West Texas Catholic

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.