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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Rancor in politics, especially these days, may be the norm, but a nationwide effort is underway to remind people that civility in political discussions is a virtue.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has approved adding the Dec. 10 feast of Our Lady of Loreto to all calendars and liturgical books for the celebration of the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours.

Darby Heard put on a blessed habit and a white veil Aug. 1 in a ceremony that marked her transition from postulant to novice with the Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration. She also put on her new name, Sister Mary Consolata.

Two young women from the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City are beginning a journey to become sisters in religious life and brides of Christ.

ADA – It isn’t hard for Patricia Butler to remember 70 years ago and how embarrassed her mother had been with her children. Ada didn’t have many restaurants that a young, cash-strapped, large Catholic family could afford.

Mount Saint Mary Catholic High School welcomed more than 150 Mercy educators from around the world to Oklahoma City on Oct. 18-19 for the Mercy Education System of the Americas Conference. The annual MESA conference is hosted by a different Mercy school each year. The focus of the 2019 Mercy conference was the Sisters of Mercy critical concern for immigration.

This is part of a series to introduce the seminarians of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.

OKARCHE – The Center of Family Love is offering more career opportunities for individuals with disabilities beginning this National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October.

For the second year, Cattlemen’s Steakhouse, Jamil’s Steakhouse, McClintock Saloon & Chop House, Petroleum Club OKC, The Hamilton, Vast/Western Concepts, Premium Brands Wine & Spirits, Thirst Wine Merchants, Joullian Vineyards & Winery and Alexana all came together to serve a “Grand Dinner” for one common cause: the residents at The Center of Family Love in Okarche.

Only months after the Cherokee Outlet allowed homesteaders to pour into the site that would become Ponca City, the first Mass was celebrated in the new structure by Father Felix De Grasse, O.S.B., on Saint Patrick’s Day, 1894.

Paul’s “Captivity Letters”

Las “Cartas de la Cautividad” de Pablo

SAN ANTONIO – Un grupo de 38 hermanas religiosas de América Latina acaban de completar un programa de entrenamiento de una semana en el instituto Mexican American Catholic College de San Antonio para prepararse para servir cinco años de ministerio en diferentes diócesis de misión en los Estados Unidos.