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The public is invited to attend a special Mass celebrated by Bishop Patrick J. Zurek in observance of All Souls Day, set for Friday, Nov. 2 at 9:00am in the Mausoleum at Llano Cemetery, 2900 South Hayes.

The seventh annual Knights of Columbus 5K Freedom Run/Walk, will take place Saturday, Nov. 10 at Thompson Park, Pavillion 17, northwest of Wonderland Park, and sponsors and runners are needed.

Two tickets to a Dallas Cowboys game in December is the grand prize in a drawing to benefit the 2019 Diocesan Catholic Youth Conference and participation in a pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi in 2020.

The Sisters of Prayer Town are in need of volunteers to help process the Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ annual Mailing Project, set for Saturday, Nov. 3 through Tuesday, Nov. 6.

The 82nd annual Fall Convention for the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (DCCW) will take place next month and two deadlines for the convention has been set.

Bishop Patrick J. Zurek asked that this statement be posted on the diocesan website in both English and Spanish.

The First Seminary: Cultivating Vocations at Home is the theme of a Parish Vocation Committee Workshop taking place Saturday, Oct. 6, beginning at 9:00am at the Diocesan Pastoral Center, 4512 NE 24th.

Awakening #24, the annual retreat for the Catholic Student Center at West Texas A&M University, will begin Friday, Oct. 12 and wrap up the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 14.

For the first time in more than 20 years, a Beginning Experience Weekend will be offered in the Diocese of Amarillo.

The Diocesan Office of Faith Formation invites everyone to attend a Credible Catholic Workshop, presented by the Magis Center, on Saturday, Oct. 20 from 10:00am to noon in the Conference Center at the Diocesan Pastoral Center, 4512 NE 24th.

Tickets are available for the seventh annual Fall Ball, to benefit Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle. The celebration is scheduled Saturday, Sept. 22 from 6:00pm to 11:00pm at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 4100 South Coulter.

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.

Volunteers are needed to assist in three Kolbe Prison Retreats scheduled this fall, according to Deacon Andy Gonzalez, assistant diocesan Prison Ministry Coordinator.

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.