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A Mass to celebrate the consecration of the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus will be at 6 p.m. on June 3 at the Bl. Stanley Rother Shrine, 700 S.E. 89 in Oklahoma City. Nationally, the U.S. bishops will consecrate the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 11 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Willow Pregnancy Support in Bethany has moved. The new office is located at 4107 N. Council Rd. in Bethany. Visit willowpregnancy.org.

Holy Angels Education Center offers adult education classes for ESL, GED, finance, small business, US citizenship and more. The center is located at 317 N. Blackwelder in Oklahoma City. Visit holyangelseducation.org.

Registration is open for the 2026 Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Camp season. Visit campguadalupe.org/summercamp.

Applications are open for 2026 summer staff at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Camp in Wellston. Must be 16 years of age by June 1, 2026, to apply. Visit campguadalupe.org/summerteam.

As part of the Cathedral Arts Series, there will be a Vincent Dubois concert at 7 p.m. April 30 at The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 3214 N. Lake Ave. in Oklahoma City. Dubois is the Titular organist at Notre Dame, Paris. This event was made possible by Doug Eason in memory of Tish Eason.

St. Gregory’s Abbey will host “The Words - and Silence of the Blessed Virgin Mary” weekend retreat May 1-3 at the Abbot Mark Braun Retreat House at 1900 W. MacArthur St. in Shawnee. The presenter is Abbot Lawrence Stasyszen, O.S.B. The retreat begins on Friday evening and concludes after Mass on Sunday. Cost is $150 and includes meals, snacks, overnight accommodations at the Retreat House and the retreat. Call (405) 878-5656 or e-mail [email protected].

Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Camp will have a camp clean up day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 2 at 890488 S. 3290 Rd. in Wellston. Lunch provided. Sign up at bit.ly/campcleanupday2026.

Our Lady of Grace Catholic Retreat Center will host an Ignatian five-day preached retreat May 3-6 at 4919 S. Fairgrounds in Stillwater. Cost $821, includes five nights lodging, 14 home cooked meals, Mass, reconciliation and daily spiritual direction. Pre-registration required. Contact (405) 747-5035.

The Altum Institute presents the annual lecture on faith and culture “Rebuilding a Culture of Faith” from 7 to 9 p.m. on May 7 at The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 3214 N. Lake Ave. in Oklahoma City. The speaker is Ralph Martin, S.T.D. Cost $5. Visit altuminstitute.org/discipleship/colloquium.

Msgr. Rick Stansberry and members of the Order of Malta will celebrate a Mass of Healing at 6:30 p.m. on May 14 at The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 3214 N. Lake Ave. in Oklahoma City. Prayers and the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick will be offered for people with serious illness. Water from the Shrine at Lourdes will be available.

The choir of The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help will sing works by Charles Villiers Stanford and Gerald Finzi at 5 p.m. May 17 at the cathedral, 3214 N. Lake Ave. in Oklahoma City. The prelude recital will feature Benjamin Clark, director of Music at St. Eugene Catholic Church, Oklahoma City. A reception will follow.

The Altum Institute will host the father and son retreat May 21-23 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Camp, 890488 S. 3290 Rd. in Wellston. Cost $100 per father (scholarships available). Father and sons must attend together. Sons should be ages 10-20. Contact Dcn. Joe Vandervort at [email protected]. Register at archokc.org/fathers.

The Knights of Columbus family bingo will be at 6:30 p.m. May 28 at St. James the Greater Catholic Church, 4201 S. McKinley in Oklahoma City. Play all games for $10. There will be door prizes furnished by the Knights and reasonably priced food served at 5:45 p.m. All players receive a raffle ticket for a 55-inch LED TV to be given away at the October bingo (must be present to win). All April birthdays will be recognized and given a free additional blackout card.

The annual St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery Memorial Day Mass will be at 10 a.m. on May 25. A potluck meal will be after Mass at the cemetery pavilion, N.W. 234 St. (Sorghum Mill Rd.) between N. Council Rd. and N. County Line Rd. in rural Edmond. Take a lawn chair and a food dish to share.

Save the Date: The Center of Family Love’s 13th annual Gift of Love Gala will be June 6 at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 Northeast 63 St. in Oklahoma City. Contact Vanessa Smith at (405) 263-4963 or [email protected].

The Knights of Columbus No. 6477 are hosting a Father's Day communal recitation of the rosary at noon on June 20 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 900 S. Littler Ave. in Edmond.

The Altum Institute will host Ars Docendi, a week-long seminar for Catholic educators from 8 a.m. July 13 to 11:30 a.m. July 17 at the Catholic Pastoral Center, 7501 Northwest Expressway in Oklahoma City. Educators are invited to delve into the Catholic intellectual tradition, learning to practice, and transmit, the art of living and the art of teaching: ars videndi, ars docendi. Food, lodging and books provided. Contact [email protected] or (405) 709-2718. Visit altuminstitute.org/fellows.

The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is inviting young men ages 15-30 to Quo Vadis Days, a vocation discernment retreat, from July 26 to 29 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Camp, 890488 S. 3290 Rd. in Wellston. For more information and to register, visit archokc.campbrainregistration.com.

The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is inviting young women ages 15-30 to Talitha Koum, a vocation discernment retreat, from July 30 to Aug. 1 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Camp, 890488 S. 3290 Rd. in Wellston. For more information and to register, visit archokc.campbrainregistration.com.