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Sooner Catholic Sooner Catholic www.soonercatholic.org August 21, 2016 www.archokc.org Go Make Disciples Unity Walk, prayer service uplifts By Diane Clay, More than 1,000 faithful from Christian community multiple Christian denominations gathered Aug. 15 in down- town Oklahoma City for the first-ever Unity Prayer Ser- vice and Walk. The event provided an uplifting oppor- tunity to pray, sing and praise Jesus in response to a satanic ritual performed in the city and against violence and hatred around the world. Rev. William Novak, vicar general for the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, wel- comed the crowd. “I stand here tonight with leaders and representa- tives from many Christian denominations and faiths. We are all brothers and sisters unified in peace and in prayer. As we stand here in this particular place, we Photos Steve Sisney and Cara Koenig are reminded what evil has done to our city and the lives it has de- stroyed, but we are also aware of the good that rests in every human heart; good that overcomes evil; that seeks healing and community and peace. We ask God to dispel all darkness and evil of every kind from our city, our nation and our world.” continued on Page 8 Olympic gymnast keeps rosary close when she competes By Catholic News Service, RIO DE JANEIRO – U.S. Olympic gymnast and gold medalist Simone Biles says when she travels, she some- times takes with her a statue of Saint Sebastian, the patron saint of athletes, and she also carries a rosary her mother gave her. Biles, who won gold in the women’s gymnastics all- around competition Aug. 11 and helped lead the U.S. women to a team gold Aug. 9, made those comments to Us Weekly. “My mom, Nellie, got me a rosary at church. I don’t use it to pray before a competition. I’ll just pray nor- mally to myself, but I have it there in case,” the 19-year- old told the magazine in a July 8 interview. continued on Page 11 2 August 21, 2016 Sooner Catholic Sooner Catholic August 21, 2016 3 Put Out Into the Deep Find more Catholic Foundation 2016 Luke 5:4 Kids’ summer fun with news on the grant applications available Shaping a culture of life: what about Totus Tuus website By Ted King, Deadline Sept. 30 the death penalty? By Sooner Catholic Staff Totus Tuus, which is Latin for Each year, the Catholic Foun- Additional coverage of By Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, totally yours, is a summer program dation awards grants in support Church and archdiocesan that consists of several teams of of education related projects to High profile mishaps involving the execution proto- responsibility have been news and events, only on four young adults teaching youth parishes, schools, religious edu- cols in our state as well as exonerations of death row fully determined. But, it www.soonercatholic.org: about their Catholic faith. Saint cation and parish youth programs inmates resulting from DNA evidence and/or new ev- adds that this should be John Paul II used the phrase Totus through the Archdiocese of Okla- idence have many people reconsidering their support the final option, “if this a To send photos, event Tuus as his motto as pope. homa City. In addition to pro- of the death penalty. is the only possible way information or story ideas, The program lasts seven weeks gram materials, many of the grant Recently, The Oklahoman reported that the major- of effectively defending Archbishop Paul S. Coakley e-mail [email protected]. with a team spending one week at requests have focused on comput- ity of Oklahomans now support replacing the death human lives against the a parish and then going to another ers, audio-visual equipment and penalty with a sentence of life without the possibility unjust aggressor” (CCC 2267). a Find the new 2017 parish for a week. There is a morn- technology as a means of engaging of parole (The Oklahoman, Aug. 6, 2016). Our state, In other words, the Church’s teaching puts very Confirmation schedule for ing session for 1st through 6th more students in the education which has been reliably pro-life in supporting legis- strict limits on the use of the death penalty. “If, how- the archdiocese at grades and an afternoon session process. lation to protect the unborn, has until quite recently ever non-lethal means are sufficient to defend and www.archokc.org. Click on for 7th through 12th grades. In Grant awards will be based upon been solidly supportive of the use of the death pen- protect people’s safety from the aggressor, authority “Archbishop.” addition to teaching, there are the educational objective of the alty. That may be changing. will limit itself to such means, as these are more in confessions, Mass and adoration