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St. Patrick School sixth grade students were given an opportunity to challenge themselves, overcome fears and work together as teams on their class trip at The Outdoor School near Marble Falls on April 23-25. Assistant principal Dave Mason said the trip “culminates their years of hard work here at St. Patrick School.”

Gabriel Rauen, a seventh grader at Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level, placed first in the maps, graphs, and charts category at the Private Schools Interscholastic Association (PSIA) State Meet on April 26. A total of six students qualified to compete in the PSIA State Meet after they placed in the PSIA District Meet in February.

The Catholic Student Organization (CSO) at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) held a Busy Students Retreat at the newly built Newman Center and St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel in Kingsville from April 20-24.

St. Michael the Archangel Parish held a Fall Festival Fundraiser Kick–off, the first ever 5K Run/Walk on April 5 in Banquete. Fifty adults and youth participated in the event. “St. Michael’s 5K Run/Walk” gears up the parish for their big parish fundraiser, the Fall Festival, which will be on Sept. 27.

The Coastal Bend Community Foundation (CBCF) announces the 2014 Annual Grants online open May 1, and closing June 15. Grant writers for area nonprofits are encouraged to visit the Foundation’s Web site at www.cbcfoundation.org and select “Grants” at the top of the home page or refer to the “Latest News” link for Annual Grants.

Catholic Charities Office of Ministry and Life Enrichment for the Disabled held their annual Sarita trip for people with disablities from the Diocese of Corpus Christi at the Kenedy beach house on April 23.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- People said Floribeth Mora Diaz was crazy to think Blessed John Paul II interceded with God to heal her brain aneurysm, but if so, "then it is a blessed craziness, because I'm healthy," she told reporters at the Vatican.

Circles of Care, a private, non-profit foster care agency in Corpus Christi is looking for couples and single parents to care for abused, neglected and abandoned children. They provide training, support services and reimbursement to participating parents.

On the night of April 23, someone vandalized the Divine Mercy display, which was set up in Daley Plaza by private citizens on April 17. For the previous seven years, the display held its nine-day vigil without incident. This is the first time that someone has defaced the images.

WASHINGTON—The Vatican has set the 51st World Day for Vocations for May 11, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, commonly known as Good Shepherd Sunday.

Blessed John Paul II High School students, in the spiritual giving of Blessed John Paul II, helped a family in need this weekend. The students committed the full weekend of work in hopes of giving an elderly man a chance to bring his wife home from the nursing home.

St. Patrick School fourth fifth grade students performe the Passion Play on Monday April 14

More than 70 students from Incarnate Word Academy High School’s Mission Team are spreading God’s love and serving others throughout Holy Week in Big Wells, Asherton, La Pryor, and Batesville, Texas.

A widower honoring his late wife and a Chinese graduate student are among the thousands of new Catholics joining the Catholic Church in the United States at Easter. All have participated in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), a process of conversion and study in the Catholic faith for catechumens and candidates coming into full communion with the Church.

On April 27, Divine Mercy Sunday, the Texas Baroque Ensemble will perform Handel's "Messiah" at St. Joseph’s Church. The concert starts at 6 p.m. and admission is free.

During this holy season of Easter, Relevant Radio offers a unique listening experience to grow in your Faith. Father Francis Hoffman “Father Rocky”, Executive Director of Relevant Radio, presents “Close to Jesus to the Last: The Passion of Christ in Five Parts.” Tune in on Monday April 14–Friday, April 18 at 9 a.m. or 6 p.m. CT to hear Father Rocky.

St. Gertrude Parish and School Festival, to be held on Sunday, April 27th, will include a live auction. Items to be included are a T-shirt quilt, a Brighton purse, and a handmade mesquite cross.

"I feel called to take responsibility for all the evil some priests -- large in number, but not in proportion to the total -- have committed and to ask forgiveness for the damage they've done with the sexual abuse of children," Pope Francis said.

The Office of Ministry & Life Enrichment for the Disabled at Catholic Charities is hosting a full Holy Week schedule for its clients. All Masses and events will be held at the Immaculate Conception Chapel on the campus of Blessed John Paul II High School.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Portland completed a men’s A.C.T.S. retreat on April 3-6 with pastor Msgr. Mark Chamberlin serving as spiritual director. David Havelka directed the retreat and was assisted by co-directors Ben Polasek and Butch Rowe.