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Joseph Afuso from St. Patrick’s Troop 162 presents a check to Delia Rosenbaum, Vice Principal of Bishop Garriga Middle Preparatory School.

Sister Marilyn Springs, IWBS, was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, but feels right at home in south Texas. Currently the principal at Holy Family School, she cherishes the responsibility of guiding the Catholic education of more than 100 school children on Corpus Christi’s Westside.

Located in the Encinos neighborhood of Corpus Christi, Nuestra Señora de San Juan de Los Lagos, Madre de la Iglesia Parish continues the tradition of changing of the dress of the miniature image of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos. Part of the tradition is to allow a padrino (sponsor) or family to change the Virgin’s new dress.

Why does Catholic advocacy matter? “It matters because truth has consequences. If we don’t fight and engage in our culture, it’s going to have consequences. Our culture is broken and in pain. It’s the fruit of the choices of action and inaction,” said Benjamin Nye, a theology teacher at St. John Paul II High School. Nye is leading a group of students to the Texas Catholic Advocacy Day this month. He fights every day to teach his students that morality matters – especially, in an ever-more-relative world.

City commissioners in McAllen, Texas have ordered Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV) to vacate their migrant respite center within 90 days, after complaints from neighbors.

St. Pius X fourth through sixth grade students created artwork based on their studies, incorporating Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering and Math (STREAM) curriculum and teamwork. The exhibit, entitled, “Sans Plastique,” was displayed at the Msgr. Richard Shirley Youth Center on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. 

Durante la reunión cumbre del 12 de enero, en preparación para el Plan Pastoral Diocesano, el Obispo Michael Mulvey se dirigió a más de 100 participantes, para hablar sobre el tema de la Iglesia como Cuerpo de Cristo.

During the “January 12th Summit” in preparation for the Diocesan Pastoral Plan, Bishop Mulvey addressed more than 100 summit participants on the topic of the Church as the Body of Christ.

Father Varghese Ethappiri, pastor at Our Lady of Consolation in Vattmann, was working to renovate Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission in Riviera, when the cost of construction and materials in south Texas suddenly doubled in price. He asked parishioners to put their heads together to come up with a solution.

Matthew’s Gospel speaks tellingly of the qualities and requirements for those seeking to serve God. In chapter 9 we are happy and challenged by the promise of an abundant harvest. The sobering counterpoint rests with the limited number of laborers able to bring that sweet harvest home. In chapter 20 the simile between the kingdom of God and a vineyard enlightens our understanding and suggests how we should proceed, “The last will be first, and the first will be last.” That is serious and necessary advice for anybody seeking to work “in the vineyard.”

El 19 de marzo es la Solemnidad de San José, esposo de María. Es una celebración anual tan discreta como el propio santo. Recientemente, sin embargo, el nombre de “José”, esposo de la Santísima Virgen María, ha sido incluido en todas las oraciones Eucarísticas de la misa como un reconocimiento de su lugar en la vida del Verbo Encarnado y de María.

Ss. Cyril & Methodius School ended National Catholic Schools Week with Mass and a Blessing of the school’s new temporary classrooms, computer room and library on Feb. 1.

A Department of Defense program, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), awarded Father Peter Martinez, president of St. John Paul II High School, the Patriot Award on Feb. 21.

Students donated 300 inches of their own hair at St. John Paul II High School’s 12th annual “A Cut Above” on Feb. 12. The event not only raises cancer awareness, but it provides hair for young cancer patients. This year twenty-two girls and five boys raised about $1200, which will be donated to "Wigs for Kids."

Persons with special needs danced the night away with students from St. John Paul II High School and their friends at the Special Hearts Prom on Feb. 17 in the St. John Paul High School Cafetorium. 

Seventeen High School students from CONNECT, the Holy Family Youth Ministry in Corpus Christi, and seven adults dedicated their day to prayer and service on Feb. 17 in Port Aransas.

During the month of February, CHRISTUS Health celebrates its 20th anniversary through prayer and service to celebrate its journey and to commemorate the creation of the system. The anniversary is a chance to honor the organization’s many successes and growth over the last two decades.

Two teams comprised of seventh and eighth-grade Incarnate Word Academy middle-level students from Howard Ludlow's robotics classes competed in the Alamo Region Corpus Christi FIRST LEGO League Robotics Tournament on Feb. 2 at Del Mar College.

Incarnate Word Academy Varsity boys swim team placed third overall among 21 teams during the TAPPS State Championship Meet on Feb. 7 in Mansfield.