Schools from the Diocese of Corpus Christi participated in the 2016-2017 Diocesan Science Fair held on March 25 at St. John Paul II High School. Bishop Garriga Middle Preparatory seventh grader Joshua Hernandez was named "overall winner" for his project.

Incarnate Word Academy Elementary Level students participated in a Reader's Theater on March 20 in the High School building foyer. The event was conducted by Sam Houston State Associate Professor Chase Young, Ph.D., who encouraged Angels to be active—not passive readers. Young's primary area of research includes reading fluency, supporting struggling readers, and making reading fun by integrating technology into elementary literacy instruction.

Students with the St. John Paul II High School Health Careers Club attended a health professions program at Driscoll Children’s Hospital on April 5 and had an opportunity to meet representatives from various departments of the hospital, from ambulance services to x-ray technicians. The St. John Paul II High School Health Careers Club focuses on exploring occupations and professions in the field of health career, club sponsor Ted Garcia said.

St. Pius X 14th Annual Golf Classic held on March 31 "was a great success," principal Bryan Krnavek said of the fundraising event, benefitting St. Pius X Catholic School. Exceeding their goal of raising $7000 ensures that Krnavek will dye his hair blue for the next few weeks.

Cindy Mizes, a former parishioner St. Philip the Apostle parish in Corpus Christi, has begun a two-year commitment as a missionary with the Franciscan Mission Service. She left for Kingston, Jamaica on April 5.

Incarnate Word Academy eighth graders in Mary Galvan's Catechesis of the Good Shepherd classes used their creative skills to make beautiful pieces of art throughout the month of March.

On March 20 members of the Spirit Club at Incarnate Word Academy High School gathered signatures from several student drivers to help promote "Teens in the Driver Seat," a peer-to-peer safety program advocating teens to buckle up and not text and drive. Signs were scattered throughout the school.

Nineteen Incarnate Word High School Level students were inducted into the Spanish National Honor Society at Incarnate Word Academy on March 30. After the induction ceremony, the inductees and their families enjoyed a reception with other Spanish NHS members in the library media resource center.

On April 3 Teichman won first place in the boys’ division at the TAPPS District Golf Tournament which was held at the Hyatt Hill County Resort in San Antonio. The boys’ team placed fourth overall and will advance to regional competition on April 24 in Victoria.

Sister Milagros Tormo, MJMJ is the third of five children born to Antonio and Diodora Abad Tormo in Madrid, Spain. They were devoted parents who—though poor in material things—were rich in faith and strong in family values. “I didn’t know we were poor. I had a great childhood,” Sister Milagros said.

Doctors told the parents of Angeles Berrozpe that their daughter would never be healthy. They said her heart was the size of a baby’s heart and she would be sick for most of her short life. Angeles was born in northeast Spain to José and Katalina Zabalo Berrozpe. She had one brother and a sister.

Religious sisters in the Diocese of Corpus Christi celebrated National Catholic Sisters Week (NCSW), an annual celebration that took place from March 8–14, with an event at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Alice. Twenty young people joined 17 religious sisters for a daylong celebration on March 12.

For as long as he can remember, John Ahlers always liked growing things—like vegetable gardens. Every spring he looked forward to getting his hands into the soil. There was a lot of satisfaction in connecting with the earth and watching the plentiful harvest it produced. About 30 or so years ago he began to think about growing something else—roses.

Prior to the invention of the printing press, the process of copying a Bible was time consuming and labor intensive. Bibles were expensive. Usually only a parish church had one. Critics claim that the Church chained the Bible in the church so that the faithful could not read it. The opposite was true, the Bible was chained inside the church so that people could come in and read it, and to keep people from taking it.

A friend of mine remarked once that children’s movies are really for the adults who take their children to see them. Ever since then, I found myself watching those types of films through that lens. And what a difference that insight has been!

In order to further to the process started with the new website www.peterspence.va, the secular solidarity bureau is also joining social networks. A few days ago the Twitter and Instagram profiles of Peter’s Pence became active, having been set up with the aim of creating direct, authentic and transparent communication to share with those Catholics from around the world who want to help the needy.

El V (Cinco) Encuentro es un proceso de evangelización y reflexión que dura cuatro años de intensa actividad de consulta para identificar las mejores practicas ministeriales para atender a la creciente población hispana. Es un proceso que incluye varias etapas, siendo la primera la de la formación y capacitación del equipo diocesano.

Joe is unemployed, but his wife and children receive Supplemental Security Income, a Federal income supplement program designed to help people who have little or no income meet basic needs, such as, food, clothing and shelter. Joe does not contribute any money to the family unit, but instead he takes his wife and kids’ weekly SSI allowances.

Austin, Texas, like any hipster city worth its organic, non-GMO salt, is known for its food trucks. There are about 1,000 food trucks that roam the streets of the Texas capital, offering barbecue, breakfast tacos and gourmet grilled cheese to the masses of Pabst Blue Ribbon-swilling millennials who have recently flocked to the city. Among them is, and before them, there was Alan Graham and Mobile Loaves and Fishes.

Ten-year-old Carson Bhakta has always known life with technology. He recalls using tablets and cell phones since he was a small child and feels comfortable using all types of computers. So when Sacred Heart School in Rockport rolled out Chromebooks back in December of last year for their schoolchildren, Bhakta was thrilled.