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December 12, 2019Vision 2030 Archdiocesan Convocation
OKLAHOMA CITY – More than 1,000 Catholic faithful gathered Dec. 7 in downtown Oklahoma City for the archdiocese’s Vision 2030 Archdiocesan Convocation that featured the release of Archbishop Coakley’s 10-year pastoral plan for missionary discipleship, presentations from several national Catholic leaders and consecration of the archdiocese to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
“(The pastoral plan) begins with a call to repentance … The invitation is addressed to each of us to identify those places in our lives where complacency has crept in. Where we have accommodated ourselves to certain sins that keep us from following Jesus with our whole heart,” Archbishop Coakley said during his homily.
“It is an on-going process, a life-long process to hear anew the Good News; to encounter the Lord Jesus; to be willing to drop our nets and to follow him wholeheartedly.”
The convocation opened with music from Josh Blakesley, who is well-known as a performer at Steubenville youth conferences.
He was followed by Larann Wilson, director of parish leadership engagement, and Jim Beckman, executive director of the Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis, who introduced Archbishop Coakley for the presentation of his 10-year pastoral plan entitled “Vision 2030: Building a Culture of Conversion and Discipleship for the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.” The plan is a guide to help carryout archbishop’s pastoral letter published in January.
“This evening … we continued this path of following the Lord, embracing this Vision 2030, the call to missionary discipleship, by recognizing the need that we all share for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit in our lives,” Archbishop Coakley said.
“Without the Holy Spirit, without the grace of God, without the love of God that is poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, there will be no progress. We will not be converted. So, the Lord offers us his Spirit and we pray this evening for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in a new Pentecost in our hearts, in our homes, in our families, in our communities, in our parishes and in our archdiocese. Through that encounter with the love of God, we will be moved and enabled and empowered to drop our nets and to follow the Lord.”
Joining Archbishop Coakley on stage during the convocation were Jeff Cavins, publisher of the Adventure Bible and a Catholic apologist; Kevin Cotter with Amazing Parish; Andre Regnier with Catholic Christian Outreach; and Dianne Davis creator of ChristLife. Regnier and Davis led breakout sessions on “The Fruit of Intentional Conversations” and “The Power of Intentional Prayer.”
The convocation concluded with the celebration of Mass during which Archbishop Coakley consecrated the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City to Our Lady of Guadalupe, Star of the New Evangelization.
Diane Clay is editor of the Sooner Catholic.
To read or download a copy of Archbishop Coakley’s pastoral letter and the Vision 2030 pastoral plan, go online to archokc.org/vision2030.
To see more photos from the convocation, visit archokc.org/vision2030.
