CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Incarnate Word Academy sixth grader Gabriel Rauen has qualified to compete in the State Geography Bee on April 5 at the Pat May Center in Bedford, Texas.

Lupita Cuellar, 62, is a lifelong parishioner at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Sarita who has seen her share of heart-warming, spiritual moments at the church. But when Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey made a pastoral visit to the small parish on March 10, she was especially filled with joy.

Father James Stembler has been named Chair of Spiritual Advisors for the National Council of Catholic Women. In the group’s 90-year history this is the first time someone from Texas has received this honor.

On March 3, the British newspaper The Independent ran an article citing a Cambridge University study that concluded there was “no evidence” to support the claim that children’s masculine or feminine tendencies were affected by having gay or lesbian parents, nor were the quality of their family relationships significantly different.

Cardinal Francis George of Chicago is, arguably, the most intellectually accomplished bishop in the history of the American episcopate.

The Institute of the Sisters of Saint Ann was founded in Turin, Italy, in 1834 with the support of the Marquis and Marchioness of Barolo, Carlo Tancredi Falletti and his wife Giulia.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Incarnate Word Academy High School Level’s Mission Team returned to Corpus Christi on Sunday, March 31, after being away from home to serve others throughout Holy Week.

The Diocese of Corpus Christi Office of Youth Ministry is hosting three "Mini Youth Spectaculars." These smaller scale events will culminate in the main event in September, which will celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Youth Spectacular in the diocese.

On Sunday, March 10, Msgr. Louis Kihneman III, Vicar General and Chancellor of the Diocese of Corpus Christi, joined parishioners at St. John of the Cross in Orange Grove for Mass and a blessing of the parish’s new rectory/office building.

As the Diocese of Corpus Christi and its parishes continue to receive contributions from the Legacy of Faith~Future of Hope capital campaign, projects funded by the effort are going up throughout the diocese.

"Gaudium es Spes was meant for you, you are in the front lines,” Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey told members of the laity at the second Vatican II Symposium sponsored by the Diocese of Corpus Christi as part of the Year of Faith.

Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament will honor five Jubilarians in a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Patrick Church, 3350 South Alameda, Corpus Christi, on Saturday, April 29, at 10 a.m. followed by a reception at the Dougherty Center, 450 Chamberlain, on the Incarnate Word campus.

The Pax Christi Sisters are sponsoring a“Year of Faith Conference” on Friday, April 19, from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and the Annual Treasures of the Sea Gala later that evening from 5:45-11 p.m. Guest speaker is Msgr. Eduardo Chavez, PhD, Doctor of Church history and postulator for the cause of canonization of Saint Juan Diego.

Ellen Zdansky, State Director of the Catholic Union of Texas (KJT), and Rosalie Bohuslav, local society president, presented Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey two checks and a cookbook on March 4. One of the checks will go toward priests education and the other toward the priests retirement fund.

A delegation from the Diocese of Corpus Christi will go to Austin on April 9 to take part in Catholic Faith in Action Advocacy Day. Approximately 2,500 Catholics from across the state, including some 300 from the Diocese of Corpus Christi, will descend upon Austin to meet and speak to the state senators and legislators who represent them.

El pasado Sábado 9 de Marzo, la Federación de Sociedades Guadalupanas de la Diócesis de Corpus Christi celebraron su reunión anual dirigida por su Director Espiritual el Padre Francisco López. En el 2006, el grupo paso a formar parte de la Confraternidad Universal de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe con sede en la Basílica de la Virgen de Guadalupe en la Ciudad de México.

Aunque se hicieron intentos para simplificar la ceremonia, el papa Francisco inauguró oficialmente su ministerio como papa y obispo de Roma con una liturgia llena de simbolismo bíblico y señales de la universalidad de su misión.

“It is a very unique moment in the life of the Church,” Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey said about the selection of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the new head of the Roman Catholic Church.

I thank the Lord that I can celebrate this Holy Mass for the inauguration of my Petrine ministry on the solemnity of Saint Joseph, the spouse of the Virgin Mary and the patron of the universal Church. It is a significant coincidence, and it is also the name-day of my venerable predecessor: we are close to him with our prayers, full of affection and gratitude.

I thank the Lord that I can celebrate this Holy Mass for the inauguration of my Petrine ministry on the solemnity of Saint Joseph, the spouse of the Virgin Mary and the patron of the universal Church. It is a significant coincidence, and it is also the name-day of my venerable predecessor: we are close to him with our prayers, full of affection and gratitude.