• Fort Sill chaplain finds Catholicism in Afghanistan
    Fort Sill chaplain finds Catholicism in Afghanistan
    December 19, 2018
    by Charles Albert, the Sooner Catholic
    In 2011, Army Chaplain Jerry Sherbourne was having lunch with a friend and fellow Anglican Chaplain, and a Catholic Chaplain in battle-weary Afghanistan.
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  • Stained glass shines light on 50th anniversary
    Stained glass shines light on 50th anniversary
    December 19, 2018
    by Judy Hilovsky, the Sooner Catholic
    Gazing out from Saint Charles Borromeo’s altar, Deacon Bill Gorden’s attention was focused on the stained-glass window of the Last Supper.
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  • Living Faith Society supports seminarian education
    December 19, 2018
    Priests are more than just ministers of the Church’s sacraments. Priests live the faith and continue the work of redemption on Earth made possible by Christ’s passion, death and resurrection.
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  • Holy Trinity celebrates 125 years in Okarche
    December 19, 2018
    by Diane Clay, the Sooner Catholic
    OKARCHE – Archbishop Paul Coakley, former pastors, parishioners and the community of Okarche gathered Oct. 7 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Holy Trinity Catholic Church.
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  • Catholic Charities, parishes help those affected by domestic violence
    December 18, 2018
    Domestic violence, also known as intimate partner violence, is defined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a serious, preventable public health problem that affects millions of Americans.
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  • Filmmaker's 'Camino' documentary finally finds home on PBS
    Filmmaker's 'Camino' documentary finally finds home on PBS
    December 13, 2018
    by Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service
    WASHINGTON (CNS) -- What a long, strange trip it's been. Not walking the 500 miles in a pilgrimage from southern France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, that Lydia B. Smith first did a decade ago.
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  • Catholic Relief Services marks 75 years of restoring people's dignity
    Catholic Relief Services marks 75 years of restoring people's dignity
    December 6, 2018
    by Barb Fraze, Catholic News Service
    BALTIMORE (CNS) -- As Catholic Relief Services staffers and supporters spent an evening marking 75 years of service in the world, one word recurred: dignity.
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  • Un tiempo para prepararse: La razón de la estación
    December 6, 2018
    by Arzobispo Pablo S. Coakley
    En la belleza simple de su liturgia, el Adviento es una de las estaciones más ricas del año.
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  • A time to prepare: The reason for the season
    December 6, 2018
    by Archbishop Paul S. Coakley
    In the simple beauty of its liturgy, Advent is one of the richest seasons of the year.
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  • Reverend George J. Pupius
    Reverend George J. Pupius
    December 6, 2018
    Rev. George J. Pupius died Nov. 23, 2018. Father Pupius was born on May 3, 1930, in Krebs, Okla., to John and Anna (Delugas) Pupius.
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  • Mount marching band returns, music flourishes
    Mount marching band returns, music flourishes
    December 6, 2018
    by Steve Gust, the Sooner Catholic
    After being dormant for decades, Mount Saint Mary Catholic High School's marching band is back and exceling as part of school's music department.
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  • Ministry leaders rally Christians to foster care
    Ministry leaders rally Christians to foster care
    December 6, 2018
    by Eliana Tedrow, the Sooner Catholic
    While the Catholic Church has an extensive history of providing care for orphans and the marginalized, Oklahoma’s protestant sector is bringing fresh ways to integrate the idea of fostering and supporting foster families into everyday Christian life.
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  • Yarn crafting as meditative prayer
    Yarn crafting as meditative prayer
    December 6, 2018
    by Judy Hilovsky, the Sooner Catholic
    On Nov. 17, during “The Spirituality of Knitting and Crocheting” at Saint Gregory’s Abbey in Shawnee, Brother Damian Whalen, O.S.B., discussed how the rhythm of knitting and crocheting can move hearts and minds to a prayerful reflection and a quiet place in God’s presence.
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  • Catholic year-end giving opportunities
    Catholic year-end giving opportunities
    December 6, 2018
    Annual Catholic Appeal - Seminarian Education - St. Katherine Drexel Fund (Catholic education) - St. Jean Baptist de La Salle Fund (Catholic teachers) - Sooner Catholic Communications Appeal
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  • Five tips on how to kick the holiday blues
    December 6, 2018
    Studies have shown that many people have an increase in stress, anxiety and depression between Thanksgiving Day and New Year’s Day.
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  • Making Sense of Bioethics: Abortion funding – Cutting off the blood supply
    December 6, 2018
    by Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk
    Americans have long been disturbed by the fraud and waste that often surrounds the federal government’s use of their tax dollars. They now have further reason to be up in arms because of the way those tax dollars support the practice of abortion, even though such support, technically speaking, remains illegal.
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  • Exercising dominance over one’s heart
    December 6, 2018
    by Pedro A. Moreno, O.P. Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis
    The final two Commandments
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  • A Millennial Journey in Faith: Finding the divine in new life
    A Millennial Journey in Faith: Finding the divine in new life
    December 6, 2018
    by Anamaria Scaperlanda Biddick, for the Sooner Catholic
    I put away the little baby clothes yesterday. Tiny newborn onesies, yellow and pink, worn with a light summer swaddle while my daughter napped in a swing. A white and pink flowered nightgown, her first clothes. An impossibly small navy romper, her first Mass outfit.
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  • Book Review: Conversion of the heart
    Book Review: Conversion of the heart
    December 6, 2018
    by J. E. Helm, the Sooner Catholic
    As Patrick Madrid points out in the forward to this book, “The conversion of a human heart is the mighty work of God’s sovereign grace, not man’s effort.” The case of “Victory of the Battle Maiden” by Doug Reeves, subtitled “The Story of a Young Woman’s Journey to the Catholic Church (from the Perspective of the Guy She Married),” the story of one “man’s effort” makes for an uplifting and enjoyable reading experience.
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  • Ejercer dominio sobre nuestro corazón
    December 6, 2018
    by Pedro A. Moreno, O.P. Secretariado de Evangelización y Catequesis
    No codiciarás la casa de tu prójimo, ni codiciarás la mujer de tu prójimo, ni su siervo, ni su sierva, ni su buey, ni su asno, ni nada que sea de tu prójimo (Ex 20:17).
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