Welcome to St. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral Church and St. Mary’s Cathedral School. I am pleased that you chose to visit us online. Our new parish church was consecrated and dedicated September 11, 2009 replacing the 1981 church that burned to the ground on the morning of February 26, 2007. His Holiness Pope Benedict the 16th elevated St. Mary’s Church to be the new Cathedral Church of Amarillo on March 25, 2011 on the Feast of the Annunciation:” Rejoice Oh Highly Favored Daughter of Israel” Luke 1:26 I am certain that I am the only priest in the State of Texas and possibly in the United States who has been the pastor-rector of the Diocesan Cathedral Church in two different churches at two different times in the same see city of the diocese. There is one for the history footnotes. For the last twenty-five years, I have been pastor of four parish churches in Amarillo plus the former Catholic Hospital which merged into BSA and the Hospice as a Catholic priest chaplain. Each of the parish churches and most certainly our hospitals had a unique personality and identity…but I can tell you that there is only one St. Mary’s. I believe you will find St. Mary’s Cathedral Church and School and its 2000 family membership a fine parish. I also know that St. Mary’s will challenge you to grow and stretch.