• Summer, leisure and the Lord’s Day
    July 2, 2020
    by Archbishop Paul S. Coakley
    In the Gospel, Jesus invites us to “Come away … and rest awhile” (Mk.6:31). This is normally a good summertime theme since this is the season that many of us look forward to a change of pace in our busy lives.
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  • “Camina con Madres Necesitadas” ayuda a las mujeres embarazadas que lo necesitan
    “Camina con Madres Necesitadas” ayuda a las mujeres embarazadas que lo necesitan
    July 2, 2020
    by Jolene Schonchin, el Sooner Catholic.
    En un esfuerzo por ayudar aún más a las mujeres embarazadas que lo necesitan en toda la Arquidiócesis de Oklahoma City, el programa provida para parroquias de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de EE. UU. Estableció el programa Camina con Madres Necesitadas.
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  • Arquidiócesis anuncia nuevo programa de capacitación de ambiente seguro
    Arquidiócesis anuncia nuevo programa de capacitación de ambiente seguro
    July 2, 2020
    La Arquidiócesis de Oklahoma City anunció el lunes un nuevo programa de capacitación para voluntarios, miembros del personal y clérigos que se requerirá antes de trabajar con menores en iglesias o escuelas católicas. El programa se lanzó el 1 de julio.
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  • El papa emérito Benedicto XVI y la Eucaristía como nuestro Sacramento de la Caridad
    July 2, 2020
    by Pedro A. Moreno, O.P.
    Donde prevalece la caridad y el amor
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  • Walking in the footsteps of Bl. Stanley Rother
    Walking in the footsteps of Bl. Stanley Rother
    July 2, 2020
    by Linda Schaefer, Special for the Sooner Catholic
    Rother Feast Day July 28
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  • Okarche celebrates third Rother feast day
    Okarche celebrates third Rother feast day
    July 2, 2020
    by K.S. McNutt, the Sooner Catholic
    *UPDATE: The annual parish carnival on July 25 has been cancelled due to an increase in the number of people with COVID-19. There will still be a 7 p.m. Mass at Holy Trinity on Bl. Stanley Rother's Feast Day, July 28.
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  • “Walking with Moms” effort helps parishes aid pregnant women in need
    “Walking with Moms” effort helps parishes aid pregnant women in need
    July 2, 2020
    by Jolene Schonchin, the Sooner Catholic
    In an effort to further help pregnant women in need across the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, the Walking with Moms in Need program was established by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops pro-life committee for parishes.
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  • Archdiocese announces new safe environment training program
    Archdiocese announces new safe environment training program
    July 2, 2020
    The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City announced a new training program for volunteers, staff members and clergy that will be required before working with minors in Catholic churches or schools. The program launched July 1.
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  • Archdiocese of Oklahoma City hires executive director for Bl. Stanley Rother Shrine
    July 2, 2020
    OKLAHOMA CITY – Archbishop Paul Coakley announced Wednesday the selection of Leif Arvidson as the executive director for the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City. Arvidson was selected after a national search.
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  • Rev. Eugene (Casimir) Marshall, O.S.B.
    Rev. Eugene (Casimir) Marshall, O.S.B.
    July 2, 2020
    Rev. Eugene Marshall, O.S.B., died on June 18 at age 97. He had completed 76 years of monastic profession and 70 years of priestly ministry. At the time of his death, he was the most senior and eldest member of the monastic community and the oldest Catholic priest in Oklahoma.
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  • Meet the Seminarians: Alexander Schmitt
    Meet the Seminarians: Alexander Schmitt
    July 2, 2020
    This is part of a series to introduce the seminarians of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.
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  • From the Archives
    From the Archives
    July 2, 2020
    by George Rigazzi, archdiocesan archivist
    Given the current discussion on racial inequality and its consequences, and in light of Archbishop Coakley’s prayer to protect life and end the sin of racism, understanding the Catholic Church’s response to racism historically in Oklahoma is imperative.
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  • Farewell parade for Lawton priests
    Farewell parade for Lawton priests
    July 2, 2020
    by Jolene Schonchin, the Sooner Catholic.
    More than 40 decorated cars lined up on the afternoon of June 17 near Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Lawton for a Farewell Parade to wish Father Brian Buettner and Father Vic Luong farewell. Both priests received new assignments to churches in Norman and Oklahoma City where they began July 1.
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  • Oklahoma teens discern, visit religious order
    Oklahoma teens discern, visit religious order
    July 2, 2020
    by Father James A. Wickersham
    Most parish summer programs for youth this year have been cancelled or reduced due to COVID-19. This was not the case for a group of 10 girls from Saint Mary Catholic Church in Guthrie and two girls from Saint Monica Catholic Church in Edmond who made a pilgrimage to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Convent in Wichita, Kan.
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  • Bishop McGuinness announces 2020 Distinguished Alumni of the Year
    Bishop McGuinness announces 2020 Distinguished Alumni of the Year
    July 2, 2020
    Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School named Bentley Edmonds (1981) and Lisa Ruffin Edmonds (1982) as its Distinguished Alumni of the Year during the 2020 commencement ceremony on June 16.
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  • Real Life Disciples: Come into my heart!
    July 2, 2020
    by Jim Beckman, Executive Director of the Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis
    Have you ever had the experience of seeing a movie trailer and then talking about the movie with others like you have seen it? Or read the first couple chapters of a book and then tell others about it without really knowing how it all ended? It’s a common experience with kids and one I have witnessed many times over the years with our children.
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  • Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and the Eucharist as our Sacrament of Charity
    July 2, 2020
    by Pedro A. Moreno, O.P.
    In February 2007, then Pope Benedict gifted us with his Apostolic Exhortation “Sacramentum Caritatis,” on the Eucharist as the source and summit of the Church’s life and mission. It was the 22nd of February, the Feast of the Chair of Peter. I would like to offer seven quotes from this exhortation that best summarize his eucharistic theology. Let’s begin with the first paragraph where the Eucharist as love is clearly expressed.
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  • Book Review: “Jesus Invites Me to Mass”
    Book Review: “Jesus Invites Me to Mass”
    July 2, 2020
    by John Dolezal, the Sooner Catholic.
    Often “the best things come in small packages.” This common saying is definitely fitting for the book, “Jesus Invites Me to Mass.”
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  • US bishops, led by Archbishop Coakley, ask administration to reconsider federal executions
    US bishops, led by Archbishop Coakley, ask administration to reconsider federal executions
    July 2, 2020
    by Catholic News Agency
    The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has asked the Trump administration to halt several scheduled executions after the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from four death row inmates.
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  • Court says tax credit program can't exclude religious schools
    Court says tax credit program can't exclude religious schools
    July 2, 2020
    by Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service
    WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In a 5-4 ruling June 30, the Supreme Court said the exclusion of religious schools in Montana's state scholarship aid program violated the federal Constitution.
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