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The Diocese of Corpus Christi joined Catholics throughout the world by celebrating the central mystery of the Christian faith, the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. The International Feast of Corpus Christi was celebrated on June 3. 

Two fifth grade students, Nicolas Vargas and David Hinojosa, from St. Pius X Catholic School, won first and third place in the Corpus Christi Mayor's 4th of July Big Bang Celebration essay contest on June 29. Joseph Fulginiti, a seventh-grader from Baker Middle School, placed second.

La Diócesis de Corpus Christi se unió a los católicos del mundo entero, para celebrar el misterio central de la Fe Cristiana; la presencia real de Jesús en el Pan y en el Vino, en el Sacramento de la Eucaristía.

Students from St. Pius X Catholic School were invited to spend part of their summer attending the school's STREAM summer camps during June. For some of the students, STREAM classes will continue until July 2.

Our Lady of the Rosary Learning Center (OLRLC) is now taking applications for daycare/education for children 18 months to five years old. Teachers and staff have diligently prepared to welcome children back to the center for the 2021 fiscal year.

St. Elizabeth School, in Alice, was awarded designation as a Healthy South Texas School in May 2021.   A Healthy South Texas School is one that implemented extra steps throughout the year to offer food & nutrition and/or physical activity programs outside their regular curricula to both students and families.

Incarnate Word Academy hosts a number of Summer Camps on campus every year, and the Summer Track and Field Camp has been a popular one this summer break.

“As bishops, our desire is to deepen our people’s awareness of this great mystery of faith and to awaken their amazement at this divine gift, in which we have communion with the living God. That is our pastoral purpose in writing this document."

Forty teens, eight young adults and dozens of volunteer adults from different ministries and organizations at Holy Family Catholic Parish came together for a two-day service camp, entitled “Let’s Color our City.”

LaNell Scott, President at CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - South, was honored on June 15 with a special Commissioning Prayer Service at the Corpus Christi Cathedral in celebration of her recent appointment. 

Ministry and Life Enrichment for Persons with Disabilities of Catholic Charities hosted its 2nd annual Vacation Bible Day for children with disabilities and their siblings on June 15. The camp is a one-day event that is a condensed version of the 3-day Fr. Walsh Summer Camp for adults.

Fifth grade students at Incarnate Word Academy held a virtual Wax Museum event during the 2020-2021 school year. The project took several days in the making and students began recording on May 15.

Bishop Michael Mulvey blessed the newly constructed religious education annex building at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Flour Bluff on Saturday, June 12. 

Catholic Charities Ministry and Life Enrichment for Persons with Disabilities Department held its annual Fr. Walsh Summer Camp for persons with disabilities from June 7-9. This year’s theme was “Treasures,” which focuses on a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and God’s purpose for us on Earth.

One Sister of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, with ties to the Diocese of Corpus Christi is celebrating a Jubilee this year.

During Mass for the conferral of Holy Orders on June 5, Bishop Michael Mulvey ordained seminarians, Carlos De La Rosa and Charles Silvas to the sacred order of deacons at Corpus Christi Cathedral.

Father Jorge Torres, a priest of the Diocese of Orlando, has been appointed to serve as a Specialist for the Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), based in Washington, D.C. He begins work on July 12.  

El reverendo Jorge Torres, sacerdote de la Diócesis de Orlando, ha sido designado para servir como Especialista en la Secretaría de Evangelización y Catequesis de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos (USCCB), con sede en Washington, DC. Torres comenzará a ejercer su cargo el próximo 12 de julio.

Incarnate Word Academy Valedictorian Catherine Thomas has attended IWA since she was in kindergarten. “I love the intimate community, the many extracurricular opportunities, and the Catholic culture at IWA,” she said, and Salutatorian Charlie Flood has attended IWA since he was three years old and has “loved every minute of it.”

​​​​​​​Incarnate Word Academy High School seniors celebrated their graduations by attending a Baccalaureate Mass at Corpus Christi Cathedral on May 28. Sixty seniors from IWA completed their high school journey at the altar of Corpus Christi Cathedral.