Father Charles Doherty, who served as pastor at Our Lady of Assumption parish in Ingleside and in the Diocese of Corpus Christi for many years, died May 9. He had recently celebrated his 90th birthday at Our Lady of Assumption Parish on Oct. 15, 2017.

Students and families from Sacred Heart School in Rockport participated in a STREAM Fair and PTA Meeting on May 7. The students and families, assembled with the Cafeteria and Gym and enjoyed the variety of displays and projects. Robotics and coding were popular aspects of the STREAM fair.

Incarnate Word Academy excitingly welcomed author Diana Lopez to its campus on Thursday, May 3 in the school’s James R. Dougherty, Jr. Center. A Corpus Christi native, Lopez shared stories with Elementary and Middle-Level students about growing up in the city and offered Angel's insight into how she became an author. Lopez recently penned the novelization of the hit Disney-Pixar animated film “Coco” as well as her upcoming book set in Corpus Christi titled “Lucky Luna.”

Principals, teachers, and diocesan personnel attended a safety workshop on the new Emergency Operations Plan being implemented in all Catholic schools in the Diocese of Corpus Christi on May 1. John Michael Keyes, founder of the I Love You Guys Foundation, gave a presentation on Standard Response Protocol, Standard Reunification Method and an Introduction to Incident Command Systems.  

A total of 12 students from Incarnate Word Academy’s Elementary and Middle Level competed at this year's Private Schools Interscholastic Association (PSIA) State Meet on Saturday, April 28 at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.

In a continuing effort to promote college preparedness, Incarnate Word Academy invited seniors to wear shirts of the colleges and universities they plan to attend during National Decision Day on May 1.

"Now, when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and they asked Peter and the other apostles, "What are we to do, my brothers?" Peter [said] to them, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far off, whomever the Lord our God will call." He testified with many other arguments, and was exhorting them, "save yourselves from this corrupt generation." Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand persons were added that day." Acts 2: 37-41

La Congregación Misioneras Hijas de la Purísima Virgen María, fue fundada por el Padre Alberto Cuscó Mir, SJ y la Venerable Madre Julia Navarrete Guerrero, a principios del siglo XX. Cuenta con 42 comunidades de hermanas que tienen como proposito dar testimonio del Evangelio, intentando ser amor y consuelo para los que más sufren en México, Estados Unidos, Perú y África.

Abel Garcia y Anita Villarreal, han rentado un departamento por años y ahora les encantaría comprar su primera casa.

Seis miembros del Movimiento Focolare, serán instalados en la Diócesis de Corpus Christi el 16 de Julio, con el fin de asistir en las necesidades espirituales y ministeriales de parroquias y ministerios de campo.

Abel Garcia and Juanita Villarreal have been renting an apartment for years now, but they would love to purchase their first home.

On this "question and answer section," Bishop Mulvey discusses the results of the 2017 Pre-Synod survey with young adults around the diocese.

Bishop Michael Mulvey and Jaime Reyna, Director of Youth Ministry, met with students and campus ministers from three Newman Centers in the Diocese of Corpus Christi to discuss the results of the 2017 Pre-Synod survey that would help address their pastoral needs.

In his Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus Christ Through Mary, St. Louis de Montfort states quite eloquently that "the spirit of the world is self-centered, self-seeking, self-serving, self-aggrandizing…. it is selfish, self-absorbed, and self-interested.

Six members of the Focolare Movement will be relocating to Corpus Christi on July 16 to assist with the spiritual and ministerial needs in parishes and campus ministry in the Diocese of Corpus Christi. Bishop Michael Mulvey welcomed them and other members of the movement scattered throughout Texas at a Mass celebrated at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church on March 10.

Sisters Denise Cassidy and Brenda Thompson, both Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament of Corpus Christi, are celebrating their sixtieth anniversary of religious profession this year.

Samantha Esquivel hadn’t planned on raising a daughter alone. She was given little choice when her husband, John Patrick Esquivel, suddenly died of an aortic aneurysm just one month after their daughter, Shania was born.