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On Dec. 16, Msgr. Louis F. Kihneman III was named Bishop-designate of the Diocese of Biloxi in Mississippi. Bishop Kihneman has served our diocese for 40-years as a priest and for the last six and one half years as Vicar General. In addition, for the past three years he has also served as pastor of St. Philip the Apostle parish in Corpus Christi.

The African Children's Choir will perform on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 at First United Methodist Church (900 S Shoreline Blvd.) at 7:30 p.m. For more information call (361) 884-0391 or go to:  www.africanchildrenschoir.com.

The Cathedral Concert Series CITGO SEASON 33 presents the renowned Texas A&M Singing Cadets in concert on Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center located on the campus of Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi.

In conjunction with Catholic Charities of Corpus Christi, St. John Paul II High School athletic teams, organizations and clubs banded together once again for the annual "Family in Need" campaign.

Catholic Charities of Corpus Christi and helpers were able to distribute Christmas food baskets to feed approximately 12,000 people and some 8,000 toys to those in need on Dec. 21 at their new location on Oliver Court.

The Blessed Pierre Giorgio Youth Group of Immaculate Conception Church in Taft performed a Live Nativity on Dec. 17 and 18 at the Taft City Park. Their goal was to bring the community of Taft and surrounding areas to meditate and contemplate on the meaning of Christmas.

On Friday, Dec. 16, Pope Francis named Msgr. Louis F. Kihneman, III as bishop of the Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi. Bishop-designate Kihneman will be ordained at the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Feb. 17. He replaces Bishop Roger Morin who has served as bishop of Biloxi since 2009 and who has reached mandatory retirement age.

Incarnate Word Academy High School Level students recently collected 290 Christmas gifts for foster children.

Incarnate Word Academy will celebrate a campus-wide Mass for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 8.

Incarnate Word Academy student council representatives from the school’s elementary, middle, and high school levels delivered nearly 4,000 canned goods and nonperishable food items on Dec. 2 to the KIII-TV News Studios for the Share Your Christmas Food Drive.

Representatives from Catholic schools in the Diocese of Corpus Christi attended a one-day seminar at Ss. Cyril & Methodius' Msgr. Kasper Hall on Dec. 9.

In response to the current water crisis in Corpus Christi, Catholic Charities and the Mother Teresa Shelter for the Homeless in Corpus Christi are accepting donations of bottled water, paper plates and paper towels at the offices of Catholic Charities located 615 Oliver Ct. and the Mother Teresa Shelter at 513 Sam Rankin St.

Catholic Extension has chosen Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott as the recipient of their Spirit of Francis Award based on her lifelong devotion to service and philanthropy in the Catholic Church. Abbott will receive the Spirit of Francis Award at a dinner in Houston on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017.

Centurions Girls Basketball Team shook the High School tournament bracket by beating the Wolverines at the Dream Catcher Tournament in Donna the weekend of Dec. 1-3.

Altar Servers were recognized for their service to God and church members from Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission in Edroy on Dec. 4, during 9 a.m. Mass.

Pope Francis has named Bishop Edward J. Burns of Juneau, Alaska, as bishop of Dallas. The appointment was publicized in Washington, Dec. 13, by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.

Thirty-one student members of the St. Francis garden club at St. John Paul II High School volunteered to participate in activities and projects at the South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center on Nov. 30.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish celebrated the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 12. Parishioners processed from the parking lot into the church for a celebratory Mass and Las Mañitas sang to Our Lady.

Catholics celebrated the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe with a procession, Mass and Las Mañanitas on Dec. 12. Parishioners walked Sacred Heart Church to Corpus Christi Cathedral for the celebratory Mass.

Parishioners from Edroy and Odem made there 6th annual six-mile trek on Dec. 11 to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe. The pilgrimage began at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Odem and ended at Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission in Edroy. Catholics sang hymns and prayed the rosary, while Los Matachines danced along the way. The feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated on Dec. 12.