News - Youth Ministry

All teens 16 years and older as well as older adults interested in attending World Youth Day 2019 in Panama are invited to attend the next Formation Meeting for the diocesan delegation Saturday, Dec. 16 from 10:00am to 5:00pm in the Conference Center of the Diocesan Pastoral Center at 4512 NE 24th.

Dates for Summer Youth Ministry Retreat Training have been set by Oscar Guzman, Diocesan Youth Director.

Servant Leadership: A Call Beyond to Know, Love and Serve God, will be offered Saturday, May 6 from 10:00am to 8:00pm at the Diocesan Pastoral Center, 4512 NE 24th.

The Diocesan Youth Office and the Office of Faith Formation has begun a series of meetings throughout the Diocese of Amarillo, which are designed to meet with parishioners who are evangelizing and catechizing children and youth.

Monday, Sept. 12 is the deadline to register for a day of training sponsored by the Diocesan Youth Office.

The 34-member delegation from the Diocese of Amarillo who participated in World Youth Day returned to the Texas Panhandle July 30. The delegation left Amarillo July 16, after a sendoff Mass at St. Laurence Church, presided by Bishop Patrick J. Zurek, who joined the delegation in Brazil on July 21.

“The Word: Get Plugged In,” is the theme of the annual Diocesan Catholic Youth Conference (DCYC) Youth Rally, set for Friday, April 5 through Sunday, April 7 at the Amarillo Civic Center.

A sea of purple shirts filled the Amarillo Civic Center and St. Thomas the Apostle Church April 13-15 for the annual Diocesan Youth Rally. Attendance for this year’s rally was 925, according to Oscar Guzman, Diocesan Youth Director.

“One thing indicative from last month’s World Youth Day happened at the Vigil on Saturday night. In the middle of the Vigil, a storm blew through the area, which delayed Pope Benedict’s message by 10 to 20 minutes. So the announcer told the young people that Adoration would begin earlier than scheduled. It was incredible to watch 2 million young people enter into absolute silence at the request of the Holy Father.

Life these days is fast and furious for Diocesan Youth Director Oscar Guzman. And for good reason. Guzman is taking care of the final few details for a diocesan delegation of 53 pilgrims who will be attending World Youth Day in Madrid next month. “I’m trying to make sure I get all these people to Madrid and safely back to Amarillo,” he said.

As the annual Diocesan Youth Rally wraps up, a group of teens have been active throughout the rally, leading their peers into a deeper relationship with God during the three-day Rally. “God Squad teens prepared for the Youth Rally to lead their peers into a deeper relationship with God at the Rally,” said Oscar Guzman, Youth Director for the Diocese of Amarillo.

The prayers, fundraising and planning paid off for the youth of St. Mary’s Church, as 12 kids and 14 adults, including pastor Father Scott L. Raef, traveled to Rome March 13-21 for Spring Break. “The planning for this trip began after our kids talked about going to World Youth Day in Madrid,” said parishioner Alicia Bezner, who helped coordinate the trip.

Sunday April 3 - Eat at Rosa's Cafe. This will help provide scholarships to our youth from the Diocesan Youth Office. The fund raiser is between 10:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., dine in or take out. MUST HAVE COUPON- Click link above to print. Bring your family and friends and help us raise money for our youth. The Diocese Youth Office will get 15% of all proceeds on this day. Thank you for your help and support.

For the past five years, a number of young Catholics have taken part in Thematic Retreats, offered by the Diocesan Youth Office and Covenant Teen Young Adults. Many have attended one retreat that led to a second. Then there’s Antonio Tienda, a member of St. Ann’s Church in Bovina. Even two retreats weren’t enough for him and three might be too few as well.

There are times when a room or a home needs a fresh look, or an extreme makeover. The same goes for facilities at our Catholic Churches—sometimes the look needs to be freshened up. That’s exactly what has happened to the newly-named Dwelling, the youth and young adult facility in the basement of St. Thomas the Apostle Church. The new facility was reopened Feb. 2 when

Catholic Worldview Leadership Course May 15th - May 20th, 2011 Estes Park, CO Sponsor by the Augustine Institute & FOCUS

Mark calendars………………..Life Teen CMU is coming to St. Mary's Cathedral, Amarillo. Saturday September 17th, 2011! We are pumped to have this training in our own back yard!!!! Please plan to attend! More information coming soon!