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Cristo Rey OKC se mudará al antiguo edificio de la escuela Oakridge este verano para recibir a los estudiantes del año escolar 2023-2024.

Cristo Rey OKC will be moving to the former Oakridge school building this summer to welcome the students for the 2023-2024 school year.

Surrounded by nearly 300 acres of field and farm in Stillwater, Oklahoma, the new Our Lady of Grace Catholic Retreat Center is set to open in May to serve Catholics who wish to get away from daily life and rekindle a deeper relationship with God.

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City announced a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Sanctuary Women’s Development Center to be held at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 2, at the site location at 2133 S.W. 11 Street in Oklahoma City. The event is open to the public.

Priest Appreciation Week is May 1 – 6

By 1947, with the return of veterans and the subsequent growth of families, Bishop McGuinness addressed the need for a new parish north of Northwest 50th Street. With the purchase of the vacant lot on the corner of Elmhurst and Dorset Drive, Oklahoma City’s Christ the King parish was born.

The Easter Vigil is the highest Mass of the year. It's when the Church celebrates the rising of Jesus Christ from the tomb. For parishioners at Saint Mary Catholic Church in Ponca City, and fellow parishioners at Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Newkirk, it was an even more meaningful Mass, as it was the first Mass to feature a refurbished pipe organ, bringing beautiful sounds into the church for the first time in almost a year.

On April 1, Right Reverend Lawrence Stasyszen, O.S.B., Abbot of Saint Gregory’s Abbey in Shawnee led “A Day of Silence” as part of the Eucharistic Revival initiative at Saint Gregory’s Abbey. The theme of the day was meant as a preparation for the celebration of the Paschal Mystery and Easter. 

Parish discussion at Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church

When I first saw the title of this book, “Shreveport Martyrs of 1873: The surest path to the heaven,” I thought to myself that I don't remember that there were any martyrs in Shreveport, Louisiana. As I examined the book, I discovered that it is a history of what five Catholic priests did during the yellow fever epidemic that hit Shreveport in 1873. 

Interview with Fr. Joseph Irwin about Divine Mercy

As spring returns, the winter wanes, the smell of freshly mowed grass, the crack of the bat, the pop of the mitt and the sweet fragrance of a new baseball out of the box point to a glorious moment in time: the coming of a new baseball season. 

Father Robert Wood, pastor of Saint Philip Neri Catholic Church, is pleased to announce the hiring of Corky McMullen as the new principal of Saint Philip Neri Catholic School in Midwest City.

Father Rex Arnold, pastor of Christ the King Catholic Church, is proud to announce Jennifer Richard, Ph.D. as the next principal of Christ the King Catholic School.

Doctor Scott Hahn is a well-known author of several popular and academic books. This book on holiness, “Holy is his Name: the transforming power of God's holiness in Scripture,” is not a book a reader should rush through, but rather should take some time to reflect on what Hahn is presenting. 

Nominees are being sought for the inaugural Bishop John Carroll School Alumni of the Year award. Nominees should be Bishop John Carroll Catholic School alumni (aka John Carroll School), from 1950 on.