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This year, the Black and Indian Mission Collection in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is in March. It comes during Lent, which is a time to concentrate on prayer, fasting and almsgiving. The Black and Indian Mission Office helps support the National Black Catholic Congress and the Tekakwitha Conference. blackandindianmission.org. Donate online at archokc.org/special.

The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, the Diocese of Tulsa and St. Gregory’s Abbey have launched the Oklahoma Catholic Native Schools Project to better understand the history, educational value and experiences of native students in Oklahoma Catholic boarding schools from 1880 to 1965. To contribute documents, photographs or an oral history to the project, e-mail info@oknativeschoolsproject.org. Learn more at archokc.org/oknativeschoolsproject.

Eucharistic Adoration takes place every Thursday, after the 11:30 a.m. Mass, from Noon to 3:50 p.m. in the St. Francis de Sales Chapel at the Catholic Pastoral Center, 7501 Northwest Expressway, Oklahoma City. The period of Adoration will conclude with Benediction.

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 1901 N.W. 18 St. in Oklahoma City will host a spring organ recital series each month from March to June. Recitals are at 3 p.m. on Sundays and are free and open to the public. The schedule of performers: April 16 - Joseph Ripka, canon musician of St. Paul's Cathedral; May 21 - Adam Pajan, director of music at St. Mark the Evangelist, Norman; and June 18 - Alvez Barkoskie IV, director of music and organist at St. Francis of Assisi, Oklahoma City.

Homiletics workshop with Fr. Tom Boyer for priests, deacons and deacon candidates only is 9:30 a.m. March 25 at St. Eugene Catholic Church parish hall, 2400 W. Hefner Rd. in Oklahoma City. Check in at 9 a.m. RSVP to Dcn. Terry at deacon.terry@steugenes.org.

The Mother’s Ministry, Annunciation Day Solemnity Tea Party, will be 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. March 25 in Marian Hall at St. John Nepomuk Catholic Church, 600 South Garth Brooks Blvd. in Yukon. Guest speaker is Julie Mayfield. Free childcare available. RSVP at sjnok.org/news.

The next Encounter with God’s Call at Conception Seminary College is March 25-27. The weekend provides an opportunity to discern the call to priesthood and learn about college seminary life. Visit ewgc.org. Contact Fr. John Herrera at (405) 474-5534.

St. Eugene Catholic Church Lenten Mission is 7 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. Monday, March 27 – Wednesday, March 29, each night in the church, 2400 W. Hefner Rd. in Oklahoma City. Everyone is invited. Fr. Tom Boyer will present "The Roman Rite Mass and the Language of the Ritual."

St. Gregory’s Abbey invites single Catholic men ages 18-45 for a monastic encounter weekend March 31-April 2 at 1900 W. MacArthur St., Shawnee. Participants will share in the liturgical prayer, Lectio Divina, common work, communal life of the abbey and live as a monk. Contact Fr. Simeon Spitz, O.S.B. at (405) 878-5456, vocations@monksok.org or visit monksok.org/vocations.

The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City present the annual mother and daughter Wonderfully Made conference, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. April 1 at the Catholic Pastoral Center, 7501 Northwest Expressway in Oklahoma City. Mothers with daughters ages 9-12. Keynote speaker is Monica Ashour. Topics include Theology of the body, nutrition and women’s cycles. Free event. Visit archokc.org/wonderfully-made.

An Emmaus Ministry spiritual retreat for grieving parents is 9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. April 1 at the Catholic Pastoral Center, 7501 Northwest Expressway in Oklahoma City. This Catholic ministry serves the spiritual needs of parents whose children of any age died by any cause, no matter how long ago. Space is limited. Register at emfgp.org.

Day of Reflection, "A Day of Silence at the Abbey" presented by Abbot Lawrence Stasyszen, O.S.B. is 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. April 1 at St. Gregory's Abbey, 1900 W. MacArthur St., Shawnee. Attendees must pre-register by e-mailing retreats@monksok.org, via the link at monksok.org or call (405) 878-5656. Cost $30 pre-paid or $35 at the door. Lunch included.

Archbishop Coakley will celebrate the Chrism Mass at 6 p.m. April 4 at The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 3214 N. Lake Ave. in Oklahoma City.

Tour the history of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, celebrating its 50th anniversary, on the Mother’s Ministry pilgrimage 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. April 15. Cost: $40 pp, lunch included. Leave from St. John Nepomuk Catholic Church in Yukon in a charter bus at 8 a.m. Tour St. Joseph Old Cathedral, The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and the Bl. Stanley Rother Shrine. Register at sjnok.org/news.

A Grief to Grace retreat will be held April 16 – 21 in Tulsa. Grief to Grace retreats have helped people with feelings of shame, guilt, depression, anger, substance abuse, self-harm, anxiety and more caused by trauma or abuse. Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma is sponsoring the five-day retreat where participants receive Christ centered healing with the help of therapists and clergy. Space is limited. For more information, e-mail Healing@CCEOK.org.

St. Thomas More Catholic Church is hosting their 13th anuual golf tournament beginning at 8:30 a.m. April 17 at The Trails Golf Club, 3200 S. Berry Rd. in Norman. Cost $125 pp by April 3 and $150 per hole sponsor. Visit tinyurl.com/stmgolfplayer2023 or tinyurl.com/stmgolfsponsor2023.

A day of prayer and reflection: Saints and Superhero’s is 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. April 29 at the Catholic Pastoral Center, 7501 Northwest Expressway in Oklahoma City. Speakers are Fr. Don Wolf and Sr. Maria of the Trinity. The cost is $30 and includes lunch, and a panel discussion with Fr. Nabil Mouannes, Sr. Veronica Higgins, Dcn. Joe Vandervort and Rachel Singley, LCSW. Sponsored by the Archdiocese Council of Catholic Women. Contact Mary Ann Schmitt at (405)650-9674 or sgmaschm@gmail.com to sign up, or online OKACCW.com, by April 21.

Day of Reflection, "Transformation in Christ" presented by Br. Damian Whalen, O.S.B. is 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. April 29 at St. Gregory's Abbey, 1900 W. MacArthur St., Shawnee. Attendees must pre-register by e-mailing retreats@monksok.org, via the link at monksok.org or call (405) 878-5656. Cost $30 pre-paid or $35 at the door. Lunch included.

A runner’s Mass for the OKC Memorial Marathon will be at 5 a.m. April 30 at St. Joseph Old Cathedral, 307 NW 4 St. in Oklahoma City.

A father and son retreat will be held May 4-6 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Camp. Cost: $35 pp. Fathers and sons must attend together. Sons should be ages 10-21. Register at archokc.org/fathers.