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Once when the stars spewed blood And the ground was barren where I stood, That ancient time when my roots were stained with fear, It was then that I was chosen as a piece of wood.

The Catholic community joined Bishop Michael Mulvey and celebrated the annual Chrism Mass at Corpus Christi Cathedral on March 27. The Chrism Mass opens Holy Week, it unifies priests with their bishop and blesses the holy oils for the upcoming year.

St. Pius X STREAM teacher Mike Supelveda directs pre-k students to learn how to problem solve by using Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Arts and Math. On March 28 students learned to build a home that would withstand wind. Children study STREAM lessons and problem solve solutions weekly during the spring semester.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) Administrative Committee has issued the following statement today marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Administrative Committee serves as the Board of Trustees for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Pope Francis has named Father Robert F. Christian, OP, as the new auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Pope Francis has named Father Robert F. Christian, OP, as the new auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Bishop Joe Vásquez of Austin, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Migration, sent a letter on March 26 to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of State urging dialogue on the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP).

Eight chess club members from St. Pius X Catholic School were presented with trophies shaped like chess knights at an area chess meet on March 23. The students qualify for playoffs for the club championship starting in April.

A poem by fifth-grade student Anika Smith from St. Pius X Catholic School, was selected out of several thousand entries as one of the ten best poems in the United States. 

Teams of educators from each Catholic school in the Diocese of Corpus Christi met on March 26 to begin a new Strategic Planning Process for 2018-2023. The process is entitled, "Visioning for the Future: Faith in Tomorrow." Each team developed drafts of mission statements, vision statements and core values. Teams began the process for evaluating strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT analysis).

As Holy Week begins, the Knights of Columbus is transferring more than $1 million in aid to persecuted Christians in the Middle East. The support includes $800,000 in new financial assistance and $250,000 as part of its ongoing commitment to rebuilding an Iraqi Christian town.

The Corpus Christi Sister City Student Exchange Program announced travel plans for three Incarnate Word Academy High School Level students during a press conference at the Galvan House in Heritage Park on March 22. This year, juniors Olivia Moretzsohn and Payton Vicknair will be traveling across the world to visit Agen, France while junior Braden Nesheim will be venturing to Keelung, Taiwan.

St. John Paul II students, Judith Perez and Cristian DeLaRosa, were recognized as outstanding students of the month at a Rotary Club of Southside Corpus Christi meeting on March 21.

Saint Leo University (www.saintleo.edu), a pioneer in online learning, is offering an academic scholarship opportunity for some special students: those who are intent on starting an MBA program this summer, who have the undergraduate grades to prove they can do serious work, and the commitment and discipline to study online all the way through to degree completion.

Have you heard the joke—the devil walks into a bar...? Probably not, but you might have if you had lived during the fifteenth century. That was the era of the risus paschalis or the Easter Laugh; a time when people made merry at the expense of Satan. Even the homilies at Mass included jokes that would invite the congregation to fill the church with the music of laughter. In time, the revelry became so raucous that Pope Clement X (1670-1676) had to finally prohibit the practice. Pope Maximillian III also prohibited the festivities in the eighteenth century.

The Catholic broadcast ministries of KLUX 89.5-1, CCN Radio 89.5-2 and CCN Video Productions will once again join forces to carry all evenings of Holy Week Liturgies live from Corpus Christi Cathedral, as well as 3 hours of special programming on Good Friday. Any programming available on KLUX 89.5HD-1 will also be available simultaneously online as streaming audio at KLUX.org and by way of the KLUX Smartphone APP. All Video Broadcasts will be available as streaming video on the Web at GoCCN.org.

Thirteen adults and seven children attended the Traditional Marriage Rosary Rally held on March 17 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. The purpose of the prayer rally was to petition God for multiple intentions, especially for our nation, for those who suffer, for sinners, for the dying, for the Catholic Church, for the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and in reparation for sins against marriage and life. 

Representatives Rosalie Bohuslav, president and Ellen Zdansky, state director of the Catholic Union of Texas (KJT) presented Bishop Michael Mulvey with two checks on March 20: one check for the Diocese of Corpus Christi’s Seminary Education Fund and a second check for the Priests and Religious Retirement Fund.

Incarnate Word Academy High School Level Mission Team spent Spring Break serving the Vidor and Rockport communities tarnished by Hurricane Harvey several months ago.

Jacob Ramos, a Boy Scout at Holy Family Parish in Corpus Christi installed a new flagpole next to the church’s current one on March 8. Jacob also bought a new American flag and a flag of the Vatican City State.

Knights of Columbus Council 1653 of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Beeville  started a new program called Koins for Kids. The Knights took baby bottles and asked the parish community to take change they find around the house, in the car, in the couch and put it in the bottle and bring it back to church.