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The Sooner Catholic and the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City office of communications received 12 awards from the Catholic Media Association during the 2026 Catholic Media Conference held June 16-19 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Awards are from 2025 publications, graphics and videos.

ORLANDO, Fla. (OSV News) — A sea of white robes and zucchettos of pink and magenta in the pews. A statue of Jesus welcoming the faithful with his exposed Sacred Heart upon the foot of the altar.

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(OSV News) – Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, which addresses artificial intelligence, is "a powerful reminder that no technology can replace a child of God, and all technology should be placed at the service of helping humanity thrive," said Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City.

Martin Parizek diaconate ordination June 27

I marveled as former Protestant pastor Dave Lewis detailed the times he’d drive his white Ford pickup into the parking lot at Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church in Edmond, daring himself to duck inside for confirmation that his discovery might be true.

U.S. Catholic Bishops will consecrate the country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 11 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe in Orlando, Florida, commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

This year marks the five-year anniversary of the fall of Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital city, the beginning of Taliban rule and the end of the United States’ 20-year war.

Every summer, campers arrive at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Camp in Wellston in a flurry of anticipation and excitement. Located less than an hour away from Oklahoma City, Camp Guadalupe remains steadfast in the faith formation landscape of young Oklahoma Catholics.

Richard Meloche, soon to be the inaugural headmaster for Saint Monica Catholic Academy in Edmond, arrives, as he describes himself: “a theologian by trade.”

Effective date: July 1, 2026, unless otherwise noted

Each year, Catholics across the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City join to support the ministries that keep the Church present where it is needed most. Your generosity makes a difference in parishes large and small, in classrooms and campus centers, and in lives changed every day.

WASHINGTON – “Your faith matters. Your prayers matter. Your acts of love and works of justice matter,” said Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Willard Patocka has led a life of service that shows no sign of slowing at age 94.

Did you know Oklahoma taxpayers may use their state income taxes to help children attend Catholic school? If you answered “No,” then you aren’t alone.

On an October day in 1875, two intrepid monks from the French Benedictine monastery of Our Lady of La Pierre-qui-Vire set foot for the first time in the mission territory that had been entrusted to them by the Church.

The Sooner Catholic and the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City office of communications received eight awards from the Catholic Media Association during the 2025 Catholic Media Conference held June 24-27 in Phoenix. Awards are from 2024 publications, graphics and videos.

Long-time parishioner Celeste Kreb served up Irish meatballs – three varieties – drawing long lines that offered little rest in the booth situated just outside the parish hall at Saint Patrick Catholic Church in Oklahoma City.

On a cool October morning, 50 Mount St. Mary Catholic High School first-year theology students stepped off their school bus into an open field. In the distance, the smell of a warm burning campfire welcomed them.

More than 200 friends, family members, priests, deacons and the faithful filled The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help on June 1 to witness the transitional diaconate ordination of John Grim and Jonah Beckham. God willing, they will be ordained to the priesthood in 2025.