News - September 2019 RSS Feed

Mission of Mercy was founded in 1991 and launched in 1994 as a faith-based, nonprofit community organization dedicated to restoring dignity, “Healing through Love,” by providing free healthcare. They are currently located in Arizona, Maryland and Pennsylvania. On Sept. 17, 2007, the first Texas mobile clinic site was opened in Corpus Christi.

Dr. Anthony Levatino had performed 1,200 abortions at his OB-GYN practice in upstate New York until the unthinkable happened: he lost his 6-year-old daughter Heather in a tragic car accident.

Bishop Michael Mulvey cut the ribbon for the opening of the new Msgr. Vincent Patrizi Pastoral Center and offered a blessing at Our Lady Star of the Sea on Sept. 22.

The Ark is more than a shelter, it’s a place where children “are loved, hugged, fed, medically taken care of, and made to feel special,” Rene Esquivel, an original board member and longtime chairman of The Ark told attendees gathered at the Richard M. Borchard Fairgrounds in Robstown on Sept. 19 for The 2019 Ark Gala.

Educators, Alyssa Thomas and Suzanne Roberts 2nd grade classroom at St. Pius X School use STREAM to make learning fun, creative and innovative.

The Office of Multi-Cultural Ministry teamed up with parishioners from Nuestra Senora de San Juan de Lagos Madre de la Iglesia to host a Diez y Seis de Septiembre luncheon for chancery staff on Sept. 16 in St. Joseph Hall.

During a campus-Wide Mass, Incarnate Word Academy commemorated the anniversary of the death of Venerable Jeanne Chézard de Matel, foundress of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament (IWBS), and the lives lost from the attacks on the nation on 9/11.

Young Catholic Adults (YCA) mix and mingle and discuss Church teaching with Father Joseph Lopez at Theology on Tap at the Javelina Watering Hole Brewery in Kingsville.

The spirit of communion was present on Sept. 7 as a group of college students volunteered a Saturday Service Day to help their brothers and sisters in Refugio, still hurting from the effects of Hurricane Harvey.  

Football players from Bishop Garriga Middle Preparatory School bonded with their dads at a sports event entitled “Decals with Dads” at the Bishop Garriga Kenedy Center on Sept. 11. The event was held to build the father and son relationship.

Father Thomas P. O’Donovan, 77, a priest with the Diocese of Corpus Christi since July 27, 1970, died on Sept. 6. He was Born to Dermot and Joan O’Donovan in Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland on March 12, 1942.

St. Pius X students advertised on the Domingo Live show on Sept. 1 for their first monthly "all you can eat" pancake breakfast that will be held on Sept. 8.

Sacred Heart School in Rockport received a grant of $5,000 from the Frankie Casseb Youth Literacy Club to purchase books for their library on Aug. 30.

CHRISTUS Spohn Health System has teamed with the Coastal Bend Blood Center to participate in a first-of-its-kind donor recognition system. “Thank-The-Donor” is the world’s first web-enabled technology that connects blood recipients with their donors. CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Shoreline is honored to be the first hospital in the Coastal Bend to take part in the program.