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December 19, 2018
by Charles Albert, the Sooner Catholic
In 2011, Army Chaplain Jerry Sherbourne was having lunch with a friend and fellow Anglican Chaplain, and a Catholic Chaplain in battle-weary Afghanistan.
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December 19, 2018
by Judy Hilovsky, the Sooner Catholic
Gazing out from Saint Charles Borromeo’s altar, Deacon Bill Gorden’s attention was focused on the stained-glass window of the Last Supper.
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December 19, 2018
Priests are more than just ministers of the Church’s sacraments. Priests live the faith and continue the work of redemption on Earth made possible by Christ’s passion, death and resurrection.
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December 19, 2018
by Diane Clay, the Sooner Catholic
OKARCHE – Archbishop Paul Coakley, former pastors, parishioners and the community of Okarche gathered Oct. 7 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Holy Trinity Catholic Church.
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December 18, 2018
Domestic violence, also known as intimate partner violence, is defined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a serious, preventable public health problem that affects millions of Americans.
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December 13, 2018
by Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- What a long, strange trip it's been. Not walking the 500 miles in a pilgrimage from southern France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, that Lydia B. Smith first did a decade ago.
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December 6, 2018
by Barb Fraze, Catholic News Service
BALTIMORE (CNS) -- As Catholic Relief Services staffers and supporters spent an evening marking 75 years of service in the world, one word recurred: dignity.
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December 6, 2018
by Arzobispo Pablo S. Coakley
En la belleza simple de su liturgia, el Adviento es una de las estaciones más ricas del año.
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December 6, 2018
by Archbishop Paul S. Coakley
In the simple beauty of its liturgy, Advent is one of the richest seasons of the year.
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December 6, 2018
Rev. George J. Pupius died Nov. 23, 2018. Father Pupius was born on May 3, 1930, in Krebs, Okla., to John and Anna (Delugas) Pupius.
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December 6, 2018
by Steve Gust, the Sooner Catholic
After being dormant for decades, Mount Saint Mary Catholic High School's marching band is back and exceling as part of school's music department.
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December 6, 2018
by Eliana Tedrow, the Sooner Catholic
While the Catholic Church has an extensive history of providing care for orphans and the marginalized, Oklahoma’s protestant sector is bringing fresh ways to integrate the idea of fostering and supporting foster families into everyday Christian life.
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December 6, 2018
by Judy Hilovsky, the Sooner Catholic
On Nov. 17, during “The Spirituality of Knitting and Crocheting” at Saint Gregory’s Abbey in Shawnee, Brother Damian Whalen, O.S.B., discussed how the rhythm of knitting and crocheting can move hearts and minds to a prayerful reflection and a quiet place in God’s presence.
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December 6, 2018
Annual Catholic Appeal - Seminarian Education - St. Katherine Drexel Fund (Catholic education) - St. Jean Baptist de La Salle Fund (Catholic teachers) - Sooner Catholic Communications Appeal
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December 6, 2018
Studies have shown that many people have an increase in stress, anxiety and depression between Thanksgiving Day and New Year’s Day.
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December 6, 2018
by Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk
Americans have long been disturbed by the fraud and waste that often surrounds the federal government’s use of their tax dollars. They now have further reason to be up in arms because of the way those tax dollars support the practice of abortion, even though such support, technically speaking, remains illegal.
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December 6, 2018
by Pedro A. Moreno, O.P. Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis
The final two Commandments
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December 6, 2018
by Anamaria Scaperlanda Biddick, for the Sooner Catholic
I put away the little baby clothes yesterday. Tiny newborn onesies, yellow and pink, worn with a light summer swaddle while my daughter napped in a swing. A white and pink flowered nightgown, her first clothes. An impossibly small navy romper, her first Mass outfit.
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December 6, 2018
by J. E. Helm, the Sooner Catholic
As Patrick Madrid points out in the forward to this book, “The conversion of a human heart is the mighty work of God’s sovereign grace, not man’s effort.” The case of “Victory of the Battle Maiden” by Doug Reeves, subtitled “The Story of a Young Woman’s Journey to the Catholic Church (from the Perspective of the Guy She Married),” the story of one “man’s effort” makes for an uplifting and enjoyable reading experience.
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December 6, 2018
by Pedro A. Moreno, O.P. Secretariado de Evangelización y Catequesis
No codiciarás la casa de tu prójimo, ni codiciarás la mujer de tu prójimo, ni su siervo, ni su sierva, ni su buey, ni su asno, ni nada que sea de tu prójimo (Ex 20:17).
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