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Two deacons share insights into the opening months of their new roles

During the COVID pandemic, Matt Mollman noticed something unsettling at his parish. Even among weekly Mass goers, many didn’t know one another well enough to recognize when someone was missing or struggling.

One common and oft-repeated secular claim declares “the Church doesn’t belong in the bedroom.”

“The family is a community of faith, hope, and charity; it assumes singular importance in the Church. (CCC 2204)”

For the senior class, there are many good things about The Mount and many influential people in their lives. Over the last four years, the class has grown closer together and grown closer to God as a result of their time together and their faith-based education.

The class of 2027 will fill the class of 2026's shoes next year as the senior class.

As graduation approaches, Cristo Rey OKC Catholic High School seniors are experiencing some of the school’s most meaningful traditions. Moments that celebrate not only academic success, but also faith, leadership and the strong community that has supported them along the way.

When it comes to our Church’s history, we Catholics tend to zero in quickly on canonized saints and those we hope will be canonized. This is understandable, given the importance our faith places on special exemplars of holiness and the supernatural virtues.

Mother of Hope Marian Conference July 24-25

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

Jacob Gunter makes a habit of serving as a counselor at Camp Guadalupe, mixing fun and faith with youth during the summers.

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.

On Oct. 12, 1875, two intrepid monks from the French Benedictine monastery of Saint Marie of La Pierre-qui-Vire set foot for the first time in the mission territory entrusted to them. Father Isidore Robot, O.S.B., and Brother Dominic Lambert, O.S.B., finally had arrived at a destiny and mission that was long in the making – a destiny and mission that eventually would evolve not only into Saint Gregory’s Abbey, but also into the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa.

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 archdiocese communications department is working on a commemorative, high-quality magazine to celebrate 150 years of the Catholic Church in Oklahoma, to be distributed this fall. We are offering a limited number of advertising opportunities. If you would like to inquire about ad space in the magazine, please reach out to John Helsley, [email protected].

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.

Pope Francis officially declared 2025 a Jubilee Year for the Church in May 2024, with a papal bull titled “Spes Non Confudit,” which means “Hope Does Not Disappoint.”

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.