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Andres “Andy” Gonzalez of St. Laurence Church was ordained to the Permanent Diaconate by Bishop Patrick J. Zurek during a Mass Sept. 30 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Deacon Gonzalez was the 16th man ordained to the Permanent Diaconate by Bishop Zurek for the Diocese of Amarillo this year. On June 4, also at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Bishop Zurek ordained 15 to the Permanent Diaconate:

The Development and Stewardship Office of the Diocese of Amarillo is encouraging all diocesan entities and Catholic businesses to purchase religious calendars from the Catholic Church Extension Society for 2012. “Every year, supporters of the Catholic Church Extension Society Parish Calendar provide funds to mission dioceses in under-resourced and isolated communities all across America,” said Extension president Father Jack Wall.

The first week will be devoted to 'Feed the Hungry' and the agency benefiting from our collection is Gifts of Love. As most of you know, Gifts of Love is a local agency based in Avon that believes that the best way to help families is to have other families help them. They assist families experiencing a financial crisis in the Greater Hartford area. They are in need of cereal, canned vegetables and fruit, spaghetti sauce, soups and beans. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS...

“It is important to give families in a community the option of a Christian based education. No two students are alike, so their education should be varied in order to reach them. Each student has a passion and a style of learning that works best for them. My job is to figure out what the student cares about and then how to incorporate that into their learning so they are motivated to learn.”

It started with inspiration from Mass on a Sunday morning. Which led to a sketch. That led to a bowling alley conversation. That finished with a Cross that is the centerpiece of the fall season for RENEW at St. Francis of Assisi Church. Our story begins with parishioner Craig Stidham, who is the unofficial photographer at St. Francis.