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OKLAHOMA CITY – Archbishop Paul Coakley announced the groundbreaking for the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine will be Sunday, Nov. 3.

The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City has more than 50 volunteers who continuously visit nine state prisons, three federal prisons and a number of smaller state facilities and county jails. The archdiocesan program is coordinated by Deacon Jim Smith.

Earlier this summer, discerners from around Oklahoma met at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Youth Camp to attend a discernment retreat called, “Quo Vadis Days,” hosted by the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.

A trio of Catholic educators from Oklahoma City's Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic School are now accredited Trustey Fellows from the prestigious Notre Dame Center for STEM Education.

The fourth Gospel is attributed to the apostle John, the “beloved disciple,” son of Zebedee. This God-inspired written witness to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is very different from the previous three gospels. John is the most theological gospel and the depth of thought, combined with the heights of its insights, invites us to savor it slowly and with a lot of prayer and reflection.

My third child was set to arrive in a few short weeks. A third daughter. It was time to finalize preparations for her arrival: clean the house, set up the bassinet and clear out a dresser drawer for her clothes.

Father John Bloms, O.S.B., who left this life in 1974 at the relatively young age of 57, is still remembered fondly by the community of Saint Gregory’s Abbey and the Diocese of Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The mention of his name evokes admiration, laughter and a constantly brewing sense of controversy.

Those of us who have grown up within the womb of a democratic society may not always recognize how radical the idea behind such a society actually is, nor how fragile its structure can be in the face of strident claims regarding individual freedoms. Legalization of abortion, to focus on one of the most strident claims, corrodes the very pillars of our democratic society.

Parents around the country are preparing their children for the beginning of school. Stores, too, roll out their back-to-school sales on everything from backpacks to running shoes, pens and paper, books and clothes. It’s a rush of activity.

GALLUP, N.M. (CNS) — The rosary walk at a new shrine to be built in the Gallup Diocese to honor St. Kateri Tekakwitha “will imitate” the life and example of the Native American saint, popularly known as the “Lily of the Mohawks,” said Gallup Bishop James S. Wall.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- "Guys, I think Brandon is dead." This is what Brandon Gosselin heard, lying in shock and a pool of his own blood, the left side of his face mangled where it had skidded across the gravel after he was hurled over the handlebars of his Four Wheeler traveling at 50 mph. He hit a deer. The Four Wheeler stopped. Gosselin didn't.

After the Land Run of 1889, El Reno was slow to emerge as a town, but missionary activity began in earnest with the arrival of the Benedictine priest Germanus Guillaume in 1890. Fort Reno had been established in 1874 as a U.S. Army post named after Civil War Gen. Jesse Reno.

(Aug. 5, 2019) – Oklahoma is far too familiar with the violent outcomes of hate. As El Paso, Dayton and other communities mourn their loss and struggle to understand why, each one of us must recommit ourselves to daily lives of prayer, respect and mercy in spite of our differences of opinion or religion or politics. Our society has reached a new level of callous disregard for the sacredness of innocent human life. We must resist the temptation to despise one another and instead embrace our shared inherent dignity. -- Most Rev. Paul S. Coakley, Archbishop of Oklahoma City

SANTIAGO ATITLAN – A few months before Blessed Stanley Rother was murdered in Guatemala, an iconic photograph of him holding the hand of a young girl was captured outside of his parish in Santiago Atitlan.

The American Indian Catholic Outreach Office for the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City named its inaugural princess during the archdiocese’s first-ever Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Honor Dance on July 6 at Saint John Nepomuk in Yukon.

SANTIAGO ATITLAN – Among the 50 pilgrims joining Archbishop Coakley for a pilgrimage to Guatemala for the feast day of Blessed Stanley Rother, were Blessed Stanley’s nephews, Ken and Matt Rother. They are the sons of Blessed Stanley’s brother Jim Rother, who died of Leukemia at age 36, and Mary Lou McInturff, who also made the trip.

On the feast day of Blessed Stanley Rother at his home parish of Holy Trinity in Okarche, a new painting of the martyred priest baptizing a child was unveiled. Half a world away, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, a print of the artwork was presented to the people he loved and served until his death.

At the very beginning of his journey to becoming a monk at Saint Gregory’s Abbey, Brother Peter Shults only could describe what he was feeling as a hunger.

The Notre Dame Club of Oklahoma City honored Debbie Espinosa, chief executive of The Center of Family Love, as its Person of the Year. She was given the award at the Notre Dame Night Banquet on July 25.

Cristo Rey OKC Catholic High School announced that Chip Carter, an Oklahoma City public relations executive with a background in public affairs, aerospace and real estate development, has been selected to be the school’s new president.