SAN ANTONIO (CNS) — The archbishop of San Antonio offered prayers for dozens of people found dead as well as more than a dozen survivors discovered June 27 in sweltering conditions in a semitruck.
WASHINGTON — In a 6-3 vote June 27, the Supreme Court ruled that a former high school football coach had the right to pray on the football field after games because his prayers were private speech and did not represent the public school’s endorsement of religion.
Finding healing and exploring ways to work more effectively with diverse communities was the focus of the general session on the second day of the “Alive in Christ: Young, Diverse, Prophetic Voices Journeying Together,” a multicultural national gathering of Catholic ministry leaders in Chicago June 23-26.
WASHINGTON — In a 5-4 decision June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its nearly 50-year-old decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion in this country.
This is an historic day in the pro-life movement. The overturning of Roe v. Wade is a defining moment in our lifetime that fixes a legal and moral mistake, which led to decades of emotional distress, tremendous guilt, physical harm and infertility for women, and the unnecessary and cruel deaths of more than 63 million unborn babies who were denied their God-given potential because of poverty, fear or convenience. Women and children deserve better. Mothers who face unexpected or crisis pregnancies need support – financial, spiritual and emotional. May they see the face of God in their children and embrace the joy, beauty and difficulties of motherhood. We must come together to pray for the grace to deepen our appreciation for the sanctity and value of all human life from conception until natural death.”
OKLAHOMA CITY – Archbishop Coakley on June 19 led more than 1,000 faithful Catholics in a two-mile Eucharistic procession through the streets of Oklahoma City to launch the Eucharistic Revival in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. The procession, on the Feast of Corpus Christi, was one of the longest of any diocese in the country, stretching from Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School to The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
WASHINGTON – Following the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, commended members of Congress for passing the bill.
WASHINGTON - In response to the Supreme Court of the United States issuing its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities issued the following statement:
In 2007, the cause for canonization for Blessed Stanley Rother was opened by the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. It was a massive undertaking led by Archbishop Emeritus Eusebius Beltran and a commission charged with gathering thousands of documents, photographs and testimonies about Blessed Stanley from his family, brother priests and laypeople who he served in Guatemala.
by Leif Arvidson, Executive Director for the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine
After his Resurrection and before his Ascension into heaven, Jesus spoke these powerful words to his disciples: “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
by Deacon Norm Mejstrik, director of the Cause for the Canonization of Blessed Stanley Rother
As Christians, all of us are called to be saints. Saints are persons in heaven who lived heroically virtuous lives, offered their life for others, or were martyred for the faith.
With the dedication of the new St. Thomas More University Parish and Student Center on Dec. 21, 2019, the history of this parish, at times both glorious and trying, came full circle.
They came from all around, in search of Vincentian spirituality, friendship and service to the poor. In early June, members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul came together for a regional meeting, coming from Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
I read "Fathers of the Faith: Saint Irenaeus" by Mike Aquilina mostly by flashlight since part of Shawnee had an electrical power outage that affected my monastery when I was reading this book.
Father Joachim Spexarth, O.S.B., died June 12 in Shawnee. He was 83. He had completed 61 years of monastic profession and 57 years of priestly ministry.