Two Dozen Men Walk Journey of Faith As Oklahoma City Archdiocese Seminarians
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Sooner Catholic soonercatholic.org August 26, 2012 archokc.org Archbishop Paul S. Coakley stands with the seminarians and priests who help direct them in the chapel at the Catholic Pastoral Center in Oklahoma City. (Sooner Catholic Photo/Cara Koenig) Two Dozen Men Walk Journey of Faith as Oklahoma City Archdiocese Seminarians By Fr. William Novak, V.G. St. Meinrad, Ind., St. John Director of Seminarians Vianney Seminary in Denver, Prayer for Vocations Colo., and the North American God our Father, Over the next few weeks, 23 College in Rome, Italy. Our men from parishes across the college seminarians attend We thank you for calling Archdiocese will begin another Conception Seminary in men and women to serve academic year and I will begin Conception, Mo. in your Son’s Kingdom as a Pastoral Year as they discern a Brian Buettner from St. call to the priesthood. Mark Parish in Norman will be priests, deacons, religious This year we welcome six new ordained a transitional deacon and consecrated persons. seminarians, which include one at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome Send your Holy Spirit from Mexico. Rodrigo Cerna will on Oct. 4, and God willing, a to help us respond study at the Seminario Hispano priest at Our Lady’s Cathedral ¡Regresan las de Santa Maria de Guadalupe on June 29, 2013. generously and in Mexico City. The other new Please pray for these men as courageously to páginas en seminarians include Zak Boazman they continue their formation your call. español! from St. Thomas More Parish, and for all others who are Kevin Hathaway, also from St. discerning a vocation to the May our community of Vea las Thomas More, John Herrera from priesthood. faith support vocations St. Joseph Parish in Norman, If you would like more of sacrificial love in páginas Tomas Sandoval from St. Monica information about the seminary, our youth. 12 y 13 Parish in Edmond, and Vic Luong please contact Father Stephen from Our Lady’s Cathedral. Danny Hamilton, Vocations Director, at We ask this through our Grover from St. Andrew Parish in (405) 721-9351. Lord Jesus Christ, Moore will begin a Pastoral Year who lives and reigns with at St. Charles Borromeo Parish in See photos of each Oklahoma City. you and the Holy Spirit, Our men in theology are seminarian on one God, forever and ever. enrolled in three different semi- Page 4 Amen naries: St. Meinrad Seminary in On Assumption, Pope Says Mary is Listening to Prayers By Catholic News Service CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) — Assumed into heaven, Mary is with God and is ready to listen and respond to cries for help, Pope Benedict XVI said. Joining God in heaven, Mary “does not draw away from us, does not go to an unknown galaxy,” but becomes “even closer to each one of us,” the Pope said Aug. 15 during his homily at Mass for the feast of the Assumption. continued on Page 14 The reception of Mary into heaven is depicted in the center section of a rose window at Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Providence, R.I. The feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Aug. 15, celebrates the belief that Mary was taken body and soul into heaven at the end of her life. (CNS photo/Crosiers) 2 August 26, 2012 Sooner Catholic Put Out Into the Deep Luke 5:4 Our Moral Duties as Catholic Citizens (Part 1) With the general election rapidly approaching, now is laity in public life. He Most Reverend the time for all citizens to prepare to cast our votes in a says, “The direct duty to Paul S. Coakley conscientious and informed manner. It is our right and work for a just ordering of Archbishop of Oklahoma City our responsibility. It is not only a civic but a moral duty. society is proper to the lay Publisher Responsible citizenship is a virtue and participation in faithful.” This duty of the political life is a moral obligation. We Catholics take this laity calls for a serious Archbishop Paul S. Coakley Ray Dyer responsibility very seriously, or at least we ought to. engagement and real Through our various pastoral statements the Catholic participation in public life. Our faith calls for a political Editor bishops of the United States through the years have engagement, however, that goes beyond sound bytes, repeatedly reaffirmed the Church’s role in public life. We partisan politics and narrow self-interest. Rather, Cara Koenig have emphasized our responsibility to participate in Catholics ought to engage in this process based on Photographer/Special Projects shaping the moral and ethical character of the society in the moral convictions of a well-formed conscience and which we live. We do not do this in a partisan manner. focused on promoting the dignity of every human being, In fact, Catholics may often feel politically disen- the pursuit of the common good and the protection of the Sooner Catholic Newspaper franchised since no political party and few candidates weak and vulnerable. fully share our comprehensive commitment to the full When we Catholics cast our ballots, we ought to be Volume 34, Number 15 range of authentic human goods. These commitments guided by moral convictions rooted in both our faith and begin with the protection of human life and dignity from human reason, not merely by our political affiliation. As 7501 Northwest Expressway conception to natural death. They include the promotion Catholics we ought to work to influence and transform Oklahoma City, OK 73132 and defense of marriage, the preservation of religious the party to which we belong, rather than allow the (405) 721-1810 Fax: (405) 721-5210 liberty and the rights of conscience, as well as a host of party to influence us in such a way that we ignore e-mail: [email protected] other goods such as health care, a just economy and fundamental moral truths, such as the right to life, the Mailing Address: P.O. Box 32180 many concerns that bear directly upon human flourish- nature of marriage or the dignity of the poor and the ing and the common good. immigrant. Oklahoma City, OK 73123 The clergy and laity have important complementary Faith and reason are the sources of our moral roles in public life. As bishops and priests, it is our duty principles. Faith is never incompatible with human Visit us online through the reason. Rather, it expands the horizons of reason. Our to hand on the Church’s moral and social teaching. It Archdiocesan Web Page at is neither our role nor our intention to tell Catholics Catholic faith, as revealed through the Word of God and www.archokc.org how to vote regarding a particular candidate or office. interpreted by the teaching authority of the Church, Rather, it is our responsibility as teachers of the faith to gives us a clear vision of what is true and good for each assist Catholics in properly forming their consciences so person, for the family and for society. It is the vision that The Sooner Catholic (USPS 066-910) is that they may cast their votes in light of fundamental Christ our Teacher has revealed to be in accord with published biweekly except for once in July moral principles rooted in the truth as discerned our human nature and destiny as men and women and twice in December by the Archdiocese through reason and enlightened by Catholic faith. created in the image and likeness of God, redeemed by of Oklahoma City. Pope Benedict XVI writes in his encyclical letter, Deus Christ and endowed by God with dignity, rights and Caritas Est, concerning the specific responsibility of the responsibilities. (To be continued). The newspaper is not responsible for Seminary Burse Donations unsolicited material. 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