of specified project to the parish/ What ought we as Catholics to make of this dis- keeping with the concrete conditions of the common a In anticipation of the the Blessed Sacrament. Seminari- school, its expected outcome and cussion? What guidance does the Magisterium of good and more in conformity with the dignity of the new abortion clinic in ans from the archdiocese help lead the need for financial assistance to the Church offer to help the faithful to properly form human person” (CCC 2267). southwest Oklahoma City, teams each summer. accomplish the stated goal. Funds our consciences on the often neuralgic subject of the The use of the death penalty, or capital punish- a few blocks from St. James Father John Grant, associate awarded are intended to support pastor at Holy Family Cathedral educational projects at the re- death penalty? ment, could be legitimate under very narrowly cir- parish and other churches, The Fifth Commandment of the Decalogue affirms cumscribed situations, specifically, if there is no in the Diocese of Tulsa, credits questing organization and are not join Fr. Pruett, Sr. Maria, A student at St. Philip Neri School the sacredness of human life when it proclaims, other way to protect society. Given the means that his involvement with this program bonded by getting to know each intended to supplement operating parishioners at St. James checks out a Chromebook laptop pur- “Thou shall not kill” (Ex.20:13). “The Catechism of the the state has today to incarcerate offenders and pro- years ago to leading him to discern other. We learned a lot about God expenses. Grant requests will not chased with a 2015 Catholic Founda- and community members Catholic Church” asserts, “God alone is the Lord of tect society, the cases in which the execution of the a vocation to the priesthood. and how He affects each person be considered for auctions, fund- tion Grant. every morning at 11:30 a.m. life from its beginning until its end: no one can under offender is truly necessary are, in the words of Saint Ashton Kirton, a Totus Tuus individually.” raising events, debt reduction, any circumstance claim for himself the right directly John Paul II, “very rare, if not practically non-exis- at 1240 S.W. 44 to pray the teacher, who is a sophomore biol- Fifth grader Hayden Owings, also brick and mortar projects, endow- for their youth to attend a youth to destroy an innocent human being” (CCC 2258). tent” (Gospel of Life, 56). Rosary. Anyone can ogy major at Rogers State Univer- of Saint Philip Neri, added that ment funds or capital campaigns. retreat or conference. The founda- What about those Unfortunately, in participate. sity in Claremore, said, “A friend Totus Tuus was a week not only Equipment, furniture or other tion supports youth registrations who are not innocent? many parts of the called and asked, ‘Do you want to of spiritual enrichment but of fun items will only be considered if to help defray a portion of the cost From earliest times, United States, the teach kids about Jesus?’” She said as well: “I was taught how valu- significant to the educational pro- to attend the program. Christian reflection has use of the death pen- yes, and one thing she teaches is able prayer is and how that helps gram. Only one request per parish Last year, more than $89,000 in sought a fuller under- alty has become quite the Glorious me be closer to or school will be considered for grants were presented to 50 par- standing of what this commonplace. As we Mysteries of Jesus. And the funding. ishes and schools. This year, the divine precept prohibits consider the rising tide the Holy Ro- water fight on The Grants program will have foundation has budgeted $100,000 and allows. This need of violence across our sary. One of the Friday was so an additional focus on School for the Educational Grants pro- awesome!” arises especially in nation, the alarming parishes Kirton STREAM programs. STREAM gram. Totus Tuus light of the often tragic number of innocent visited is Saint stands for Science-Technology-Re- Applications will be accepted @archokc is funded by a events that occur in the people found to have Mark in Nor- ligion-Engineering-Arts-Mathemat- until Sept. 30. Notification of all grant from the lives of individuals and been mistakenly sen- man. ics. A portion of the new money grant awards will be by Nov. 1. Catholic Foun- societies as, for exam- tenced to death (one Archdiocese of June 13-17, available will go toward promoting The grant application form is avail- Oklahoma City dation of Okla- able online at www.cfook.org. ple, when we confront is too many), and the a Totus Tuus new or existing STREAM programs event was held homa.
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