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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.

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 during the month of August.

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

The seventh annual Fall Ball, to benefit Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle, will take place Saturday, Sept. 22 from 6:00pm to 11:00pm at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 4100 South Coulter.

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 next segment in the Faith Formation Basic Course, Sacraments of Initiation, will be offered in the Diocese of Amarillo in October and November, according to School Sister of Notre Dame Sister María Elena Ferrer, diocesan coordinator of Faith Formation.

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.