celebrated in churches throughout the Diocese of Corpus Christi.

Incarnate Word Academy junior William Teichman IV earned fourth place with a score of 76-77-153 at the TAPPS State Golf Tournament on May 3 in Temple.

The Incarnate Word Academy varsity baseball team will compete in the TAPPS Area Playoff Game on Tuesday, May 10. A time and location for the game is to be determined.

The Incarnate Word Academy varsity softball team will advance to play in the TAPPS State Softball Tournament on May 12 at 2:00 p.m. at Sweeny High School. An opponent is to be determined.

Alrededor de 50 personajes participan en la representación de la Vía Crucis cada año el la parroquia Nuestra Señora de San Juan de los Lagos, Madre de la Iglesia. El elenco incluye los principales y el pueblo con Juan Juárez encargado de los actores principales y Sandra Juárez de los que representan al pueblo.