During a campus-Wide Mass, Incarnate Word Academy commemorated the anniversary of the death of Venerable Jeanne Chézard de Matel, foundress of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament (IWBS), and the lives lost from the attacks on the nation on 9/11.

Football players from Bishop Garriga Middle Preparatory School bonded with their dads at a sports event entitled “Decals with Dads” at the Bishop Garriga Kenedy Center on Sept. 11. The event was held to build the father and son relationship.

St. Pius X students advertised on the Domingo Live show on Sept. 1 for their first monthly "all you can eat" pancake breakfast that will be held on Sept. 8.

Sacred Heart School in Rockport received a grant of $5,000 from the Frankie Casseb Youth Literacy Club to purchase books for their library on Aug. 30.

In his homily at the 20th Annual Liturgy to Begin the School Year, Bishop Michael Mulvey told students, “Start your day, saying (to God), ‘I know you’re there.’ Let this year be the Year of God – God that’s watching us every day and every second because he loves us and wants us to be our best.”

Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level students were visited by former U.S. Navy Reserve officer and current Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, on Aug. 23. 

Incarnate Word Academy invited the entire IWA community to attend its first blood drive of the year hosted by the High School Level and the Coastal Bend Blood Center on Tuesday, August 20.

Holy Family Catholic School’s 2nd-grade teacher, Blanca Konitzer, is truly a dedicated teacher and tutor for students who need extra help with reading skills. When school was out for the summer, Konitzer felt that it was imperative to start a summer reading program for any student that may need to improve on their reading vocabulary and comprehension skills. 

Incarnate Word Academy students began their first day back to school with prayer and participated in classroom introductions and guided tours of the campus on Aug. 5. All other Catholic schools began the school year on Aug. 12.

Educators for grades first-12th continue to be challenged with STREAM, an educational approach to learning that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics and for Catholic schools the “R” represents Religion.

Catholic school administrators, faculty and staff began the 2019-2020 school year with a Spiritual Professional Day entitled, “Walking Together in Our Faith Journey,” at St. John Paul II High School Cafetorium on Aug. 7.

Catholic Life Insurance will help 58 Texas Catholic Schools raise funds during the 13th annual “Catholic Schools Sweepstakes.” Our Lady of Perpetual Help Academy in Corpus Christi and St. Anthony Catholic School in Robstown are schools in the Diocese of Corpus Christi that are participating this year.

Joann De Los Santos stood by the side of the road and her breath caught in her throat. There, humbled and burdened, carrying a cross in a slow and painful procession was her son, Justin. He had volunteered to play Jesus in the living Stations of the Cross this year. “I put myself in Mary’s position,” De Los Santos said. That afternoon, both mother and son were in tears, contemplating God’s divine plan of salvation.

Incarnate Word Academy High School Level’s Class of 2019 paraded through IWA Elementary and Middle Levels during their field days on Friday, May 17 at 10:40 a.m.

Bishop Michael Mulvey celebrated the Baccalaureate Mass for Incarnate Word Academy High School seniors and their families on May 24 at Corpus Christi Cathedral.

The top-ranking graduates from St. John Paul II and Incarnate Word Academy High Schools have worked hard to achieve their goals and they know that through hard work and perseverance they can become a registered nurse, a doctor, an epidemiologist or a mechanical engineer for NASA.

Students from Our Lady of Perpetual Help Academy (OLPH) 3D design team Natalie Wolnik, Mia Elizondo, Jeremy Alaniz, Isabella Perez and Alana Rouquette placed 2nd in the intermediate division (sixth to eighth grade) at the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) 3D Design Contest held on April 5 in Austin. Winners were announced May 16.

Sister Marilyn Springs, sister of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament and principal at Holy Family Catholic School, could spend days wandering the halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, finding inspiration. She has spent her life admiring the works of great artists like Salvador Dali and Vincent Van Gogh and let their art influence her own paintings, but on April 27 she brought her muse a little closer to home at the inaugural Diocese of Corpus Christi Catholic Schools Elementary and Middle Level Art Show.

Students transform the halls of Most Precious Blood School into a seascape. During the week of May 13-17. There were sharks, sea turtles, octopuses, starfishes, mermaids and a host of other sea creatures on display in anticipation of Oceans Week, which officially starts in June.

St. John Paul II High School Alumna Deborah Ramirez Martinez graduated with a degree of a doctor of medicine from the University of Texas Health Sciences Medical School in Houston on May 17 at the George R. Brown Convention Center.