One of five Silver Roses making their way across North America will spend two weeks in the Diocese of Amarillo.

Bishop Patrick J. Zurek will be the principal celebrant and homilist at the eighth annual Red Mass Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 6:30pm at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 South Washington. Professor William “Bill” Piatt of St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio will be the keynote speaker.

A Training Day for Evangelizing at the Tri-State Fair will be offered Saturday, Aug. 25 from 9:00am to 1:30pm in the Conference Center at the Diocesan Pastoral Center, 4512 NE 24th.

Christine Wanjura, Superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Lubbock and Head of School at Christ the King Cathedral School, Lubbock, is the new Superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Amarillo.

Two parishes in the Diocese of Amarillo will be hosting Comprehensive Youth Ministry Training 101 in the next several weeks.

Parishes throughout the Diocese of Amarillo have announced Mass Schedules for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wednesday, Aug. 15, a HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION.

Amarillo—Monsignor Calvin D. Stalter, a third career vocation who served the Diocese of Amarillo as a priest for 24 years, passed away Aug. 6. He was 93 years old.

The Diocese of Amarillo is in need of a receptionist.

Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle is beginning an English Language Learning (ELL) Program. And they need volunteers.

All Catechists, Youth Ministers, Catholic School teachers, RCIA teams, Liturgical Ministers, Priests, Deacons, Women Religious and all who see themselves as Missionary Disciples, including youth, are invited to attend a Ministry Conference Saturday, Aug. 11 from 9:00am to 3:45pm at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 South Washington.

Summer dates for Retreat Ministry Training have been released by Diocesan Youth Director Oscar Guzman.

Tickets remain available for the annual Capuchin Spiritual Alliance celebration Saturday, Aug. 11, at St. Lucien’s Chapel.

The 15th annual Shiraz for a Cause to benefit the Bishop DeFalco Retreat Center is set for Friday, Aug. 17, beginning at 7:00pm in the BDRC courtyard at 2100 North Spring.

The second annual Calendar Party to benefit Holy Cross Catholic Academy is set for Friday, Aug. 24, beginning at 6:30pm in the gymnasium at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 4100 South Coulter.

Final preparations continue for an all-Secondary Schools reunion, which includes all alumni, former students, faculty and staff of Price Memorial College, St. Mary’s Academy, Alamo Catholic High School and Holy Cross Catholic Academy. The reunion will take place Friday, July 20 and Saturday, July 21, according to Bea Arreola-Owen, event chairperson.

The dates and locations for the third year of Totus Tuus in the Diocese of Amarillo have been announced by Deacon Shane Wieck.

A Best Practices For Communications, Stewardship And Growing Your Parish Workshop will take place Wednesday, July 11 from 11:00am to Noon at the Diocesan Pastoral Center, 4512 NE 24th.

Bishop Patrick J. Zurek of the Diocese of Amarillo issued this statement regarding Immigration on June 20.

The culmination of years of planning, designing and building a new facility for Sts. Peter and Paul Church is nearly finished.

For the third time in the past 65 years, the oldest church building serving Catholics in the city of Amarillo will be consecrated.