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St. Joseph School will host its annual Fall Carnival Saturday, Oct. 7 from noon to 7:00pm on the school grounds at 4118 South Bonham.

Volunteers are needed to assist in two Kolbe Prison Retreats scheduled this fall, according to Deacon Jessie Guerrero, diocesan Prison Ministry Coordinator.

Hundred Fold Workshop—Forming a Vocation-Friendly Parish, presented by the diocesan Vocation Office, will be offered in English and Spanish Saturday, Oct. 14 from 10:00am to 3:30pm in the Conference Center of the Diocesan Pastoral Center, 4512 NE 24th.

The annual Fall Ball to benefit Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle will take place Saturday, Sept. 23, beginning at 6:00pm in the gymnasium at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 4100 South Coulter.

Bishop Patrick J. Zurek will be the principal celebrant and homilist at the seventh annual Red Mass Tuesday, Sept. 26 at 6:30pm at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 South Washington. Federal Magistrate Judge Renee H. Toliver of the Northern District of Texas will be the keynote speaker.

Assignments for five priests have been announced by Bishop Patrick J. Zurek.

The 81st annual Fall Convention for the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (DCCW) will take place two months from now, but a deadline for a major presentation at the convention has been set.

The inaugural Calendar Party to benefit Holy Cross Catholic Academy is set for Friday, Aug. 25, beginning at 6:30pm in the gymnasium at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 4100 South Coulter.

World Youth Day 2019 in Panama is 20 months away, but the planning for the delegation representing the Diocese of Amarillo has begun.

Internationally acclaimed Catholic musician Audrey Assad will perform in concert Tuesday, Aug. 29 at 7:00pm at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 South Washington.

The Catholic Bishops of Texas join Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, MSpS, in offering their sincerest condolences to the families of the migrants who were tragically killed as human smuggling or trafficking victims from heat exhaustion and suffocation in San Antonio.

Here’s the latest news from the Bishop DeFalco Retreat Center