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Six courses on The Moral Life will be offered in October and November, according to School Sister of Notre Dame Sister María Elena Ferrer, diocesan coordinator of Faith Formation.

Catechetical Sunday takes place this weekend. Thoughts from Kerri Acker, DRE at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Amarillo.

All catechists in the Diocese of Amarillo are invited to attend and take part in a Diocesan Catechetical Event Saturday, Sept. 13 in the Conference Center at the Diocesan Pastoral Center, 4512 NE 24th Ave. Se invita a todos los/las catequistas de la Diócesis de Amarillo a asistir y participar en el Evento Catequético Diocesano, que se celebrará el sábado 13 de septiembre en el Centro de Conferencias del Centro Pastoral Diocesano, ubicado en 4512 NE 24th Ave.

An Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) workshop for clergy and lay leaders concludes Saturday, June 21 in the Conference Center at the Diocesan Pastoral Center

Parishes in the Diocese of Amarillo have announced their schedules for the Triduum—Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday, Thursday, April 17 to Sunday, April 20.

A documentary film, Carlo Acutis: Roadmap to Reality, will be seen in Amarillo Sunday, April 27 through Tuesday, April 29 at Cinemark Hollywood 16 at 9100 Canyon Expressway, Amarillo.

The Adult Confirmation Retreat has been rescheduled for Saturday.

It’s an opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation before Easter Sunday, on April 20.

One opportunity remains to take the Prayer: Types of Prayer/Tipos de Oración segment in the Faith Formation Basic Course.

The Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion will be celebrated in the Diocese of Amarillo Sunday, March 9 at 2:30pm at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 South Washington.

Saturday, Feb. 15 will be the first opportunity to take the Prayer: Types of Prayer segment, the next course being offered in the Faith Formation Basic Course.

An Adult Confirmation Retreat for adults in the Diocese of Amarillo who have received the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist but not the Sacrament of Confirmation is set for Saturday, April 5 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 South Washington, Amarillo.

The final opportunity to take the course on the Liturgy is Saturday, according to Sister María Elena Ferrer, SSND, Coordinator of the Diocesan Office of Faith Formation.

Sister María Elena Ferrer originally composed this column for the Nov. 3, 2019 issue of The West Texas Catholic. With the focus of the Saturday, Sept. 7 Catechetical Event at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Amarillo, on the Mass, we asked her to freshen up her original composition and this is the result.

Learn more about your Faith through a deeper understanding of the Mass Saturday, Sept. 7 from 9:00am to 12:30pm in the Monsignor Francis A. Smyer Activity Center at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 South Washington.

A reflection from Bishop Patrick J. Zurek on the National Eucharistic Congress.

The location has changed for the segment of the Faith Formation Basic Course, being offered Saturday.

The Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ will lead a Growth in the Spirit Retreat Saturday, May 18 in the Conference Center at the Diocesan Pastoral Center, 4512 NE 24th Ave., Amarillo.

Today is the final opportunity to take the Sacraments of Initiation/Sacramentos de Iniciación segment, the next course being offered in the Faith Formation Basic Course.

The Diocese of Amarillo will celebrate the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion Sunday, Feb. 18 at 2:30pm at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 South Washington.