Bishop Theophile Meerschaert crafted an early 20th-century vision for a new church on Oklahoma City’s north side, an effort designed to meet the needs of Catholics as the population began to grow and spread.
Anchored at Saint Patrick Catholic Church in north Oklahoma City, Vagabond Missions is celebrating the completion of its new youth center: Underground. The relatively new apostolate is reaching a culturally diverse, underserved population of young people in the heart of their community.
Elizabeth Harper arrived in Woodward from Phoenix in September 2023 with only $500 to her name. Blind and undergoing dialysis, she had nowhere to live.
More than 200 friends, family members, priests, deacons and the faithful filled The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help on June 1 to witness the transitional diaconate ordination of John Grim and Jonah Beckham. God willing, they will be ordained to the priesthood in 2025.
Kasey Holt held her newborn son Levi close in the moments after childbirth, husband Avery by her side, in a Saint Anthony Hospital room filled with joy.
Each second Sunday of Easter, April 7 this year, the Catholic Church worldwide celebrates Divine Mercy Sunday, instituted by Pope Saint John Paul II on April 22, 2020.
As a college student, one young man spent about as much time working as he did attending classes. His experience drove his decision to create a scholarship endowment at the Catholic Foundation of Oklahoma.
Nationally recognized concert organist Todd Wilson will perform an organ concert at 6 p.m. on April 7 at Christ the King Catholic Church, 8005 Dorset Drive in Nichols Hills
A sweeping decision by the Alabama Supreme Court in February sent shock waves through the world of assisted reproduction. Justice Jay Mitchell, writing on behalf of the court’s 7-2 majority, concluded that human embryos in IVF clinics “are ‘children,’ … without exception based on developmental stage, physical location, or any other ancillary characteristics.”
In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI wrote a teaching letter on the topic of the Eucharist to the entire Church following a synod of bishops. In that letter he writes, “The Eucharist is constitutive of the Church's being and activity.
As we continue this graced time of Eucharistic Revival in the United States and prepare for the historic National Eucharistic Congress in July, I am devoting my column this year to a deeper catechesis on the mystery of the Eucharist and the Mass.