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A letter from Father Brian Buettner, Vocations Director
With great joy we announce that Archbishop Coakley accepted eight new seminarians this past spring! In addition, the Archdiocese celebrated the ordination of five men to the Transitional Diaconate and will celebrate again in June at their Ordination to the Priesthood.
You made this possible. Your prayers for these young men and your gifts of support have impacted not only their lives, but everyone they will serve as priests.
Today, I ask for your continued support.
First, for your prayers. A new prayer calendar is enclosed so you can intentionally pray for a seminarian each day of the month. As we seek to form holy and dedicated priests for future service in parishes, I ask you to lift them up in prayer. May God work through them!
Your financial support also is critical. Each year, the formation and education of future priests costs more than $1 million. This includes tuition and fees at seminaries, summer placements, psychological testing, language programs, pastoral placements, vocational recruitment, and other expenses. Without priests, we do not have the Mass or the sacraments.
In a special way, I am asking you to become a member of the Living Faith Society. Society members make a monthly recurring electronic gift to support the formation of our seminarians. As a member, you receive the Living Faith devotional and a letter from me each quarter updating you on the activities of the Vocations Office.
Please be one of those who make an impact on the lives of the men being formed as priests. For every 100 monthly gifts of $50 or more, members of the Living Faith Society will fully support one seminarian for an entire year.
Thank you for your consideration of joining the Living Faith Society!Sincerely,
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If you have any questions about your gift, please email stewardship@archokc.org or call 405-709-2745
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From the desk of the Archbishop
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Your prayers are bearing fruit in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. With the help of your prayers, eight more men have responded to the call to be seminarians for the Archdiocese and fi ve men will be ordained to the Priesthood next June.
The Catholic Church in the United States needs well-formed, holy priests to carry the light of Christ into the darkness of our suffering world. The seminarians in our diocese are light for the future! Your support makes their formation possible.
Please join me as a member of the Living Faith Society. Together, we can pray daily and help encourage these men through regular monthly gifts to support their formation as seminarians. Each young man seeks to be of service to the people of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.
Thank you for helping our seminarians respond to God’s call and, God willing, become the priests He wants them to be.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Most Reverend Paul S. Coakley
Archbishop of Oklahoma City
