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Monsignor Michael P. Colwell, JCL, Rector of St. Mary’s Cathedral, will note his Silver Jubilee with a Mass of Thanksgiving Sunday, May 26 at 9:15am at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 South Washington.

Deacon Taylor Elzner and Deacon Victor Hugo Andrade, seminarians for the Diocese of Amarillo, will be ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Patrick J. Zurek during a 10:30am Mass Saturday, June 1 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 South Washington.

The 39th annual Las Fiestas de Amarillo is set for Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 1210 SE 11th.

Blessed Sacrament Church, 2500 S. Bolton, Amarillo, has teamed with Worldwide Marriage Encounter to offer a Non-residential Marriage Encounter Weekend to couples, priests, nuns and other religious, who want to return home at night.

YOUnique and Gifted is the theme of the annual Diocesan Catholic Youth Conference (DCYC), open to all diocesan young adults in the seventh to twelfth grades, and set for Friday, June 7 to Sunday, June 9 in the Heritage Room of the Amarillo Civic Center, 401 South Buchanan.

Build Your Business by Building Bridges is the subject of a conference for employers of immigrants, taking place Wednesday, June 5 at the Bishop DeFalco Retreat Center, 2100 North Spring.

Baccalaureate and Commencement Exercises for the Holy Cross Catholic Academy Class of 2019 have been scheduled, according to Angela Seidenberger, Head of School at Holy Cross. Baccalaureate Mass for the Class of 2019 is set for Wednesday, May 22 at 3:00pm at St. Joseph’s Church, 4122 South Bonham. Commencement Exercises will take place Friday, May 24 at 7:00pm, in Monsignor Tash Hall at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 4100 South Coulter.

Jennifer Carr Allmon, executive director of the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, offers this update on activities in the Texas Legislature.

The Bishop DeFalco Retreat Center and the School Sisters of St. Francis in Panhandle are teaming up to present Marriage: A Divine Plan, A Plan to be Lived, Friday, June 14 to Sunday, June 16 at the DeFalco Retreat Center, 2100 North Spring.

Registration is underway for the next Beginning Experience Weekend in the Diocese of Amarillo, set for Friday, Aug. 9 through Sunday, Aug. 11 at the Bishop DeFalco Retreat Center, 2100 North Spring.

The St. Mary’s Cathedral Choir has been invited to participate in a performance of the Music of Mary McDonald on the Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) Concert Series in New York City. The performance is set for Sunday, May 26 in Isaac Stern Auditorium in Carnegie Hall under the baton of DCINY Artistic Director Jonathan Griffith.

They are here to serve the King of Kings. They are the King’s men.

Plans are being made for a one-day workshop entitled Forming Intentional Disciples Formation Days, set for Friday, June 14, according to Kerry Acker, director of Religious Education at St. Thomas the Apostle Church.

This is the first story in a series CNS is doing called Children at Risk on child sexual abuse in the U.S.