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Students from Our Lady of Perpetual Help Academy (OLPH) 3D design team Natalie Wolnik, Mia Elizondo, Jeremy Alaniz, Isabella Perez and Alana Rouquette placed 2nd in the intermediate division (sixth to eighth grade) at the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) 3D Design Contest held on April 5 in Austin. Winners were announced May 16.

Sister Marilyn Springs, sister of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament and principal at Holy Family Catholic School, could spend days wandering the halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, finding inspiration. She has spent her life admiring the works of great artists like Salvador Dali and Vincent Van Gogh and let their art influence her own paintings, but on April 27 she brought her muse a little closer to home at the inaugural Diocese of Corpus Christi Catholic Schools Elementary and Middle Level Art Show.

Fraternity, adventure and prayer were initial reasons seminarian Aaron Matthew Lugo attended his first Explore Retreat at Camp Aranzazu. He liked playing sports and being outdoors, so fishing, archery and ziplining with a bunch of guys his age sounded fun. Explore delivered that and more.

Some 200 Beeville parishioners gathered at St. Joseph Church for the St. Peregrine Society annual healing service On April 30, which included anointing of the sick.

Students transform the halls of Most Precious Blood School into a seascape. During the week of May 13-17. There were sharks, sea turtles, octopuses, starfishes, mermaids and a host of other sea creatures on display in anticipation of Oceans Week, which officially starts in June.

St. John Paul II High School Alumna Deborah Ramirez Martinez graduated with a degree of a doctor of medicine from the University of Texas Health Sciences Medical School in Houston on May 17 at the George R. Brown Convention Center. 

“God’s Not Dead” by Newsboys and “Awesome God” written by Rich Mullins blared through the speakers on the float featuring the Feast of Corpus Christi at the 82nd annual Buc Days Illuminated Night Parade on May 4.

After a disaster like Hurricane Harvey, it takes a village to put a village back together. Thousands of organizations have applied to FEMA for financial help with their recovery, in addition to any insurance payouts and support they have received from their local communities.

Deacon George Joseph Wiest, 82, a deacon in the Diocese of Corpus Christi who served at Sacred Heart parish in Rockport died on Tuesday, May 14.

This year, nearly 50 students from Saint Leo’s Corpus Christi Education Center will be conferred associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees at the 7 p.m. event to be held at the Catalina Club, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, 301-323 Dimmit Drive in Corpus Christi.

Incarnate Word Academy Elementary Level was excited to invite parents and students to learn more about key people in history on May 7, during the school’s living wax museum.

The Holy Family Youth Group – CONNECT, hosted a day for unity at their parish on May 4. The event was inspired by the International Run4Unity day and the United World Week on May 1-7.

In collaboration with other Christian organizations, the Newman Center at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) helped students explore the meaning of Holy Week by sponsoring several events on campus.

The Office of Catholics Schools held a Professional Development training, led by Director of Technology, Monica Maldonado, at St. Patrick’s Our Lady of the Knock Center on April 15. A mix of tech teachers, classroom teachers, and administrators in the Diocese of Corpus Christi learned how to introduce Cue into their current classes.