In early January, Father Alex Kroll, pastor of Saint Mary Catholic Church in Ponca City, approached Nancy Laffey with an idea for a new ministry at the parish.
A sewing ministry.
Juan Ajtzip is a Tz’utujil Mayan who worked with Blessed Stanley Rother and the other Oklahoma missionaries at Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala. This book is a translation from Spanish into English by Gerald W. Schlabach. The translation is good because one will not notice it as a translation.
John McGreevy, Ph.D., an award-winning historian and author, will deliver a public lecture on the University of Oklahoma Campus titled: Catholicism and Democracy: A Winding History.
The date Aug. 20, the Memorial of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, marked a milestone for Brother Damian Whalen, O.S.B. It was the 50th anniversary of his profession of vows as a monk of Saint Gregory’s Abbey.
Fiction can often convey the human texture of a time and place better than scholarly works of history. Herewith, and in honor of the national semiquincentennial, some novels that help tell the Catholic story in these United States through a fictional lens.
On a quiet July morning at Resurrection Cemetery in Oklahoma City, two unmarked graves holding the partial remains of Pamela Joy Schuerman and Billy Smith were carefully opened to allow for the reunification of their physical bodies.
"Take this, all of you, and eat of it, for this is my Body, which will be given up for you ..."
As Archbishop Coakley raised the Body of Christ, the noise of the four-day pilgrimage and
festival ceased and the tens of thousands present in the heart of Carthage, Missouri, all bowed their heads in reverence.
Sister Diane Koorie recalled seeing a picture of a little boy in Africa wearing an Oklahoma City Thunder jersey and wondering how it got there. At that moment, the distance between Oklahoma and a place thousands of miles away wasn't so far.
Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City,
As we have become painfully aware, the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) recently proceeded with the illicit ordination of four bishops without a papal mandate and against the will of Pope Leo XIV. This grave, schismatic act, which has resulted in their automatic excommunication constitutes a serious wound to ecclesial communion.
First, Jeremy Barnes joined the Catholic Church – completely.
Now he’s joined the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City leadership team – contemplatively.
Already, 2026 has proven to be a life-changing year.
Lara Schuler scanned the room and sized up the diverse résumés of those gathered inside famed Arno Ristorante in Midtown Manhattan, a bit taken aback while celebrating the Catholic Education Foundation’s newest Hall of Fame inductees.