A new opportunity is being studied for a new Catholic school in Edmond. Archdiocesan and Saint Monica Catholic Church leaders, in collaboration with Catholic families in the Edmond area, assisted by a professional consulting firm, Meitler, invite people to participate in a survey for families with children ages 0 to 11th grade, from March 23 to April 7.
The arm of the Apostle, Saint Jude Thaddeus, one of Christ's most intimate collaborators, is touring the United States and will be exposed for veneration from 2 to 10 p.m. on April 15 at Christ the King Catholic Church, 8005 Dorset Drive in Oklahoma City.
The Center of Family Love (CFL) will feature the the Teen Board Block Party event, marking a day of celebration, inclusive community engagement and fun for all ages, set for March 30.
Allen Hertzke, Ph.D., an internationally recognized scholar on religion and politics, will deliver a public lecture on the University of Oklahoma campus titled “The Catholic Church on the Global Stage: Promise and Peril.”
His neighbors in 1940s Oklahoma would have found it hard to imagine the boy they knew as Stanley Francis Rother as a future martyr, and the first beatified American parish priest. Young Stan did reasonably well at school, enjoyed farm work and sports, drove a tractor at age 10 and was a gifted mechanic.
The National Catholic Sisters Week (March 8-14) has been celebrated in the U.S. since 2014 to recognize women religious and their ministries, as well as to educate and encourage young women to consider religious life as their vocation.
St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School is a full time, K-12, tuition free, online Catholic charter school in the state of Oklahoma. Yes, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School is accredited by the Accreditation Standards Division of the Oklahoma State Department of Education.
An exhibit of the Eucharistic miracles compiled by Blessed Carlo Acutis was recently displayed in the Frassati Chapel at Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School, one of several stops across the state to feature the work of Acutis.
Men interested in the archdiocesan Permanent Diaconate Formation Program are invited to begin the application process. The multi-phase formation process spans five years, and is designed for formation in the human, spiritual, intellectual and pastoral dimensions.
The 10th National Eucharistic Congress is scheduled for July 17-21, 2024, in Indianapolis, Ind. It will serve as the launch for the fourth, and final, stage of the Eucharistic Revival initiative of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Many men feel a call from God to serve the Church through the Sacrament of Holy Orders – to serve the Church faithfully as a priest. Others feel called to the Sacrament of Matrimony – to help their spouse get to Heaven and raise a family with Catholic values. Those who enter the married life can still serve in an ordained ministry, however, and men interested in leadership in their parish can become a deacon. Men can discern that call through the archdiocesan Permanent Diaconate Program.
by Owen Canfield, director of the Tax Credit Scholarship program
Families with school-age children won a significant victory earlier this year when the Oklahoma Legislature approved the use of state income tax credits to help with education costs.
In 1971, a bright, young bishop named John Quinn arrived in Oklahoma, eager to serve Catholics in the diocese of Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Quinn, a California native, made an impact on church history in Oklahoma when he became the first archbishop of Oklahoma City the following year.
It was inevitable. The Diocese of Oklahoma City and Tulsa had become unwieldy in its size and a more reasonable arrangement became a necessity. Since the erection of the Diocese of Oklahoma in 1905, two years before statehood, and the subsequent name change in 1930 to the Diocese of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, the entire state was under the care of one bishop.