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Art & Live Auction Preview on Feb. 27. Community members who attended were able to get a glimpse of nearly 200 items that will be up for grabs at this year’s Gala event scheduled for 6 p.m., Saturday, March 3 at L&F Distributors, located at 8761 TX-44.

The Lady Angels will depart for Waco at 12:30 p.m. and will compete in their TAPPS 5A State Semifinals game against Houston Second Baptist School on March 2.

Incarnate Word Academy hosted its first ever campus-wide S.T.E.M. Festival on Feb. 22 in the school’s Mother Patricia Gunning Gymnasium.

The Incarnate Word Academy varsity girls’ basketball team defeated San Antonio Christian Academy 54-49 in their second TAPPS 5A Area Playoff Game on Saturday, Feb. 24.

The Incarnate Word Academy varsity girls’ basketball team defeated Houston Lutheran South 67-41 on Feb.20.

Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement on receiving the news of the Rev. Billy Graham’s death.

A fines de la semana pasada, el Senado de los Estados Unidos no logró los 60 votos necesarios para avanzar en el debate sobre legislación para brindar alivio a los Dreamers, aquellos jóvenes que llegaron ilegalmente cuando eran niños y quien solicitan la oportunidad de residencia legal permanente. En su deseo de promover este importante programa, líderes de los obispos de los Estado Unidos declararon un Día Nacional Católico de Llamadas para Proteger a los Dreamers. El próximo lunes 26 de febrero le piden a los fieles de todo el país que llamen a sus miembros del Congreso para proteger a los Dreamers de la deportación, proporcionarles un camino hacia la ciudadanía y evitar cualquier daño a las protecciones existentes para las familias y menores no acompañados.

Seven Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level students will advance to compete in the Private Schools Interscholastic Association (PSIA) State Academic Meet on April 28. The meet will be held at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.

Incarnate Word Academy will host its first ever campus-wide S.T.E.M. Festival on Thursday, Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. in the Mother Patricia Gunning Gymnasium.

Campaign 2018, the annual on-air fundraiser benefiting 89.5HD KLUX will take to the air on Monday morning Feb. 26. The five-day event is the primary fundraiser for the local non-commercial station. Local dignitaries, guests, station personalities and volunteers will make appeals and man the phones, taking pledges from listeners during each of three daily segments during the campaign.

Father Ralph O. Jones died Feb. 13, after a seven-year fight against cancer. Father Jones served as priest-In-charge of Stella Maris Chapel in Lamar.

Incarnate Word Academy varsity boys and girls swim teams placed at the State Swim Championships at Mansfield Natatorium on Feb. 8. Out of some 60 TAPPS Division II teams who competed, the Angels did an outstanding job–slashing their own swim times across the board.

Sixth graders from Bishop Garriga Middle Preparatory School made 70 Valentine cards they designed and created by hand, 60 pillows they cut and sewed and brought them to retired priests from St. St. John Vianney and residents living at Villa Maria on Valentines day, Feb. 14.

St. John Paul II High School teacher Julia Anne Valenti-Tontini challenged her ninth-grade honor students in her world geography class to use STREAM, coupled with robotics, to complete a wonder workshop project. The project was implemented and completed during National Catholic Schools Week, Jan. 28-Feb. 3.

Incarnate Word Academy hosted a special celebration for Middle Level sixth-grader Wilson Vanexan who won third place in the National Amazing Shake Competition in the school’s James R. Dougherty, Jr. Center on Feb. 12.

Incarnate Word Academy’s varsity soccer teams will be heading into their first TAPPS area and bi-district games on Tuesday, Feb. 13. The boys and girls varsity soccer teams will be taking on Fort Bend Christian Academy at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., respectively, at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin,.

Incarnate Word Academy senior Gabriella “Gabby” Ward signed her National Letter of Intent for McKendree University on National Signing Day, which took place on Feb. 7.

IWA’s Amazing Shake contestants, sixth-grader Wilson Vanexan and eighth-grader Vanessa Flores, will receive a special sendoff from the entire Middle Level at 3:25 p.m. in front of the school’s Kenedy Center for Math and Science (located behind the IWA Chapel) on Wednesday, February 7, 2018.

Una variedad de recursos para ayudar a católicos observar la Cuaresma, que este año comienza el Miércoles de Ceniza que ocurre el 14 de febrero, son ofrecidos por la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de EE.UU. Con el tema “Levantar, Sacrificar, Ofrecer,” recursos incluyen un nuevo conjunto de sugerencias diarias para la lectura, la reflexión, la oración y la acción, además del calendario de reflexión tradicional disponible en los últimos años en el internet.

A variety of resources to help Catholics observe Lent, which this year begins on Ash Wednesday, February 14, are being provided by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).