Saints & Scholars dinner

The Saints & Scholars dinner benefiting the St. Thomas Aquinas Endowment is at 6 p.m. Jan. 29 at the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club, 7000 N.W. Grand Blvd. in Nichols Hills. Register at cfook.org/saints2026.

The Catholic Foundation of Oklahoma will honor Catholic school educators during the dinner. 

The Catholic Educator of the Year finalists are: Jessica Thompson, Mount St. Mary Catholic High School; Heather Chauret, All Saints Catholic School; and Heather Shanahan, Christ the King Catholic School. 

The Catholic School Volunteer of the Year finalists are: Chassi Kopec, St. John Nepomuk Catholic School; Stefanie Wade, Christ the King Catholic School; and Kristin Holland, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School. 

The Catholic School Support Staff of the Year finalists are: April Carrillo, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School; Jorge Alenjandro Morales, All Saints Catholic School; and Jessica Strecker, Christ the King Catholic School.