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Aaron Foshee to Be Ordained a Priest Sooner Catholic soonercatholic.org June 28, 2015 www.archokc.org Go Make Disciples Searching for HisAaron Foshee to be ordained love a priest By Diane Clay mainly to refute it. With the help of Father The Sooner Catholic Louis Vander Ley, they quickly realized There are men who walk a straight and they had found their faith home. narrow path to destiny, and then there are “She ended up seeing ‘Wow, this is what men whose heavenly journey is built one I’ve been looking for this entire time.’ These brick at a time through a winding road answers. She gave me the option of going of the unexpected. For Aaron Foshee, his through the RCIC process, and I did,” he search for God’s love reached a pinna- said. “Looking back, it shows you why God cle Saturday when he joined his life with has you go through certain things. We had Christ as a priest in the to go through these steps to Archdiocese of Oklahoma get to the Catholic Church.” City. It was during this time Deacon Aaron was 13 that Foshee began to put years old when he joined together his love of the the Catholic Church after Church and his most clear Deacon Aaron Foshee holds the book of the Gospels at the years of searching through desire of wanting to be a transitional diaconate ordination Mass on June 6. Photo Jan various religions for the teacher. Foisy. answer his family craved. “I appreciated being given On Saturday morning, 15 the tools to understand the years later, he was ordained world around me, and I Emmaus Days Retreat a priest along with fellow wanted to do that for other people,” he said. Emmaus Days is a retreat for young men in deacons Lance Warren and Daniel Grover. After focusing on other high school who want to learn about the call to “Everything that has areas of interest through the priesthood and explore their relationship happened in my life has high school and into college, with God. The three-day retreat is held at Our happened for a reason and he got a part-time job as a Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Youth Camp and it has prepared me for this cantor at Saint Joseph Old is sponsored by the Vocations Offi ce. There is moment, and for the moments – God will- Cathedral in downtown Oklahoma City. no cost. The retreat will be Tuesday, July 29, ing – to come.” It was there that the seed planted many through Thursday, July 31. Contact the Voca- Foshee’s family joined the Church in years earlier began to grow. tions Offi ce at (405) 721-9351 or vocations@ 2000 after his older brother mentioned he He was hired as the full-time cantor at archokc.org, or complete online registration at was taking RCIA classes while in college. The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual http://archokc.org/vocations/home. His parents, Lynda and Wayne Walton, Help where he more clearly heard his call joined RCIA at Saint John in Edmond to to the priesthood. learn what the Church was teaching Caleb, continued on page 6 Vatican commission approves martyrdom in the Cause of Oklahoma’s Servant of God Father Stanley Rother A special Theological Commission at the Congregation of the Causes of Saints in Rome voted Tuesday to formally recognize Oklahoma’s Servant of God Father Stanley Rother a martyr. The determination of martyrdom is a critical step in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City’s Cause to have Father Rother beatifi ed, the fi nal stage before canonization as a saint. “Father Rother laid down his life for Christ and for the people of his parish in Guatemala, whom he dearly loved. It is very encour- aging to move one step closer to a formal recognition by the Church of Father Rother’s heroic life and death as a martyr for the Gospel,” said the Most Rev. Paul S. Coakley, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. For more information on Father Rother’s life of service, go online to www.archokc.org/cause-for-beatifi cation-of-father-stanley- rother/home. 2 June 28, 2015 Sooner Catholic Sooner Catholic International June 28, 2015 3 Put Out Into the Deep Environment encyclical takes bold stance on controversial issues Luke 5:4 Find more CNA/EWTN News “This sister now cries out In contrast to the “exem- news on the to us because of the harm we plary” workings of natural A fi rst pass at ‘Laudato Si’ VATICAN CITY — In his newly released en- have infl icted on her by our ecosystems, he said, “we have website cyclical on the environment, Pope Francis did irresponsible use and abuse not yet managed to adopt not hesitate to wade into controversial topics, of the goods with which God a circular model of produc- There is no question that “Laudato Si,” Pope Fran- approach to combating making statements on global warming, pollu- has endowed her. We have tion capable of preserving cis’ encyclical “On the Care of Our Common Home,” poverty, restoring digni- By Sooner Catholic Staff tion, species extinction and global inequality’s come to see ourselves as her resources for present and has been the most widely anticipated papal document ty to the excluded, and impact on natural resources. lords and masters, entitled to future generations, while in generations, perhaps ever. at the same time pro- Additional coverage of “A very solid scientifi c consensus indicates limiting as much as possible Many media organizations, social and religious Church and archdiocesan plunder her at will,” he said. tecting nature.” (138- that we are presently witnessing a disturbing the use of non-renewable commentators, and political candidates prepared news and events, only on “The violence present in our 139) warming of the climatic system,” the Pope said hearts, wounded by sin, is resources, moderating their talking points even before they read what the pope Pope Francis devotes www.soonercatholic.org: in his new encyclical “Laudato Si,” meaning actually said. also refl ected in the symp- consumption, maximizing one of the six chapters “Praise be to you.” their effi cient use, reusing Having fi nally had an opportunity to read the Save the date: The an- toms of sickness evident in of this document to Archbishop Paul S. Coakley He cited “a constant rise in the sea level” and recycling them.” lengthy text, I would like to share a few of my own re- nual St. Vincent de Paul the soil, in the water, in the what our biblical faith and an apparent increase in extreme weather air and in all forms of life.” The Pope’s encyclical actions and invite you to take time to read and refl ect Friends of the Poor Walk teaches about our relationship to the world in which events. In his typical fashion, the refl ected on the depletion upon this remarkable text yourselves. It is beautiful. will be Sept. 26. Check the “Humanity is called to recognize the need we live and our care for this shared home. Pope did not shy away from of natural resources in the It is challenging. online Sooner Catholic cal- for changes of lifestyle, production and con- “We are not God. The earth was here before us and controversial issues. He cited context of local and global An encyclical is a letter from the pope prepared in endar for more details. sumption, in order to combat this warming or it has been given to us.” (67) In fact, studies supporting the theory inequality. the exercise of his teaching offi ce. at least the human causes which produce or he reminds us that “the word ‘cre- of global warming and stated “We all know that it is not This encyclical becomes part of aggravate it.” “We are called to ation’ has a broader meaning than Get Fortnight for Free- that human activity is the possible to sustain the pres- the growing body of Catholic social While acknowledging other factors behind ‘nature,’ for it has to do with God’s dom updates from www. primary driving force behind ent level of consumption teaching that applies principles from responsible steward- global warming, the encyclical said that a loving plan in which every creature fl ocknote.com/archokc. the phenomenon, as well in developed countries and natural law and Divine Revelation number of scientifi c studies indicate that “most ship of our common has its own value and signifi cance.” as the main cause of species This is the cover of the English edition wealthier sectors of society, to the problems and concerns of global warming in recent decades is due to the of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the (76) Please pray for Aaron extinction. He also spoke of where the habit of wasting our day. Since the birth of modern home, remembering great concentration of greenhouse gases … re- environment, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Foshee, Daniel Grover and developed nations’ obligations and discarding has reached Catholic social teaching in the late We have to avoid an exaggerated leased mainly Our Common Home.” The long-antic- that it also must be Lance Warren — they were unprecedented levels. The 19th century, popes have addressed sense of “dominion” over creation, as a result of involving renewable resources ipated encyclical was released at the developed and pre- ordained to the priesthood What is an encyclical? exploitation of the planet has problems and threats to human which is excessively “anthropocen- human activ- and the development of poorer Vatican June 18. CNS photo/courtesy for the Archdiocese of Okla- U.S.
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