• Book review: “Heart to Heart with Mary: a yearly devotional”
    Book review: “Heart to Heart with Mary: a yearly devotional”
    April 21, 2022
    by Br. Benet Exton, O.S.B., the Sooner Catholic
    If you like and use the books by Sarah Young, especially her book, “Jesus Calling” (2004) you will love this book. 
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  • “Journeying together” is at heart of Church's synods, synodal preparations
    April 21, 2022
    In October 2023, Pope Francis will convene the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops with the theme, "For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission."
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  • Bishops sign letter warning that Germany's “Synodal Path” could lead to schism
    April 21, 2022
    More than 70 bishops from around the world, including Archbishop Coakley, have released a "fraternal open letter" to Germany's bishops warning that sweeping changes to Church teaching advocated by the ongoing process known as the "Synodal Path" may lead to schism.
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  • Eucharistic revival called ‘a movement’ that gets to core of Catholic faith
    Eucharistic revival called ‘a movement’ that gets to core of Catholic faith
    April 12, 2022
    by Julie Asher, Catholic News Service
    WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Catholic Church’s three-year eucharistic revival about to get underway “is not a program but a movement” that is an invitation to the faithful from God to go on mission and be compelling witnesses of our faith, said Tim Glemkowski, the newly named executive director of the National Eucharistic Congress.
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  • La Pascua en tiempo de guerra y pandemia
    April 7, 2022
    by Arzobispo Pablo S. Coakley
    Al tiempo que nos acercamos como Iglesia a la celebración de la Semana Santa y otro Triduo Pascual, algunos podrían preguntarse lo que significa la Pascua en estos tiempos difíciles.
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  • Easter in a time of pandemic and war
    April 7, 2022
    by Archbishop Paul S. Coakley
    As the Church enters Holy Week and celebrates another Paschal Triduum, some may ask what Easter means in times such as these.
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  • Dando la bienvenida a recién llegados con corazones y puertas abiertas
    April 7, 2022
    by Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service
    WASHINGTON – El aumento de casos a causa de la variante ómicron del virus COVID-19 este invierno hizo que muchas personas cancelaran sus planes de viaje, incluyendo personas recién llegadas a los Estados Unidos.
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  • The Easter Vigil:
    The Easter Vigil: "the mother of all vigils"
    April 7, 2022
    by Catholic News Agency
    The Easter Vigil, which takes place Holy Saturday night, “is the greatest and most noble of all solemnities and it is to be unique in every single Church,” the rubrics of the Missale Romanum proclaim.
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  • “I’m ready to work for the salvation of souls”
    “I’m ready to work for the salvation of souls”
    April 7, 2022
    by Diane Clay, the Sooner Catholic
    Every October in high school, Robert Miller’s family drove to Panama Beach, Fla., for vacation, a special treat that gave the teenager access to cable. The station he chose to watch? EWTN.
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  • Good Friday pilgrimage walk brings prayer, devotion from Allen to Ada
    Good Friday pilgrimage walk brings prayer, devotion from Allen to Ada
    April 7, 2022
    by Charles Albert, the Sooner Catholic. 
    After starting and leading the annual Good Friday pilgrimage walk, Tony Mondejar will be participating in his last walk before moving to Texas. The 2022 walk will be held April 15. 
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  • Mount lands in esports top 10
    Mount lands in esports top 10
    April 7, 2022
    by Jolene Schonchin, the Sooner Catholic
    Mount Saint Mary Catholic High School has launched a new sport called esports, the first school in the archdiocese to do so.
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  • From the Archives
    From the Archives
    April 7, 2022
    by George Rigazzi, archdiocesan archivist
    Francis Clement Kelley was an extremely talented priest and visionary. His gifts were not always appreciated by the clergy when he arrived as the new bishop in Oklahoma in 1924. 
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  • St. Mary parishioners aid community in “Great Day of Service”
    St. Mary parishioners aid community in “Great Day of Service”
    April 7, 2022
    by Everett Brazil, the Sooner Catholic
    PONCA CITY – On a recent sunny Sunday morning, parishioners from Saint Mary Catholic Church in Ponca City joined congregations from across the Ponca City community in the annual “Great Day of Service.”
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  • Book Review: “The Real Presence”
    Book Review: “The Real Presence”
    April 7, 2022
    by John H. Dolezal, the Sooner Catholic
    This book is a clever and interesting tale about two young cousins living in Capernaum during the time of Christ. The story is based on the mystery of transubstantiation and John 6:54 (“Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day”). 
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  • Parish endowments provide long-term support
    Parish endowments provide long-term support
    April 7, 2022
    by Owen Canfield, associate director for gift planning for the Catholic Foundation of Oklahoma
    One goal of the Catholic Foundation of Oklahoma is to establish endowed funds to benefit every parish and school in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. A gift from one couple is getting this process started at Saint Eugene Catholic Church in Oklahoma City.
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  • Jacob’s memorial fund helps Oklahoma kids attend camp
    Jacob’s memorial fund helps Oklahoma kids attend camp
    April 7, 2022
    by Owen Canfield, associate director for gift planning for the Catholic Foundation of Oklahoma
    Each summer, Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Camp fills with hundreds of schoolchildren who spend a week making new friends, deepening their faith and playing. An endowed fund at the Catholic Foundation of Oklahoma helps defray costs for some youngsters.
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  • “Protests, Prayer and Putting Faith into Action”
    “Protests, Prayer and Putting Faith into Action”
    April 7, 2022
    NORMAN – Sister Veronica Higgins, a consecrated religious sister with the Carmelite Order of Saint Therese of the Infant Jesus, will give the 2022 Agnes and Herbert True Family Lecture at 7 p.m. April 20 in Heiple Hall at Saint Thomas More Catholic Church, 100 Stinson Ave. in Norman. The title of her talk is "My Story: Protests, Prayer and Putting Faith into Action." The event is free and open to the public.
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  • The Catholic Difference: No “just wars?”
    April 7, 2022
    by George Weigel, Ethics and Public Policy Center
    Every war is a defeat for humanity, because men and women endowed with reason should be able to resolve their differences without mass violence.
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  • Pope Francis expresses “sorrow and shame” for Catholic role in abuse against Indigenous peoples
    April 7, 2022
    by Hannah Brockhaus
    VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Friday expressed his “sorrow and shame” for the role Catholics have played in the abuse of Indigenous peoples in Canada, especially in residential schools.
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  • Where to give to help Ukraine
    Where to give to help Ukraine
    April 7, 2022
    by Catholic News Service
    WASHINGTON (CNS) — Various Catholic agencies are collecting donations to aid with the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, as people flee to escape Russian bombing and shelling. Here are some places to donate. This list is not exhaustive.
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