Tickets are now available for the annual New Orleans Night, sponsored by Knights of Columbus Council #5061 at Sts. Peter and Paul Church. The fundraiser will take place Saturday, April 15 at Willie’s Dance Hall, 826 North Dumas Ave.

The Diocese of Amarillo will celebrate the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion Sunday, Feb. 26 at 2:30pm at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 South Washington.

Parishes in the Diocese of Amarillo have announced Mass Schedules for Feb. 22, Ash Wednesday.

A reminder about the Lenten Norms in the Diocese of Amarillo.

The next meeting of the diocesan delegation attending World Youth Day is set for Saturday, March 18 from 10:00am to 5:00pm at the Diocesan Pastoral Center, 4512 NE 24th Ave.

After nearly two-and-a-half years, a parish restoration project at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church has reached the finish line.

St. Mary’s Cathedral at 1200 South Washington will host a Day of Reconciliation Wednesday, March 8 from 9:00am to 9:00pm.

A Marriage Retreat, exclusively in Spanish, will be presented at St. Vincent de Paul Church, Pampa.

Friday, Feb. 17 is the early bird deadline for the Diocesan Catholic Youth Conference (DCYC), scheduled Friday, April 28 through Sunday, April 30.

All young ladies in the Diocese of Amarillo are invited to attend and take part in an Authentic Femininity Mini-Retreat, scheduled Friday, March 17 to Sunday, March 19 at Sancta Maria Convent.

The 24th annual Salt and Pepper Luncheon to benefit the InterFaith Hunger Project of Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle, is set for Thursday, March 9 at 11:30am at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 4100 South Coulter.

Volunteers are needed for the first Kolbe Prison Retreat of the year, scheduled in Dalhart Thursday, March 16 through Saturday, March 18.

The diocesan Totus Tuus team continue to look for college students seeking a fun, fulfilling, job next summer.

The annual Respect Life Mass and Walk will take place Saturday, according to diocesan Family Life Director James Schulte. 

Two Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Amarillo are still selling tickets for the 16th annual Catholic Schools Sweepstakes, sponsored by Catholic Life Insurance.

The final Thematic Retreat scheduled this school year is set for Saturday, Feb. 18 at the Diocesan Pastoral Center, 4512 NE 24th Ave., Amarillo

Bishop Patrick J. Zurek issued the following statement in the wake of the passing of Pope Benedict XVI:

Pope Benedict XVI passed away Dec. 31 at the age of 95.

Parishes in the Diocese of Amarillo have announced Mass Schedules for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Saturday, Dec. 31 and Sunday, Jan. 1.

Belinda Gonzales Taylor, a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) National Review Board, will be the featured speaker at an Advent Mission concluding tonight at 7:00 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 South Washington.