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Here’s the latest happenings at the Bishop DeFalco Retreat Center:

Parishes throughout the Diocese of Amarillo have announced Mass Schedules for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Holy Day of Obligation, observed this year on Wedneday, Dec. 8. Parishes have also announced schedules for events for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Sunday, Dec. 12.

In conjunction with an Advent Mission Sunday, Dec. 12 through Tuesday, Dec. 14, St. Mary’s Cathedral will host a Day of Reconciliation Wednesday, Dec. 15 from 9:00am to 9:00pm at 1200 South Washington.

Archbishop Sócrates Villegas of the Philippines will be the featured speaker at an Advent Mission Sunday, Dec. 12 through Tuesday, Dec. 14 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 South Washington./El Arzobispo Sócrates Villegas de las Filipinas dará la presentación principal en la Misión de Adviento que será del domingo, 12 al martes, 14 de diciembre en la Catedral de Santa María, calle Washington 1200 Sur.

The latest news from Amarillo’s only Catholic Secondary School

Elizabeth “Libby” Pacheco, a 1994 graduate of Alamo Catholic High School (now Holy Cross Catholic Academy) has been named Chief Operating Officer of the Texas High School Coaches Education Foundation.

Dennis Ice of St. Mary's Cathedral, Amarillo, pens a Guest Column about the Equestrian Order Of The Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Amarillo will present Advent/Christmas programs in the next several weeks, according to Christine Wanjura, Superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Amarillo.

The public is invited and encouraged to take part in the 24th diocesan celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Sunday, Dec. 5.

This guest column originally ran in the Nov. 7 issue of The West Texas Catholic.

Shelia Ann Weld, 88, longtime Curator for the Diocese of Amarillo, passed away Nov. 3.

Monetary donations are being accepted for the Holiday Basket Appeal for the InterFaith Hunger Project at Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle, according to CCTXP executive director Jeff Gulde.

St. Anthony School will host Walk Through Bethlehem, a Christmas Bazaar, in conjunction with a Children’s Interactive Market and Posadas Sunday, Dec. 5 at the school at 120 West Park Ave.

The 12th Harvest of Blessings Gala to benefit the School Sisters of St. Francis will take place Friday, Nov. 19 from 6:00pm to 11:00pm at Chateau Event and Wedding Venue, 22001 South Eastern, near Palo Duro Canyon.

Tickets for a drawing to benefit the 2022 Diocesan Catholic Youth Conference (DCYC) and the World Youth Day 2023 delegation representing the Diocese of Amarillo are now available.

Bishop Patrick J. Zurek invites everyone throughout the Diocese of Amarillo to attend and take part in a Te Deum Mass Thursday, Nov. 11 at 11:00am at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 South Washington.