• Irish Insights: BMCHS students return from break focused
    Irish Insights: BMCHS students return from break focused
    January 20, 2026
    by Katherine Menz, the Sooner Catholic
    After a 2024-25 year boasting four state qualifiers, the girls wrestling team has been moving through the season with renewed determination.
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  • Royals Report: Honoring students and staff at Cristo Rey OKC
    Royals Report: Honoring students and staff at Cristo Rey OKC
    January 20, 2026
    by Allison Turrubiartes, the Sooner Catholic
    In December 2025, Orlene Grant Chaney, dean of academic support and accountability at Cristo Rey OKC Catholic High School, was recognized as Teacher of the Month by Oklahoma City Community College and Perry Publishing & Broadcasting Company.
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  • Bl. Stanley Rother Hispanic Cultural Institute announces spring semester
    Bl. Stanley Rother Hispanic Cultural Institute announces spring semester
    January 20, 2026
    The Blessed Stanley Rother Hispanic Cultural Institute of Saint Joseph Catholic Church will have the opening night for the spring semester at 7 p.m. on Feb. 3 in the Metter Room of the Parish Center, 421 East Acres St. in Norman.
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  • Is it ethical to clone animals?
    Is it ethical to clone animals?
    January 20, 2026
    by Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk
    The global market for cloning cats, dogs, and other pets reached $300 million in 2024, and has been projected to reach $1.5 billion by 2035.
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  • Catholic social justice and the Civil Rights Movement
    Catholic social justice and the Civil Rights Movement
    January 19, 2026
    by Diane Clay, the Sooner Catholic
    On a steamy Georgia morning in March 1965, Father Eusebius Beltran and three of his brother priests piled into the four-door sedan they borrowed from the Archdiocese of Atlanta and headed south toward Selma, Ala.
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  • Archbishop Coakley exhorts faithful to heed MLK call to be ‘a drum major for justice’
    Archbishop Coakley exhorts faithful to heed MLK call to be ‘a drum major for justice’
    January 15, 2026
    by OSV
    WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Marking the Jan. 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, urged Catholics to reflect on how they are called to be “drum majors for justice” in their own communities. He drew on the slain Civil Rights leader’s words and the Church’s Gospel mission from Jesus Christ in a Jan. 13 statement released by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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  • "What does it mean to be a drum major for justice,” asks Archbishop Coakley
    January 13, 2026
    WASHINGTON – “Dr. King encouraged people to be leaders in the priorities that Christ gave us in the Gospel,” said Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in a reflection commemorating the late civil rights leader’s life and legacy. Archbishop Coakley focused his reflection for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on a portion of Dr. King’s sermon, Drum Major Instinct:
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  • Fr. Scott Boeckman receives Human Rights Award
    Fr. Scott Boeckman receives Human Rights Award
    December 28, 2025
    by Bella Gutiérrez, the Sooner Catholic
    As a Catholic priest serving the southside of Oklahoma City, Father Scott Boeckman promotes the human desire that “all may be one,” in communion with one another.
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  • This Christmas, focus on being good ‘soil’
    This Christmas, focus on being good ‘soil’
    December 18, 2025
    by Leonard J. DeLorenzo, OSV News
    The question at Christmas is not about whether God will act for us. The babe born of Mary is the answer: God has given everything. The question is really about us. Will we receive Christ?
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  • ¡Viva la Iglesia Catolica!
    ¡Viva la Iglesia Catolica!
    December 18, 2025
    by Fr. William Banowsky, the Sooner Catholic
    Merry Christmas As Christmas approaches, three priests from the archdiocese share their favorite memories. Here is a story from Fr. William Banowsky.
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  • Finding blessings in a blizzard
    Finding blessings in a blizzard
    December 18, 2025
    by Fr. Stephen Jones, the Sooner Catholic
    Merry Christmas As Christmas approaches, three priests from the archdiocese share their favorite memories. Here is a story from Fr. Stephen Jones.
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  • Gifts are great, but memories last forever
    Gifts are great, but memories last forever
    December 18, 2025
    by Fr. Cristobal De Loera, the Sooner Catholic
    Merry Christmas As Christmas approaches, three priests from the archdiocese share their favorite memories. Here is a story from Fr. Cristobal De Loera.
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  • Anniversary celebration keeps going at St. Gregory’s Abbey
    Anniversary celebration keeps going at St. Gregory’s Abbey
    December 18, 2025
    by Theresa Bragg
    As a continuation of the Sesquicentennial celebration, the 150th anniversary of the Mission of the Catholic Church in Oklahoma, the monks of Saint Gregory’s Abbey looked for additional ways to reach out and involve parishioners in our state.
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  • Fr. Scott Boeckman receives Human Rights Award
    Fr. Scott Boeckman receives Human Rights Award
    December 18, 2025
    by Bella Gutiérrez, the Sooner Catholic
    As a Catholic priest serving the southside of Oklahoma City, Father Scott Boeckman promotes the human desire that “all may be one,” in communion with one another.
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  • A  life well lived – giving and receiving
    A life well lived – giving and receiving
    December 18, 2025
    by John Helsley, the Sooner Catholic
    Edmiston’s 100-year celebration was cause for two celebrations
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  • Exodus 90 offers men a prayerful opportunity to grow
    Exodus 90 offers men a prayerful opportunity to grow
    December 18, 2025
    by Christopher Aderhold, the Sooner Catholic
    A 90-day spiritual exercise focused on fraternity, asceticism and prayer, Exodus 90 challenges men to leave behind the distractions and temptations of the modern world. By removing those impediments that can enslave, men instead fill their lives with prayer and sacrifice, allowing them the freedom to become who God made them to be.
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  • When service becomes a way of life
    When service becomes a way of life
    December 18, 2025
    by Owen Canfield
    Willard Patocka has led a life of service that shows no sign of slowing at age 94.
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  • Holy Angels announces spring programs
    Holy Angels announces spring programs
    December 18, 2025
    Holy Angels Education Center, a ministry of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, has announced its 2026 spring programs, designed to educate, equip and empower students while supporting immigrant integration through education.
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  • St. Eugene shares Thanksgiving blessings
    St. Eugene shares Thanksgiving blessings
    December 18, 2025
    by Lourdes Jea
    An ALDI grocery advertisement, showing how a family of 10 could enjoy a full Thanksgiving meal – turkey, sides and dessert – for just $40, caught the attention of Father Jim Goins and Sharon Blakely.
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  • Irish Insights: Irish reflect on the meaningful Christmas gifts
    Irish Insights: Irish reflect on the meaningful Christmas gifts
    December 18, 2025
    by Katherine Menz, the Sooner Catholic
    With Christmas approaching and preparations underway, Advent has been a season of reflection and gratitude for many in the McGuinness community. Because of this, we asked the Irish to recall and reflect on the gifts in their lives that were most meaningful.
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