Letter from the President

Celebrating 140 Years of Catholic Community

At the start of my tenure as campus president of Incarnate Word Academy, I thank the Congregation of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament for the trust inherent in my appointment. Likewise, I have deep feelings of gratitude and admiration for my predecessor, Sister Anna Marie Espinosa. I wish her all of God’s choicest blessings during this time of sabbatical renewal.

Our Catholic school is rooted in a history and tradition that span generations. Our identity is based on the core values that mark any truly Catholic school (NCEA: Being Catholic: from the Heart, 2005):

• Advancing the mission and philosophy anchored in the person of Jesus Christ
• Articulating clear academic and formational behaviors
• Hiring and retaining qualified, dedicated personnel
  Participating in the sacramental life of the Roman Catholic Church
• Providing a course of study in Religion/Theology that is grounded in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
• Developing the habit of service to the least favored
• Engaging parents as first teachers of the faith

I am looking forward to working closely with the members of the School Board of Directors, faculty, staff, alumni, volunteers, and benefactors. Having previously established a relationship with the members of the Board in my role as Director of Curriculum, I feel poised to begin a new collaboration. I thank Mr. E. Brent Bottom, Board Chair Emeritus, for the support he has shown me during this transition and for his unfailing loyalty to this school. I am grateful for the confidence in me demonstrated by the Board’s nomination, and I look forward to working with Mr. Mike Lippincott, the Board’s new chairman.

As you navigate through our new website design, which inaugurates the 140th Anniversary of the presence of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament here in Corpus Christi and at Incarnate Word Academy, we hope that you can appreciate the blessings that have been bestowed upon us over these past one hundred and forty years. This is, indeed, a wonderful school. During this year of celebration, please take the time to reflect on how this school, its mission, and its caretakers have touched your life. Join us in thanking God for the blessings of the past, and let us work together to ensure a future full of hope and promise.

May Christ, the Incarnate Word, be the center of our lives, and may others be led to know and love Him!