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Read a letter from Bishop Patrick J. Zurek to the Faith Community at St. Mary's Cathedral, Amarillo.

A Parish Vocation Committee Workshop is scheduled Saturday, Oct. 5 from 9:00am to 2:00pm in the Conference Center at the Diocesan Pastoral Center, 4512 NE 24th.

Due to a lack of space in the Sept. 15 issue of The West Texas Catholic, a number of items did not run in that issue. Here are those stories. Many of these stories are scheduled to run in the Sunday, Oct. 6 issue of The West Texas Catholic:

The annual Karnival Krazy to benefit St. Anthony School will take place Sunday, Oct. 20 from noon to 5:00pm at the school, 120 West Park Ave.

The 38th annual Oktoberfest to benefit St. Anthony of Padua School is set for Sunday, Oct. 20 from 11:00am to 2:00pm at the Rita Blanca Coliseum, 1219 West FM 281.

Do you have the time to ministers to our brothers in white, while performing a Corporal Work of Mercy?

The Adventures of the Archangels—St. Michael, St. Gabriel and St. Raphael is the theme of a Deaf Spiritual Retreat Friday, Sept. 27 through Sunday, Sept. 29 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 South Washington.

Catholic Women: Caring for God’s Creation is the theme of the 83rd annual Fall Convention of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (DCCW) Convention, scheduled Friday, Oct. 18 and Saturday, Oct. 19 at St. Hyacinth Church, 4500 West Hills Trail.

The Catholic Student Center at West Texas A&M University invites all college-age youth to attend and take part in Awakening #25, the annual retreat for the CSC. This year’s retreat will begin Friday, Oct. 25 and wrap up the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 27.

Father Robert Anthony Busch, Ph.D., who served as Pastor of St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Canyon and Superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Amarillo, passed away Aug. 27. He was 57 years old.

Father Lurdu Marianna Yekkerala, who served as a priest in the Diocese of Amarillo from 2013 to 2018 passed away Aug. 27 in the Diocese of Guntur, Andhra Pradesch, S. India. He was 49 years old.

The Diocese of Amarillo will host one of five Silver Roses making their way across North America, Wednesday, Sept. 11 through Tuesday, Sept. 24.

The annual St. Joseph School Fall Carnival is set for Saturday, Oct. 5 on the school grounds at 4118 South Bonham.

Due to a scheduling conflict, the annual Golf Tournament, sponsored by Knights of Columbus Council #8938 at San Jose Church, will now take place Saturday, Sept. 28 at 8:00am at John Pittman Golf Course, 400 South Main.

The next segment in the Faith Formation Basic Course, The Liturgy, 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 Diocesan Vocations Office invites all young men 16 years and older to attend one of two Come and See Discernment Retreats.

The annual fundraiser to benefit St. Valentine Catholic Radio, RadioThon, is set for Monday, Sept. 23 through Friday, Sept. 27 at the radio station studios at 4037 SW 50th, Suite 101.

Bishop Patrick J. Zurek will be the principal celebrant and homilist at the ninth annual Red Mass Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 6:30pm at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 South Washington.

It’s a new spin on the annual fall fundraiser for Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle.