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Statement on the Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., as 46th President of the United States of America from Most Reverend José H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles, President, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

ATLANTA (CNS) — With “social injustice, division and conflict” threatening the common good, people need to rediscover and recommit to the vision of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to work nonviolently for harmony and equality for all, Pope Francis said.

National Catholic Schools Week is Jan. 31-Feb. 6. Visit archokc.org/schools to learn more about Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.

A virtual Rose Day event will be at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 3 at roseday.life. Various pro-life leaders will be featured.

The Adrian Dominican Sisters invite single Catholic women who are discerning a call to religious life to a Zoom and See Feb. 12-13. Register at https://tinyurl.com/ADSDiscern or contact Sr. Tarianne DeYonker, OP, at tdeyonker@adriandominicans.org or call/text her at (517) 920-1395.

The 40 Days for Life Spring campaign begins Feb. 17. Sign up to pray at one or all three local locations at www.40daysforlife.com: Edmond (Planned Parenthood), OKC (Trust Women) and Norman (Abortion Surgery Center).

This year, the annual Black and Indian Missions Collection in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is Feb. 21. It comes during Lent, which is a time to concentrate on prayer, fasting and almsgiving. The Black and Indian Mission Office helps support the National Black Catholic Congress and the Tekakwitha Conference. http://blackandindianmission.org. Please give generously Feb. 21.

On March 6, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City will have Green Tie Gatherings, “at home” events, that replicate the annual gala fundraiser. There will be videos on Facebook throughout the day and a silent auction in the evening. Money raised will support the women and children of Sanctuary Women’s Development Center in Oklahoma City and Norman. To purchase tickets to participate, contact Anne O’Shields at (817) 313-3063 or visit www.greentiegatherings.org.

A retreat for sacramentally married couples to begin, or deepen, their spiritual lives together is April 15-18 at the Catholic Pastoral Center, 7501 Northwest Expressway, OKC. Cost: $350 (scholarships available). Register at archokc.org/dc. Contact Alex Schimpf at (405) 709-2755, aschimpf@archokc.org.

Cristo Rey Oklahoma City Catholic High School seeks an experienced, mission-driven, client facing relationship manager to lead all coordination and communications with the corporate work study partners. Bachelor’s degree required; Experienced in client relationship management; Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) is helpful but not required. Apply at cristoreyokc.org/careers.

Cada 6 enero, en la tradición latina, se celebra no solo la fiesta litúrgica de la Epifanía, sino como tradicionalmente se llama, la venida de los Reyes Magos. En tono de broma, en México se dice que el 12 de diciembre comienza una fiesta de casi un mes que se llama Guadalupe-Reyes. Es decir, que comienza en la fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe y termina en el día de los Reyes Magos.

Para todos lo que creían que el inicio del año nuevo traería consigo el fin inmediato de las pesadillas del 2020, la violencia que hizo erupción en el Capitolio sin duda hizo desaparecer esas esperanzas.

For those who had imagined that merely ringing in the new year might bring a swift end to the nightmarish events of 2020, the eruption of violence at our nation’s Capitol burst that bubble.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments asked priests to take special anti-COVID-19 precautions this year when distributing ashes on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, including sprinkling ashes on the top of people’s heads rather than using them to make a cross on people’s foreheads.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Praising those who help the sick and praying for those who are sick, Pope Francis called on Christians to practice what they preach, including by guaranteeing equal access to health care for all people.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A joint statement from two U.S. bishops who head different committees of the U.S. bishops called for an end to the federal use of the death penalty as “long past time.”

As a senior in high school, Kat Joyce knew she wanted to become a teacher. Now, halfway through her first-year teaching, Joyce leads her second-grade class at Christ The King Catholic School in prayer every day. Those prayers are the cornerstone that led to her vocation as a Catholic school teacher.

Catholic Schools Week, the annual celebration of what makes Catholic education special, will begin Sunday, Jan. 31 and end Saturday, Feb. 6. Nationally, schools observe the celebration week with Masses, open houses and other activities for students, families, parishioners and community members.

When COVID-19 created a flood of concerns for organizers of the “In The Father’s Footsteps” Oklahoma Catholic Men’s Conference, Jim Beckman registered a plea.

The second of three priest brothers, Charles Albert Van Hulse was born Aug. 16, 1874, in Sint-Jan-in-Eremo, Belgium. His two brothers, Joseph and Theophile, also were missionaries to Oklahoma. All three served with fervor and excellence and are viewed as ecclesiastical royalty in the annuls of the history of the Church in Oklahoma.