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Our Lady of Consolation Parish in Vattman hosted their 10th Annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 30. At the start of the egg hunt, Father Paul Peter Antony gave a blessing and handed out religious gifts to the children. The egg hunt included food, drinks, games and photos. A local parishioner brought baby animals for the children to enjoy.

CCD students from St. Mary Mission in Robstown released several blue balloons up into the gray sky on the morning of April 28. The event concluded National Child Abuse Awareness Month in honor of all children who die of abuse every year. All CCD students from pre-kinder to High School gathered outside of the small mission church for a prayer led by their pastor, Father Anthony Blount, before they released the balloons.

Incarnate Word Academy’s Middle Level band and choir performed at Mount Carmel Home, an assisted living center, on Thursday, April 25. Students mingled with residents after their performances.

Stephanie Bonilla, Diocesan Director of the Office for Child and Youth Protection, spoke to middle and high school CCD students from St. Mary Mission in Robstown about child abuse awareness on April 14.

Five Incarnate Word Academy high school students will be competing in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) State Tennis Tournament from April 24-25 in Waco.

Blessed John Paul II High School announced the appointment of Justen J. Evans to the position of athletic director effective with the beginning of the 2013-14 school year. For the last three years, Evans has been with Santa Gertrudis Academy High School in Kingsville.

WASHINGTON—El Cardenal Timothy Dolan de Nueva York, presidente de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos (USCCB), dijo en una conferencia de prensa el 22 de Abril que “este es el momento” de arreglar el fallido sistema de inmigración del país.

WEST, Texas (CNS) -- Father Ed Karasek was driving home from a meeting in Austin when reports of a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in West came across the radio.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will speak Wednesday, April 17, 2013 for CHRISTUS Spohn Health System Foundation’s 25th Annual South Texas Lyceum, held at the American Bank Center.

The Incarnate Word Academy band and choir placed at the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) state music competition on April 13, held in Belton, Texas.

Jaimie Bibby and Kevin Smith will sign letters of intent with the University of the Incarnate Word on Wednesday, April 17, at 3 p.m. at Incarnate Word Academy High School’s Mother M. Patricia Gunning Gymnasium.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Five Incarnate Word Academy High School Level students participated in the Texas Art Education Association’s Visual Art Scholastic Event (VASE) in Bryan, Texas on April 5-6, 2013.

Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey has made the following appointments for the good of the people of God in the Diocese of Corpus Christi effective July 1, 2013.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – On April 18, he Incarnate Word Academy Foundation will host a Scholarship Recognition Luncheon for more than 200 students, contributors, as well as Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament (IWBS) Sisters. This special event, which starts at 11:30 a.m. at the James R. Dougherty Center, is in its 10th year.

CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-South has reduced the number of elective inductions and caesarean deliveries performed before 39 completed weeks of pregnancy and has earned March of Dimes recognition for this efforts.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Five Incarnate Word Academy High School Level art students are going to state this weekend to compete in the Texas Art Education Association’s Visual Art Scholastic Event (VASE) in Bryan, Texas.

Several Incarnate Word Academy High School Level students and faculty are at the Texas State Capitol today, April 9, for Catholic Faith in Action Advocacy Day, which is organized by the Texas Catholic Conference.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Incarnate Word Academy held a campus-wide Mass for the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord and the Incarnation on Monday, April 8, at the high school level’s Gunning Gymnasium with Msgr. Roger Smith as celebrant.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Incarnate Word Academy High School will be sending 24 students to Concordia University in Austin this weekend to compete at the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) State Academic Competition.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Incarnate Word Academy varsity baseball team helped children with physical and mental challenges play ball on April 2 at Evelyn Price Park. The special-needs baseball players belong to Padre Little League Challenger Division.