St. Gregory’s Abbey invites single Catholic men ages 18-45 for a monastic encounter weekend Aug. 4-6 at 1900 W. MacArthur St., Shawnee. Participants will share in the liturgical prayer, Lectio Divina, common work, communal life of the abbey and live as a monk. Contact Fr. Simeon Spitz, O.S.B. at (405) 878-5456, vocations@monksok.org or visit monksok.org/vocations.

Our seminarians are away from home for months at a time during their formation. While at seminary, they would like to hear from people back home in Oklahoma! To become a Seminarian Pen Pal, go online to archokc.org/penpal, find their addresses and send a Christmas card or gift package.

St. Gregory’s Abbey invites single Catholic men ages 18-45 for a monastic encounter weekend Oct. 20-22 at 1900 W. MacArthur St., Shawnee. Participants will share in the liturgical prayer, Lectio Divina, common work, communal life of the abbey and live as a monk. Contact Fr. Simeon Spitz, O.S.B. at (405) 878-5456, vocations@monksok.org or visit monksok.org/vocations.

Join Archdiocesan Archivist George Rigazzi as he highlights items in the Heritage Gallery related to Bl. Stanley Rother. The Heritage Gallery inside the Catholic Pastoral Center at 7501 Northwest Expressway in Oklahoma City presents “The Shepherd Cannot Run: A Retrospective on the Life of Bl. Stanley Rother.” Watch each episode on YouTube. Find Episode 1 at https://youtu.be/0HX1iDrM8zg. 

Watch the official documentary on Oklahoma’s Bl. Stanley Rother at stanleyrother.org or https://youtu.be/hsOvNtoZVzc. Copies also are available at the Rother Store online at rotherstore.com. The DVD of the Beatification Mass of Bl. Stanley Rother is available online at rotherstore.com